<Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-goldbergs </Td> </Tr> <P> The Goldbergs is an American television period sitcom that premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 on ABC . The series was created by Adam F. Goldberg and stars Wendi McLendon - Covey, Jeff Garlin, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and George Segal . The show is produced by Goldberg, Seth Gordon, and Doug Robinson . It is based on Goldberg's childhood and family in the 1980s, complete with a childhood version of himself . The fourth season premiered on September 21, 2016 . In May 2017, ABC renewed the series for a fifth and sixth season . The fifth season premiered on September 27, 2017 . </P> <P> The Goldbergs is set in the 1980s in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania . The show is loosely based on the showrunner's own childhood, during which he videotaped events, many of which are re-enacted throughout the program . It shows the reality of the' 80s from a young boy's eyes . </P> <P> The series stars Jeff Garlin as patriarch Murray and Wendi McLendon - Covey as matriarch Beverly . Their two older children are Erica (Hayley Orrantia) and Barry (Troy Gentile). The youngest child, Adam (Sean Giambrone), documents his family life with his video camera . Beverly's father, Albert "Pops" Solomon (George Segal), is frequently around to provide advice or to help out his grandchildren (often behind his daughter's back). </P>

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