| What's Happening Now!! | |
|---|---|
Opening titles from 1985
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Eric Monte |
| Written by | Eric Monte David Silverman Stephen Sustaric Michael S. Baser Kim Weiskopf |
| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Starring |
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| Composers | Henry Mancini Bruce Miller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 66(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Michael S. Baser Mike Milligan Kim Weiskopf |
| Producers | Larry Balmagia Bob Peete Michael S. Baser Kim Weiskopf |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies |
Coca-Cola Telecommunications (1987) |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) – March 26, 1988 (1988-03-26) |
| Related | |
What's Happening Now!! is an American sitcom sequel to the original ABC 1976–1979 sitcom What's Happening!![1] focusing on its main characters as independent people. It aired in first-run broadcast syndication from September 7, 1985 until March 26, 1988.
In the series, Roger "Raj" Thomas (Ernest Thomas) has graduated from the University of Southern California, and become a fledgling writer. He and his new wife Nadine (Anne-Marie Johnson), a social worker, move in to his old home in Watts (given to him by his mother, Mabel Thomas (Mabel King), now remarried and living in Phoenix, Arizona). His sister, Dee (Danielle Spencer), is away at college. Childhood friend, Dwayne Nelson (Haywood Nelson), has become a computer programmer, while Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs (Fred Berry) is now a used-car salesman. The old soda shop hangout, Rob's Place, has gone out of business and has been left abandoned. Reminded of his youth, and seeing an opportunity, Raj and Shirley Wilson (Shirley Hemphill), who used to wait tables there, decide to buy the business together, renaming it "Rob's."
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 22 | September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) | March 16, 1986 (1986-03-16) | |
| 2 | 22 | September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) | March 28, 1987 (1987-03-28) | |
| 3 | 22 | September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26) | March 26, 1988 (1988-03-26) | |
After the first successful season, Fred Berry attempted to negotiate a higher salary than his co-stars based on what he perceived as the popularity of the "Rerun" character. Having caused similar issues during the production of the original series, which led to its cancellation, producers fired Berry from the series and no further mention was made of Rerun from that point forward. [3]
A partial list of stations the show was syndicated to:
On June 12, 2007, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first season of What's Happening Now!!onDVDinRegion 1.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | 22 | June 12, 2007 |
