The Wonder Years: Where are they now?

If you're talking classic coming-of-age sitcoms, you've got to mention The Wonder Years, which ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993. The hilarious and often heart-wrenching show follows Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) as he grows up in the late '60s and early '70s, all while navigating his love for the girl next door Winnie (Danica McKellar), and dealing with the older brother we love to hate, Wayne (Jason Hervey).

The Wonder Years was such a fan favorite, it was rebooted in 2021 on ABC. This time, The Wonder Years centers on a Black family in Montgomery, Alabama in the late '60s. Just like in the original series, an older protagonist (Don Cheadle) narrates the adventures of his younger self (Elisha "EJ" Williams). The Wonder Years reboot was picked up for a second season in May 2022.

Let's take a look at what the original cast members are up to!

Following The Wonder Years, Savage guest-starred in a number of TV shows and movies, including Boy Meets World (alongside his brother Ben Savage) and Austin Powers: Goldmember. He also lent his voice to several animated shows, even voicing himself in Family Guy. Savage went behind the camera to produce episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Party Down. In 2015, he also appeared in the short-lived FOX show The Grinder, alongside Rob Lowe. While he didn't wed Winnie Copper, Savage did marry his childhood friend, Jennifer Lynn Stone. The couple has three children together.

In 2021, Savage served as the executive producer and director of The Wonder Years reboot but he was terminated from the show completely in May 2022 for "verbal outbursts" and "inappropriate behavior." Unfortunately, these aren't the first allegations brought up against Savage — he apparently faced misconduct accusations from crew members on The Wonder Years and The Grinder.

After Kevin and Winnie's final summer, McKellar went to UCLA and earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. Armed with a passion for fractions, McKellar has written a whopping 11 math-related books(!) that are aimed at encouraging absolutely everyone (especially girls) from infancy to adulthood, to love math. On television, the actress had a recurring role on The West Wing and has also appeared on How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, and Dancing With the Stars.

In 2015, McKellar starred in Project Mc2 on Netflix, a comedy series about four girls using their knowledge of science to help save the world, and we love that McKellar is always championing smart girls and women. McKellar is also the low-key queen of Hallmark Christmas movies. You may have seen her in Perfect Match or Crown for Christmas. She married attorney Scott Sveslosky in 2014 and has one child from a previous marriage.

Contrary to the rumors, Kevin's neighbor and resolute best friend did not grow up to be Marilyn Manson. Instead, he traded glasses for a suit and tie. Saviano attended Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is currently a working attorney. In 2015, the then 39-year-old launched a law firm and celebrity brand consultancy.

But, don't worry...Saviano didn't turn his back on acting entirely. He returned to TV in 2014 and 2015 where he used his real-life skills to play a lawyer on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Hervey spent years taunting Kevin Arnold as older brother Wayne, but then he took a step back from the spotlight. After The Wonder Years, the former child star lent his voice to several animated characters—he and Savage even played brothers again in the animated series Justice League Unlimited.

Other than voice acting, Hervey mostly spent time behind the camera, producing sports specials for World Championship Wrestling and TV shows like See Dad Run, Hardcore Pawn: Chicago, and Outlaw Country. Hervey was also a contributor on VH1's I Love the 80s and I Love the 80s Strikes Back.

There was a little bit of everyone's dad in Lauria's often curmudgeonly patriarch. The actor went on to bring this signature gruffness to other roles, most notably the part of Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi back in 2011.

Lauria has also appeared in a number of television shows since The Wonder Years, including How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, and The Mentalist. You might've seen him as Jack Sullivan in the TBS comedy Sullivan & Son, which ran from 2012 to 2014.

Mama Arnold didn't stop acting when the kids moved out. In 1993, after The Wonder Years ended, Mills landed a recurring role on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She has an impressive television repertoire — you may have seen her on TV shows like NYPD Blue, Yes, Dear, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Mills is currently a regular on The Bold and the Beautiful, playing sister to the family matriarch, Pamela Douglas.

The free spirit of the family has flitted all across the entertainment world. Since 1993, d'Abo has voiced numerous animated characters including Jane Porter in the 2001 show The Legend of Tarzan. She's guest-starred in tons of popular TV shows as well, like Psych, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Jane the Virgin.

D'Abo even performed on Broadway in 2005 in The Odd Couple with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. She's proven herself as a true multi-hyphenate in the entertainment industry (actor-singer-songwriter), releasing her debut album Not TV in 2008.

It's hard to believe Home Alone's "wet bandit" was the subdued future voice of Kevin Arnold, but Stern is a versatile man. Instead of robbing houses and harassing Macaulay Culkin, Stern has dedicated his life to good deeds. In 1999, he and his wife founded the Malibu Foundation for Youth and Families. Stern has also developed and taught media literacy in classrooms and visited the troops in Iraq on a Handshake Tour with the USO. All these thoughtful deeds earned Stern the "Call to Service Award," the highest honor for volunteerism, from President Barack Obama in 2009.

Good deeds aren't the only thing Stern has been performing. He's continued to produce and act in movies, starring in the 2019 film, Game Over, Man alongside the Workaholics gang Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson. Stern also kept up with voice acting in plenty of TV shows like Hey Arnold!, Family Guy, and Dilbert.

You may recognize Ribisi as the creepy guy from almost any Seth MacFarlane movie (Ted, A Million Ways to Die in the West) or as Phoebe Buffay's younger half-brother in Friends, but before all that he played Kevin Arnold's good friend in his teenage years.

Along with his previously mentioned roles, the actor also appeared in Lost in Translation, Public Enemies, Avatar, and many more films. He married model Agyness Deyn in June 2012; they filed for divorce in early 2015.

Aside from constantly fighting the good fight against dry eyes, Kevin's former science teacher Mr. Cantwell is a real-life lawyer and media personality. Stein has focused his career on politics and the economy. He regularly appears on CNBC's The Kudlow Report and writes commentaries, often controversial, on everything from terrorism to taxes for publications like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

Of course, Stein is famous for his dry delivery – which he has kept alive in pop culture through roles like Head Pixie in the animated show The Fairly OddParents and as host of his own show on Comedy Central, Win Ben Stein's Money.

Comic-Con connoisseurs probably know Picardo as an Emergency Medical Hologram from the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, a role he played from 1995 to 2001. The actor also appeared in the series Stargate: Atlantis.

Back on Earth, he's appeared in episodes of tons of popular shows like Ally McBeal, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, The Mentalist, and Grey's Anatomy. Picardo's talents extend beyond the screen, too. He is a talented singer, and he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society.