The Wonder Years is a step closer to making a comeback. It has been announced that ABC has ordered a pilot for the reboot of the classic 1980s family dramedy. The show was given a pilot commitment last summer and now the pilot is set to be shot this spring.
The reboot will take place during the same era as the original but will now focus on a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama. The new take on a familiar story comes from executive producer Saladin Patterson, who will also write the pilot and co-creator Lee Daniels along with his Lee Daniels Entertainment partner, Marc Velez. Also, to give the reboot a bit of authenticity, the original series' star Fred Savage is also on board to direct the pilot and produce.
The original series ran for six seasons and a total of 115 episodes. The show, which takes place from 1968 to 1973, followed Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage), a teenager growing up in a suburban middle-class family. The series also starred Dan Lauria as his father Jack, Alley Mills as his mother Normas, Jason Harvey as his brother Wayne, Olivia d'Abo as his sister Karen, Josh Saviano as his best friend Paul Pfeiffer, and Danica McKellar as his girlfriend Winnie Cooper. Daniel Stern also classically narrated the series as an adult version of Kevin Arnold.
The Wonder Years was a hit with audiences and critics alike. The series earned a spot in the Nielsen Top 30 during its first four seasons and, after airing only six episodes, the show won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding comedy series in 1988. Fred Savage also became the youngest person ever nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the age of 13.
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