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. What's Happening!! follows the lives of three working-class African-American teens living in the Watts section of Los Angeles. The... show stars Ernest Thomas as Roger "Raj" Thomas, Haywood Nelson as Dwayne Nelson, and Fred Berry as Freddy "Rerun" Stubbs. Co-starring are Danielle Spencer as Roger's younger sister Dee; Mabel King as Roger and Dee's mother Mabel; and Shirley Hemphill as Shirley Wilson, a waitress at Rob's Place, the neighborhood restaurant where the boys are regular patrons. Recurring characters include Rob , owner of Rob's Place; and Miss Collins , a sarcastic history teacher and the sponsor of the school newspaper.
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| On the air: | August 5, 1976-April 28, 1979 |
| Number of seasons: | 3 |
| Network: | American Broadcasting Company |
| Producer: | Bud Yorkin, Bernie Orenstein |
| Genre: | Comedy |