I feel that if the show had a different title the backlash might not be as strong. TV viewers, black and white, tend to "own" their favorite shows, including the titles. They feel they have a stake, a vested interest, in the plot, characters, scenery. How many times have you or I lived vicariously through the characters on our favorite movie or TV show, asking questions or making comments like, "He knows better than to do that." "That's not her color, why is she wearing it?" "Uh, oh. Daddy's home, there'll be hell to pay." We watch and live in our favorite shows. So when black TV characters simulate a beloved TV show with a white family AND use the same name of that beloved show, ill feelings, backlash and comparisons come. If I were the creator of the black version, I would have used a title other than The Wonders Years. Consider this. New Jack City with Wesley Snipes was essentially the black version of Al Pacino's Scarface. But the energy, scenery, language of New Jack City differed from Scarface so much so that you don't watch it and constantly compare it to Scarface, even though there's a scene from Scarface in New Jack City. I applaud the fillmmaker for payinag homage to Scarface. The vibe is different in New Jack City. I don't get the sense that the film is trying to simulate Scarface at all. New Jack City stands on its own merits. Thanks for reading.