The Wonder Years is an American coming-of-age comedy television series created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. The series premiered on ABC on January 31, 1988, immediately after the network's broadcast of Super Bowl XXII, and ended on May 12, 1993. The series stars Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold, a teenager growing up in a suburban middle-class family in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It co-stars Dan Lauria as his father Jack, Alley Mills as his mother Norma, Jason Hervey as his brother Wayne, Olivia d'Abo as his sister Karen, Josh Saviano as his best friend Paul Pfeiffer, and Danica McKellar as his girlfriend Winnie Cooper, with narration by Daniel Stern as an adult version of Kevin.