As someone who considers the original one of the best shows of all time, my first thought was that this is a horrible idea. But then I watched the trailer, and now I'm wavering. At a minimum, I think they should have set it in a different decade.

Looks terrible to me, but to be fair, I want every show with actors from Psych to fail so they have no choice but to bring the show back full time or starve.

I'm optimistic about it. Don Cheadle in the Daniel Stern narrator role, Fred Savage as a producer, fresh cast with their own stories to tell. I think this one has a good shot to be worthwhile.

I think an African American kid/family in the same time period provides a lot of fresh material that the original couldn't cover

Only if this is part of a Wonder Years universe where they multiple Wonder Years versions and build toward a major television event involving all the stars

The original was set in the late 60s and aired in the late 80s. That would be like setting the new show in the early 2000s.

Flashdiaz said:

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Only if this is part of a Wonder Years universe where they multiple Wonder Years versions and build toward a major television event involving all the stars

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Multiverse or gtfo

Flashdiaz said:

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Only if this is part of a Wonder Years universe where they multiple Wonder Years versions and build toward a major television event involving all the stars

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Wonder Years: Endgame

Good idea.

The original wasn't very good. It was nostalgia for boomers turning 40.

mic suede said:

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The original wasn't very good. It was nostalgia for boomers turning 40.

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yeah ummmm.... my entire social group of guys watched it and loved it.

I was 21 when it started.

So try again.

It obviously wasn't due to nostalgia as I was barely born in 1968. But still related to it in many ways. The 70s were not all that different really I suppose. But it flew in the face of most of the 80s materialism.

Who is playing Winnie Cooper?

Yeah I was 18 or so when it started and many my age watched it. It still holds an 8.3 on IMDB too.
Was a really good show.
As far as a remake, I've said before I hate remakes, they are cynical and intellectually lazy. But the right people seem to be behind this one.

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The original wasn't very good. It was nostalgia for boomers turning 40.

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I was a child during the original run and it meant a lot to me at the time. I think it was the first show that I watched that was a bit heavier than standard kid tv.

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mic suede said:

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The original wasn't very good. It was nostalgia for boomers turning 40.

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I was a child during the original run and it meant a lot to me at the time. I think it was the first show that I watched that was a bit heavier than standard kid tv.

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It was definitely more serious than similar coming of age sitcoms intentionally set 20yrs before (aka Happy Days).
It was also a pretty obvious attempt to capitalize on the success of Stand By Me from a few years before.

mic suede said:

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Seven Costanza said:

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mic suede said:

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The original wasn't very good. It was nostalgia for boomers turning 40.

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I was a child during the original run and it meant a lot to me at the time. I think it was the first show that I watched that was a bit heavier than standard kid tv.

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It was definitely more serious than similar coming of age sitcoms intentionally set 20yrs before (aka Happy Days).
It was also a pretty obvious attempt to capitalize on the success of Stand By Me from a few years before.

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Missed again. It had nothing to do with Stand By Me (written by Stephen King).

In fact it was in development before Stand By Me the movie was released. And Wonder Years was a movie concept initially and the voice over was influenced by A Christmas Story which was released 3 years before SBM in 1983. All according to the creators. They changed it to a dramatic sitcom of sorts but without a laugh track which was groundbreaking and had been pitching the show for quite a while. ABC was the only taker on like their third attempt.

Sorry. Big fan of SBM and TWY but no correlation.

according to you the creators were trying to rip off A Christmas Story and had been pitching the show for years, but that doesn't change the fact that an actual TV network bought the show in 1988 after the success of Stand By Me.

This was the same time frame that a hit movie like Ferris Beuller could lead to multiple competing bad tv series about a smart ass kid who pulled pranks.

Guarantee you Kevin Arnold beat his wife.

Horrible.

Looks more like a remake of Everybody Hates Chris (which I actually liked).

I never really got into the Wonder Years and neither did any of my friends. I couldn't tell you anything about it other than Fred Savage was in it.

I find that odd as I'm sure others will since I think I was about the age Savage was when this aired.

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Flashdiaz said:

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Only if this is part of a Wonder Years universe where they multiple Wonder Years versions and build toward a major television event involving all the stars

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Wonder Years: Endgame

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Thanos killed Winnie Cooper's brother

When we watched the Wonder Years as kids in the 80s and 90s, we identified with the show because not that much had changed from the 60s. We still rode bikes, used phones for calls, talked face to face, used encyclopedias for information, etc. Between the 60s (or 90s) and today, we went from Flintstones to Jetsons. Kids today won't identify as much with the kids in either version of the Wonder Years, which was a show that targeted kids, not adults, as viewers.

