
13/01/2025
WHAT'S HAPPENING!! REUNION...Original cast members Ernest Thomas; 75(Raj), Haywood Nelson; 64(Dwayne), and Danielle Spencer; 58(Dee) are reunited. Sadly, the other original cast members have passed away.
▪Mabel King (Mabel “Mama” Thomas)
December 25, 1932 – November 9, 1999
▪Shirley Hemphill (Shirley Wilson)
July 1, 1947 – December 10, 1999
▪Fred Berry(Rerun)
March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003
What's Happening!! is an American sitcom television series that first aired on ABC from August 5, 1976, premiering as a summer series. It returned as a weekly series from November 1976 until its April 1979 conclusion. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the Eric Monte-penned film Cooley High. From 1985 until 1988, a sequel series titled What's Happening Now!! aired in first-run syndication, with most of the major cast members reprising their roles.