The half-hour comedy will focus on how a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, "in the turbulent late 1960's, the same era as the original series, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too," the network said.

The reimagining comes as issues of racial justice have taken center stage in Hollywood and across the globe following the death of George Floyd in police custody.

The original "Wonder Years" series was a coming-of-age dramedy centered around teen Kevin Arnold and his suburban family.

It was set from 1968 to 1973 and ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993.