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!! (1976)
12h 30m
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Ernest Lee Thomas
Roger "Raj" Thomas (65 episodes)

Haywood Nelson
Dwayne Clemens Nelson (65 episodes)

Fred Berry
Frederick (Freddy) "Rerun" Stubbs (65 episodes)

Danielle Spencer
Dee Thomas (65 episodes)

Shirley Hemphill
Shirley Wilson (65 episodes)

Mabel King
Mabel Thomas (43 episodes)

Thalmus Rasulala
(6 episodes)

Earl Billings
(4 episodes)

Debbi Morgan
(4 episodes)