Created and co-written by Adam F. Goldberg, The Goldbergs is loosely based on his actual family.
Right now, Beverly is scripted to be in the show, so there is a lot of crossover with The Goldbergs.
Every teacher on the show is a real teacher – the theater teacher, Mellor, the character Tim Meadows plays…[The voice-over] – it’s a teacher’s voice, looking back.
Besides the Kremps – Chad Kremp (Jacob Hopkins) remains Goldberg’s best friend – almost every character from his old school, William Penn Charter School, has a real-life counterpart.