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It’s time for new “wonder years”.

video call with Williams. “It’s your part, man; welcome,” added Savage, 44, who is directing the remake’s pilot, as well as serving as an executive producer. “Welcome aboard, man; couldn’t be happier,” chimed in executive producer Saladin K.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterElisha “EJ” Williams has been cast in the main role of “The Wonder Years” pilot at ABC, Variety has learned.The project will show how a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960s, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.Williams will star in the role of Dean, described as an inquisitive and hopeful 12-year-old kid coming of age in a turbulent time.

The Wonder Years has cast its first character!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSaycon Sengbloh is the first cast member confirmed for the “Wonder Years” reboot pilot at ABC.The project will show how a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960s, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.Sengbloh will star as family matriarch Lillian Williams. Sharp as a tack, Lillian is confident, kind, perceptive and has a good sense of humor. She knows exactly the right thing to say to convince you of anything.

Lee Daniels, reboots the classic show with a Black family. ET learned in July that the potential new comedy series would follow «how a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the turbulent late 1960s (the same era as the original series), made sure it was 'The Wonder Years' for them too.»The original series, starring Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, Josh Saviano, Jason Hervey, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills and Olivia d'Abo, aired on ABC from 1988 to 1993.

ABC is moving forward with its’ Wonder Years reboot.

The Wonder Years reboot has been picked up to pilot by ABC alongside two other comedy projects.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Preliminary reports indicate that more than 5,000 Alabama public school students haven’t shown up for any sort of classes - virtual or in-person - state Education Superintendent Eric Mackey said.

Rev. Robert Graetz was a Lutheran minister and civil rights activist who was among the residents of Montgomery, Alabama who organized a historic bus boycott.Graetz was a young minister, relatively new to Montgomery, when Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005) was arrested in 1955 for refusing to yield her seat on a bus to a white passenger.

“The Wonder Years” is the latest beloved TV show to receive the reboot treatment, with a new version reimagining the original story of a young boy (Fred Savage) coming of age in the late 1960s.

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reports Deadline.This time around the show will still be set in the Sixties but will instead feature an all-black family.

The Wonder Years is set to return to screens, now with a Black family as the focus.ABC have ordered a reboot of the show, which ran for six seasons between 1988 and 1993.As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, Empire co-creator Lee Daniels is set to head up the reboot, which will focus on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1960s.

The Wonder Years. Per , the series—which ran for six seasons from 1988-1993—is being rebooted for ABC by original cast member Fred Savage, co-creator , and Dave executive producer Saladin K.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.

A reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA reboot of “The Wonder Years” has landed a pilot production commitment at ABC.The new half-hour comedy series would focus on how a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.  That puts the new show in the same time period as the original series, which was set between 1968 and 1973. A mini writer’s room for the show will be opened once ABC approves a pilot script.Saladin K.

The Wonder Years reimagining is in the works at ABC, Us Weekly has learned.The network has picked up a pilot for the half-hour comedy, produced by 20th Century Fox, which will focus on a middle-class Black family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the turbulent late 1960s — the same era as the original series — and how they “made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.”Empire cocreator and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels will serve as Executive Producer, along with writer and producer Saladin

Pink paid tribute to Rosa Parks while attending a Black Lives Matter protest with her husband, Carey Hart.The “Just Give Me a Reason” singer, 40, shared a picture via Instagram on Saturday, June 6, from a protest in California.

Longtime former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has passed away in Alabama on Sunday night. He was just 36 years old.

Ex-NFL star Tarvaris Jackson died on Sunday, April 12, after being involved in a car accident in the Montgomery, Alabama, area. He was 36 years old.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African American demonstrators. The beatings, known as “Bloody Sunday,” generated anger across the nation 55 years ago this month and prompted President Lyndon Johnson to push the Voting Rights Act through Congress.