black ownership changing the game, lee daniels and "the wonder years." - i loved "the wonder years" growing up. love it even more now that they've rebooted it and they've said it in montgomery, alabama 'cause it reminded me of my childhood. - lee daniels acquired the rights to the original "wonder years" because he wanted to tell a story about the black middle-class experience during the late 60s. - i didn't wanna direct it. i didn't wanna write it. i just didn't wanna mess it up, so i found a great showrunner writer, saladin, who had a good take on it. - so i think it's time that we talk with you about sex. - can't we just whoop the boy like god intended? - yeah, mama, i'll take the whooping! - i came on board and we decided to set the show in the cradle of the civil rights movement. - and not just the tragedy and the pain and the trauma because we've carried that for so long, and we continue to, but trying to build family and community and celebrate and have love in the midst of that. - what makes cupcakes taste so down home?