Up and Coming

Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) during the 1980-1981 season.

Up and Coming
GenreDrama
Directed byIvan Cury
StarringRobert DoQui
Cindy Herron
L. Wolfe Perry, Jr.
Yule Caise
Gamy L. Taylor
Theme music composerBenorce Blackman
Bill Withers
Opening theme"The Best You Can"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producersAvon Kirkland
Art Washington
Running time24 mins.
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseOctober 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) –
January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01)

Synopsis

The series depicts the Wilsons, a successful African American family from Oakland, California who moves into an integrated, middle-class neighborhood in nearby San Francisco.[1] Although it was short-lived, it was one of the first weekly American TV drama series centered on an African American family (preceded only by Harris and Company, a 1979 NBC drama starring Bernie Casey).

Among the cast members were former Stanford University basketball star L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. and a teenage Cindy Herron (who years later would become a founding member of the R&B female quartet En Vogue).

The theme song is a cover version of the Bill Withers tune "The Best You Can". The original version can be found on Withers' 1975 album Making Music.

Cast

References
  1. Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 531–532. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
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