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What's Happening!!

IMDb 7.4 1976 • 30 min • Comedy

Director

Eric Monte

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Plot Summary

What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.

Top Cast

Ernest Lee Thomas
Ernest Lee Thomas Roger "Raj" Thomas
Haywood Nelson
Haywood Nelson Dwayne Clemens Nelson
Fred Berry
Fred Berry Frederick (Freddy) "Rerun" Stubbs
Danielle Spencer
Danielle Spencer Dee Thomas
Shirley Hemphill
Shirley Hemphill Shirley Wilson