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No Season 3 for the reimagined comedy.
September 15, 2023
It is being reported that ABC has cancelled The Wonder Years after two seasons. The news comes a month after the reimagined coming-of-age comedy wrapped its shortened sophomore run, which at 10 episodes was less than half the length of its first season.
After ranking as one of the network's top comedies of the season in 2021, the half-hour series struggled in Season 2. It is currently ABC's lowest-rated show of the summer despite continued positive reviews from critics and viewers.
Inspired by the 1988 series of the same name, The Wonder Years takes a look back in time at a Black middle-class family in 1960s Montgomery, Alabama, from the point of view of an imaginative 12-year-old named Dean. Narrated by his grown-up self with the wisdom of his adult years, Dean reflects on some of the best years of his life with his family during a turbulent time.
Comments (30)
10/04/23 at 10:24pm
Perhaps we can get some original content on TV; not re-dos of old shows or more reality shows. Where are the new classics?
09/26/23 at 10:20am
Another WOKE POS that should that tried to "CASH IN" on the original show. Lazy writers and suits at networks and studios are more interested Hijacking a great period piece show then putting in the time and effort to create any original work that encapsulates and prompts their WOKE agenda. Without the original title of "The Wonder Years" this show would have never lasted a single season.
09/23/23 at 02:31pm
Good
Woke crap
Woke crap
09/23/23 at 00:03am
It's too bad. When it first showed up I thought why bother, the original was perfect. But the new version managed to rekindle the wonder of growing up and add the perspective of a Black family in Alabama just after the civil rights era. The characters weren't stereotypes, they were real people.
But I guess the behind-the-scenes conflict after the first season caused production problems and a delay in filming new episodes. ABC just lost interest (after all, they have "Abbott Elementary") and shuffled it off to the deadlands of summer.
But I guess the behind-the-scenes conflict after the first season caused production problems and a delay in filming new episodes. ABC just lost interest (after all, they have "Abbott Elementary") and shuffled it off to the deadlands of summer.
09/22/23 at 04:57am
@Whatever
It wasnt a recasting of an old show. It was a faithful to the original remaking of the original but from a black family's perspective. I guess you wouldnt watch a faithful remake of the original Cosby show casting an all white cast then would you?
@Sandwich
You really shouldnt make assumptions about people like that by calling them racist. Maybe its just that TV and the culture nowadays is so saturated with "woke" propaganda that its easy to assume sometimes about some TV shows that they too might be in that category. I just dont think as many people are actually racist as particular people would like to have us all believe.
It wasnt a recasting of an old show. It was a faithful to the original remaking of the original but from a black family's perspective. I guess you wouldnt watch a faithful remake of the original Cosby show casting an all white cast then would you?
@Sandwich
You really shouldnt make assumptions about people like that by calling them racist. Maybe its just that TV and the culture nowadays is so saturated with "woke" propaganda that its easy to assume sometimes about some TV shows that they too might be in that category. I just dont think as many people are actually racist as particular people would like to have us all believe.
09/21/23 at 01:17pm
They lost me with the race change. I don't not watch racist shows. Recasting a white family as a black family is racist! Anyone is doesn't see that...well you just might be racist yourself.
09/21/23 at 07:46am
@Sandwich: Thanks for the response. Got it.
09/21/23 at 02:47am
@Sandwich......Thank you for your response. Understood
09/20/23 at 12:34pm
@goeze .. when "woke" is used HERE it typically just means some tv show that depicts a viewpoint which is not that from the heteronormative (mostly white male) perspective. So... this show, which I thought was decent, because it shows the world from the perspective of a black family, is called "woke" by, well... racists.
Don't get me wrong, there are some televisions shows which are far more propaganda - trying to change the opinions of others - than entertainment. But Wonder Years was absolutely NOT one of those. Anyone calling THIS show "woke" is nothing short of a racist.
Don't get me wrong, there are some televisions shows which are far more propaganda - trying to change the opinions of others - than entertainment. But Wonder Years was absolutely NOT one of those. Anyone calling THIS show "woke" is nothing short of a racist.
09/19/23 at 11:08pm
I actually liked this even though I couldnt truly relate to some aspects because I am white. It was actually a faithful to the original reboot I thought. It didnt throw in any of the current day politics but rather stuck to the timeframe it was intended to portray. Its really sad that a show like this gets cancelled because it didnt have any leftist virtue signalling embedded in the plot.
Protip: Just cause a show is about black people or has a lot of black people in it doesnt make it "woke". The whole plot was about a black family in the mid-60s.
Also I like Dule Hill since I saw him in Psych. Its good to see him doing a serious role too.
Protip: Just cause a show is about black people or has a lot of black people in it doesnt make it "woke". The whole plot was about a black family in the mid-60s.
Also I like Dule Hill since I saw him in Psych. Its good to see him doing a serious role too.
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