What's Happening!!

Overview

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.

Cast

Ernest Lee Thomas

Roger "Raj" Thomas

Haywood Nelson

Dwayne Clemens Nelson

Fred Berry

Frederick (Freddy) "Rerun" Stubbs

Danielle Spencer

Dee Thomas

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Wilson