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The Wonder Years (1988)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII.
The show achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top Thirty for four of its six seasons. TV Guide named the show one of the 20 best of the 1980s. After only six episodes aired, The Wonder Years won an Emmy for best comedy series in 1988. In addition, at age 13, Fred Savage became the youngest actor ever nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. The show was also awarded a Peabody Award in 1989, for pushing the boundaries of the sitcom format and using new modes of storytelling. The series won 22 awards and was nominated for 54 more. In 1997, "My Father's Office" was ranked #29 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time, and in the 2009 revised list the pilot episode was ranked #43. The TV show is named after the band, The Wonder Years.
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touching, sentimental, sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, atmospheric, sweet, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, coming of age, high school, first love, teenage life, dating, family relations, family life, love and romance, siblings relations, parents and children, family values, lifestyle, suburban life, youth, suburbs, teenager, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, narration, girl, voice over narration ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1960s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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