television series "What's Happening!!"

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"What's Happening!!" is a 1970s American sitcom that follows the everyday lives and comedic misadventures of three African-American teenagers in Los Angeles.

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instanceOf American sitcom
television series
airedInDecade 1970s
basedOn Cooley High NERFINISHED
cameraSetup multi-camera
composer Henry Mancini NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Eric Monte NERFINISHED
developer Allan Manings NERFINISHED
featuresEthnicGroup African Americans NERFINISHED
followedBy What's Happening Now!!
genre sitcom
hasSpinOff What's Happening Now!! NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Cooley High NERFINISHED
leadCharacterOccupation high school student
mainCharacter Dee Thomas NERFINISHED
Dwayne Nelson NERFINISHED
Frederick "Rerun" Stubbs NERFINISHED
Mabel Thomas NERFINISHED
Roger "Raj" Thomas NERFINISHED
Shirley Wilson NERFINISHED
notableCharacterTrait focus on teenage friendship
notableFor portrayal of African-American teenagers in Los Angeles
numberOfEpisodes 65
numberOfSeasons 3
openingTheme What's Happening!! theme NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOnDay Thursday
originalNetwork ABC
originalReleaseEnd 1979-04-28
originalReleaseStart 1976-08-05
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard
surface form: NTSC
portrayedBy Danielle Spencer NERFINISHED
Ernest Thomas NERFINISHED
Fred Berry NERFINISHED
Haywood Nelson NERFINISHED
Mabel King NERFINISHED
Shirley Hemphill NERFINISHED
productionCompany TOY Productions NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode 30 minutes
setInLocation Los Angeles NERFINISHED
targetAudience family
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s

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