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All About The Wonder Years
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 30 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 a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding 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." In total, 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.