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. 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 Yule Caise as Marcus Wilson Gammy Singer as Joyce Wilson
Episodes Source:Oakland Tribune TV Week, various issues "Movin' In, Movin' On" (Part 1) "Movin' In, Movin' On" (Part 2) "Get With It" "Incident at Hamilton High" "Return of the Kingpin" "Love's Lesson Learned" "Righteous Rumour" "Growing Pains" "Highrise Rebound" (Part 1) "Highrise Rebound" (Part 2) "Cheating Cats" "Game Plan" "Loss of Innocence" "A Little Romance" (Part 1) "A Little Romance" (Part 2)
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