Up and Coming

Up and Coming
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(s) English
No. of seasons 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Avon Kirkland
Art Washington
Running time 24 mins.
Release
Original network PBS
Original release October 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) – January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01)

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

Synopsis

The series depictes 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

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