The Wonder Years Unveils Guest Star-Studded Trailer for Delayed Season 2
Some familiar faces are paying a visit to the Williams family when ABC’s The Wonder Years returns for Season 2 — after much delay — on Wednesday, June 14 at 9/8c.
The Season 1 finale aired on May 18, 2022. (Read our full recap here.)
The sneak peek above teases a deep roster of exciting Season 2 guest stars, including Donald Faison (Psych, Scrubs), Titus Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock, Call Me Kat), Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale, The West Wing) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Resident). Additionally, Phoebe Robinson (Everything’s Trash, 2 Dope Queens) will appear in the season premiere as Lilian’s (Saycon Sengbloh) infamous sister Jackie.
R&B legend Patti LaBelle is also set to guest-star in a two-episode arc as Bill’s (Dulè Hill) mother Shirley, a choir director who’s sweet but can show a very different side when members don’t hit the right notes.
Inspired by the Emmy-winning retro series of the same name, ABC’s reimagining follows Dean (Elisha “EJ” Williams) and his humorous recollections — as narrated by Don Cheadle — of growing up in a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the late 1960s.
The series stars Williams as 12-year-old Dean, Hill as Dean’s father Bill, Sengbloh as Dean’s mother Lillian, and Laura Kariuki as Dean’s sister Kim. Rounding out the cast are Julian Lerner as Dean’s best friend Brad, Amari O’Neil as Dean’s friend and romantic rival Cory, and Milan Ray as Dean’s childhood crush Keisa. Allen Maldonado (Heels) recurs as Dean’s baseball coach Cliff Long.
Excited for Season 2? Which guest star are you most looking forward to seeing?
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I look forward to seeing them all! Season 2 has been a long time coming
With the writers strike messing with fall, I am actually surprised ABC didn’t shelve this completed second season once again!
It recently occurred to me that I wonder if ABC moved this out a year and is going to cancel it due to the misconduct allegations against Fred Savage from last year.
Such a shame if the case, because I love this reboot. The cast is excellent.
I’m hoping it does well enough to earn a season three renewal. Fred Savage is hopefully not the be all end all of the series.
I think the season 2 renewal was announced after the Fred Savage news so hopefully that won’t effect any season 3 renewal chances…I’m more worried about the year+ gap between seasons.
Patti LaBelle!! And Patti LaBelle as Dule Hills mother! I’m so looking forward to this.
The shoe is too good for ABC to treat it so poorly. Summer burnoff. Really?
Can’t wait to see Brad Whitford and Dule Hill share the screen again :)
I just love this show, dean and granddad are my favorite, can’t wait for the show to return 😍 ❤️
Please don’t cancel this show, everytime a good show comes on it gets cancel , I myself don’t like all these reality shows , it’s been too long between episodes almost a year, already got my popcorn just waiting