danicamckellar/Instagram Danica McKellar played Winnie Cooper onThe Wonder Yearsthroughout the series' run, from 1988 to 1993 McKellar commemorated 32 years since the finale aired with special photos shared to Instagram The Wonder Yearsalso starred Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold, Dan Lauria as Jack Arnold, Alley Mills as Norma Arnold, Jason Hervey as Wayne Arnold and Josh Saviano as Paul Pfeiffer Danica McKellaris looking back at a poignant moment in her life. On Monday, May 12,The Wonder Yearsalumna shared some personal behind-the-scenes photos from the final day of filming the beloved series. The coming-of-age sitcom, which followed Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage), his next-door neighbor and longtime crush Winnie Cooper (McKellar) and his best friend Paul Pfeiffer (Josh Saviano), premiered on Jan. 31, 1988, and ran until May 12, 1993. Alongside the photos — first of the trio and later of the larger cast cutting a cake — McKellar wrote, "Thirty-two years ago today, the finale ofThe Wonder Yearsaired on ABC. 🤯 These are personal shots from the last day of filming... the end of an era!" She continued, "I graduated from high school a couple months later and went to @ucla... oh the many adventures ahead for that teenager, and what an incredible show that would continue to bless her! Thank you, from myself and Winnie Cooper, to everyone who watched through the years. 🙏🙏" Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. McKellar has spoken before about how the end ofThe Wonder Yearsand her pivot to school coincided with something of an identity crisis for her younger self. "I had friends in the business whose parents were so overly impressed with everything that was going on with their kids that it puts too much pressure on the kid. It's like, I dealt with enough of that when the show was over," she said onCheryl Burke's podcastSex, Lies and Spray Tanslast year. "WhenThe Wonder Yearswas over, and I went to UCLA — it all happened around the same time — for me, it was like, 'Oh my gosh.What would my value be if I didn't have this show?' " The star had a luncheon with her former colleagues at theFanboy Expo in Knoxvillein 2024, the biggest cast reunion they'd enjoyed in 20 years, while fans asked for autographs. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty "So great to be with my Wonder Years family this weekend!," she wrote at the time. "Sure, we've all seen each other through the years (just saw Dan & Josh last month, in fact!), but we realized this particular grouping hadn't been together in well over 20 years...!" Sitting by the table, costars Dan Lauria, Josh Saviano, Alley Mills and Jason Hervey were present for the occasion. Lauria, 78, played Jack Arnold, while Mills, 74, played his wife Norma. Hervey, 53, portrayed Wayne. Fred Savage, who played Kevin, was not present for the reunion. The Wonder Yearscan be streamed in full on Hulu. Read the original article onPeople
