Channel: The Paley Center for Media
Category: Education
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Description: The Paley Center is delighted to welcome members of the acclaimed cast and creative team of ABC’s The Wonder Years, for a special PaleyFrontRow conversation; part of the Paley Center's 2022 Salute to Black Achievements in Television, presented by Citi. Series stars Dulé Hill and Saycon Sengbloh and executive producer/showrunner Saladin K. Patterson join moderator Mekeisha Madden Toby, Staff Editor of TV Line, for a poignant conversation about the creative process behind this richly drawn portrait of a Black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1968. The panel discusses the ongoing importance of representation on television, landmark Black television series and performers who have personally inspired them, as well as the series' impact across the cultural landscape.