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When we watched the Wonder Years as kids in the 80s and 90s, we identified with the show because not that much had changed from the 60s. We still rode bikes, used phones for calls, talked face to face, used encyclopedias for information, etc. Between the 60s (or 90s) and today, we went from Flintstones to Jetsons. Kids today won't identify as much with the kids in either version of the Wonder Years, which was a show that targeted kids, not adults, as viewers.

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Yeah I'm 47 and grew up in a house where the music was similar to the music played on the show and where my Dad was a Vietnam vet. So I could identify completely with most of the stuff on the show and I suspect it was that way for a lot of kids my age when we watched it.

Oddly enough, my wife watches that show the Goldbergs, which is set in the time I grew up and it does absolutely nothing for me. I don't like it at all.

Maybe this one is taking a different approach than the others, but every reboot I've seen has been pretty terrible. Fuller House, Boy Meets World, Mighty Ducks, Saved by the Bell. I'll probably watch this pilot too, but wouldn't be surprised if it falls flat.

As a Hispanic, I always watch American Me to get back to my roots of growing up in LA. Maybe one day we will get a show similar to this where little Puppet and Smiley get to ride between almeda and watts talking about the inner struggles of trying to get the attention of Yolanda. Until that time comes I guess I'll check this one out.

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Maybe this one is taking a different approach than the others, but every reboot I've seen has been pretty terrible. Fuller House, Boy Meets World, Mighty Ducks, Saved by the Bell. I'll probably watch this pilot too, but wouldn't be surprised if it falls flat.

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Very few reboots are successful and I ignore the vast majority of them. Granted, I'm not one to live in the past either.

Best reboot I've seen is Battlestar Galactica which was far superior to the original.

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I'm optimistic about it. Don Cheadle in the Daniel Stern narrator role, Fred Savage as a producer, fresh cast with their own stories to tell. I think this one has a good shot to be worthwhile.

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Don Cheadle was a slam-dunk choice. Daniel Stern's narration was such a huge part of the original in setting the tone. Perfect fit.

Wish they had gone with a different song than a "remix" of the original. And they got a little too cute in the teaser with subtly comparing it to modern times.

That said, it has potential. The kid wanting the white/black baseball teams to play each other could really set a good tone for the series.

I'm also a sucker for shows with a good father/son dynamic and this one looks interesting. Dule Hill is a good choice there.

Glad Fred Savage is involved.

The obsessive trend with rebooting old shows usually leads to crap television.

The will and Grace reboot sucked
The Roseanne one sucked
The Frazier one (I'll go out on a limb) will suck

Leave old shoes where they should be; in the past or streaming platforms.

I think the biggest difference here is a completely different cast. No one will be tuning in to see Kevin Arnold as a dad and if Wayne still calls him butthead. New cast, new stories. Think this one has a chance

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I'm optimistic about it. Don Cheadle in the Daniel Stern narrator role, Fred Savage as a producer, fresh cast with their own stories to tell. I think this one has a good shot to be worthwhile.

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I thought Fred Savage fell out of a tree and was then run over by a fire truck.

JCRiley09 said:

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Maybe this one is taking a different approach than the others, but every reboot I've seen has been pretty terrible. Fuller House, Boy Meets World, Mighty Ducks, Saved by the Bell. I'll probably watch this pilot too, but wouldn't be surprised if it falls flat.

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I actually found the Mighty Ducks series a lot more entertaining than I was expecting, they had a few clever twists in relating it back to the original. Not like it was phenomenal television, but the original wasn't exactly winning awards either

Philo B 93 said:

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When we watched the Wonder Years as kids in the 80s and 90s, we identified with the show because not that much had changed from the 60s. We still rode bikes, used phones for calls, talked face to face, used encyclopedias for information, etc. Between the 60s (or 90s) and today, we went from Flintstones to Jetsons. Kids today won't identify as much with the kids in either version of the Wonder Years, which was a show that targeted kids, not adults, as viewers.

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This is a pretty good point, but I've been watching the show again with my kids on Hulu, and they still like it because they can still relate to nervousness, anger, embarrassment and the other themes.

My first thought when I saw this was "I hope this doesn't become some constant SJW/White Man bad preachy shows", and that's probably wrong on my part to think it because I think one thing the Wonder Years did so well was to address some social issues without making it preachy.

I'm going to give it a try and plan to also watch it with my kids.

Philo B 93 said:

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When we watched the Wonder Years as kids in the 80s and 90s, we identified with the show because not that much had changed from the 60s. We still rode bikes, used phones for calls, talked face to face, used encyclopedias for information, etc. Between the 60s (or 90s) and today, we went from Flintstones to Jetsons. Kids today won't identify as much with the kids in either version of the Wonder Years, which was a show that targeted kids, not adults, as viewers.

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It wasn't til I was older that I learned that the wonder years was set in the 60s. Growing up in small town Texas in the 80s, it didn't look anything different from what we were doing.

You thought NAM was in the 80s?