Cue up a little Joe Cocker before reading this news: A reboot of The Wonder Years, centered on a Black family, is in the works at ABC, TVLine has learned.
Original Wonder Years star Fred Savage is set to direct the pilot, and he’ll exec-produce with Daniels and Saladin K. Patterson (Dave, Psych).
The first Wonder Years ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993, starring Savage as teenager Kevin Arnold during the late ’60s and early ’70s.
Empire co-creator Lee Daniels is behind the half-hour project, which has scored a pilot production commitment at the network.