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All The Details You Need On The ‘Wonder Years’ Reboot · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. One of the most beloved single camera
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  Speaker 1: family sitcoms of all time is coming back to TV,
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  Speaker 1: The Wonder Years, and Fred Savage is returning as well.
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  Speaker 1: The classic eighties and nineties show, which saw Fred playing
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  Speaker 1: relatable teenager Kevin Arnold in the turbulent late sixties and
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  Speaker 1: early seventies, is getting a reboot by ABC. This time,
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  Speaker 1: Fred will be directing and executive producing rather than starring,
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  Speaker 1: and it will focus on a black family in Montgomery, Alabama,
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  Speaker 1: beginning in the late sixties, just like the original. Salad
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  Speaker 1: and Kay Patterson, who executive produced Little Dickie's hit show, Dave,
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  Speaker 1: is writing a new version based on his own childhood.
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  Speaker 1: The Empire creator Lee Daniels joins Fred and Saladin as
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  Speaker 1: an executive producer. For now, ABC has only guaranteed a
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  Speaker 1: pilot will be shot, but it's been confirmed Fred will
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  Speaker 1: be directing it and if anybody knows how to bring
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  Speaker 1: that Wonder Years magic back to life, he's the guy
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  Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood.