Up and Coming (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Up and Coming


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genre = Drama
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starring = Robert DoQui
Cindy Herron
L. Wolfe Perry, Jr.
Yule Caise
Gamy L. Taylor
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theme_music_composer = Benorce Blackman
Bill Withers
opentheme = "The Best You Can"
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
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director = Ivan Cury
producer =
executive_producer = Avon Kirkland
Art Washington
runtime = 30 minutes
network = PBS
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first_aired = October 5 1980
last_aired = January 1 1981
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imdb_id = 0211716
tv_com_id = 12413

Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on the PBS television network during the 1980-1981 season. The series depicted the Wilsons, a successful African American family from Oakland, California who moves into an integrated, middle-class neighborhood in San Francisco. Although it was short-lived, it was the first weekly American TV drama centered around an African American family.

Among the cast members was a teenage Cindy Herron, who years later would become a 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
* Gamy L. Taylor as Joyce Wilson