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 | Avon Kirkland Art Washington |
Running time | 24 mins. |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
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 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
- 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