Review: ABC's 'The Wonder Years'
►"A winning and worthy reboot." THR critic
Angie Han reviews ABC's
The Wonder Years, Saladin K. Patterson's reboot of the classic sitcom that retains the voiceover narration, coming-of-age tropes and 1960s setting, but revolves around a new family — the Williamses, a Black middle-class household in Montgomery, Alabama.
The review.
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This Week in TV. THR's
Rick Porter runs down the TV premieres, returns and specials over the next seven days. Fall officially arrives on Wednesday, the big thing to look out for in TV land over the coming week is 73rd Primetime Emmys on Monday.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine comes to an end with an hour-long finale Thursday on NBC. Ken Burns’ latest PBS doc
Muhammad Ali debuts on Sunday. Apple's
The Morning Show returns for its second season on Friday.
The full guide.
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Getting the band back together. Chris Pratt is teaming with Sam Richardson, his co-star of
The Tomorrow War, for an action-comedy set up at Universal. Pratt will produce
Stranded Asset, a feature written by Jen D’Angelo and Richardson, who will also star in the project.
The story.
In other news... —Film review: Clint Eastwood’s
Cry Macho.
—TV review: Peacock’s
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol.
—TV review: Paramount+'s
The Harper House.
—TIFF film review: Sigourney Weaver in
The Good House.
—Venice film review: Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov's
Captain Volkonogov Escaped. —Oldenberg film review: Jack Fessenden’s
Foxhole.
—Oldenberg film review: Torsten Ruether's
Uppercut (
Leberhaken).
—Film review: Justin Long and Christian Long's
Lady of the Manor.
—Jim Carrey shares
intricate scare prank pulled on Norm Macdonald at Universal Studios.
—BBC Studios, Malaysia’s Astro
expand their partnership.
—Tabu, Ali Fazal to star in Netflix’s Indian espionage film
Khufiya.
—Kirk Acevedo
signs with APA.
—Hollywood’s
top 30 real estate agents.
What else we're reading... —"The Unique Genius of Norm Macdonald" [
Vulture]
—"Disney+ Is Killing the Blockbuster Movie With Its Identikit Mega-hits" [
The Guardian]
—"Regina King in Her Element" [
Vanity Fair]
—"Seeing
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye Through A Feminist Lens" [
Washington Post]
—"The Evolution of Matt Damon" [
GQ]
Today... Today's birthdays:
Mickey 'The Legend' Rourke (69), Jennifer Tilly (63), Molly Shannon (57), Amy Poehler (50), Nick Jonas (29), Ed Begley Jr. (72), Fan Bingbing (40), Marc Anthony (53), Danny John-Jules (61), Richard Marx (58), Chase Stokes (29), Alexis Bledel (40), Max Minghella (36)
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