*We caught up with Saycon Sengbloh and Laura Kariuki to dish about season two of “The Wonder Years,” which premieres June 14 on ABC.
Inspired by the beloved award-winning 1980s series of the same name, “The Wonder Years” is an original coming-of-age comedy that tells the story of the Williams family during the late 1960s, spotlighting the ups and downs of growing up in a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, and the friendship, laughter and lessons along the way — per the press release.
The Peabody Award-winning series stars Don Cheadle, narrating the series as adult Dean Williams, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Dean Williams, Dulé Hill as Bill Williams, Saycon Sengbloh as Lillian Williams, Laura Kariuki as Kim Williams, Julian Lerner as Brad Hitman, Amari O’Neil as Cory Long and Milan Ray as Keisa Clemmons.
This season will also feature a slew of A-list celebrity guests, including Patti LaBelle, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Donald Faison, Phoebe Robinson, and Bradley Whitford, among others, Variety reports.
Saladin K. Patterson serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Lee Daniels, Bob Daily and Jacque Edmonds Cofer. The cast of the reboot previously explained to ET how the new series compares to the original.
“It shows that Black people in the ’60s were not always dealing with pain. They were happy. They had a lot of joy. They had humor in their life,” said Kariuki. “Our show does a really good job at showing that.”
Patterson noted that the reimagined “Wonder Years” highlights how “Black people were being educated and doing a lot of amazing things at this time.”
Patterson added, “I don’t think y’all understand how fly the ’60s were. It wasn’t just a lot of hard things that people think about. There was some smoothness and flyness to it that we can’t wait for everybody to see.”
So where will viewers find the Williams family when “The Wonder Years” returns this week? Check out what Saycon and Laura had to say in our exclusive conversation via the clip below.
Season two of “The Wonder Years” premieres Wednesday, June 14th at 9pm ET on ABC, with the full first season available for streaming on Hulu.
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