Fred Savage

The former child star of the original television series was dropped as director of a reboot after allegations of “inappropriate conduct,” 20th Television ...

“It was so not true,” Ms. Mills said at the time, adding that the lawsuit had been a major factor in the show’s cancellation that year. Mr. Savage told The Hollywood Reporter in January that he had reservations about rebooting the show. “Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of ‘The Wonder Years.’” Deadline reported the news of his firing on Friday. The show aired until 1993. Fred Savage, the former child star of the television comedy “The Wonder Years,” has been fired as an executive producer and director of a reboot of the show after allegations of “inappropriate conduct,” the studio behind the new series said in a statement on Saturday.

Savage was originally an actor on the hit series and returned as a director and executive producer for the remake.

Fox had also cleared Savage following an internal investigation and the lawsuit was eventually settled out of court. Savage has also faced allegations of misconduct in the past. Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of The Wonder Years.”

Savage was dropped as executive producer and director of the rebooted series after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct, the show's ...

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The Wonder Years” former star Fred Savage has been fired as executive producer and director of the reboot series over allegations of inappropriate conduct.

Most recently, he was directing and producing the “The Wonder Years” reboot, which started airing on ABC last fall. Savage became known for his role in the original “The Wonder Years” series as Kevin Arnold, a teenage boy learning about life in the late 1960s and early 1970s in middle-class suburbia. “Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of ‘The Wonder Years.’ ”

Savage served as both a director and an executive producer on the ABC series.

Fred Savage has been fired from his role as a director and executive producer on the Wonder Years reboot, Disney-owned TV studio 20th Television confirmed to press this weekend. Savage denied any wrongdoing in that incident, and an investigation by the studio ultimately found no problems with his behavior. Deadline notes that the studio has declined further comment, and that Savage has, so far, not responded to requests.

Savage, 45, was a child star when he appeared in the original series, which ran on ABC from 1988-93 and followed a suburban white family in the late 1960s ...

A new version of the show, which features Don Cheadle as the narrator, premiered last fall. Savage, 45, was a child star when he appeared in the original series, which ran on ABC from 1988-93 and followed a suburban white family in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of ‘The Wonder Years,’” a statement Saturday from 20th Television said.

Savage was dropped as executive producer and director of the rebooted series after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct, the show's ...

The coming-of-age story ran on ABC from 1988-93 and followed a suburban white family in the late 1960s and into the '70s through Kevin's eyes. Savage, now 45, was a child when he starred as 12-year-old Kevin Arnold in the original series. "Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched," a 20th Television spokesperson told NPR in a statement on Saturday. "Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of The Wonder Years."

Fred Savage has been terminated from his role as executive producer and director of ABC's "The Wonder Years," according to multiple reports.