Up and Coming
Up and Coming | |
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Genre | Drama |
Directed by | Ivan Cury |
Starring | Robert DoQui Cindy Herron L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. Yule Caise Gamy L. Taylor |
Theme music composer | Benorce Blackman Bill Withers |
Opening theme | "The Best You Can" |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Art Washington |
Running time | 24 mins. |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | October 5, 1980 January 1, 1981 | –
Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) during the 1980-1981 season.
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[]
- Robert DoQui as Frank Wilson
- Cindy Herron as Valerie Wilson
- L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. as Kevin Wilson
- as Marcus Wilson
- as Joyce Wilson
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- 1980 American television series debuts
- 1981 American television series endings
- 1980s American drama television series
- PBS original programming
- Television shows set in San Francisco
- English-language television shows