Up and Coming (TV series)

The series depicts the Wilsons, a successful African American family from Oakland, California who moves into an integrated, middle-class neighborhood in nearby San Francisco.^[1] 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.

• Robert DoQui as Frank Wilson
• Cindy Herron as Valerie Wilson
• L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. as Kevin Wilson
• Yule Caise as Marcus Wilson
• Gammy Singer as Joyce Wilson

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• "Movin' In, Movin' On" (Part 1)
• "Movin' In, Movin' On" (Part 2)
• "Get With It"
• "Incident at Hamilton High"
• "Return of the Kingpin"
• "Love's Lesson Learned"
• "Righteous Rumour"
• "Growing Pains"
• "Highrise Rebound" (Part 1)
• "Highrise Rebound" (Part 2)
• "Cheating Cats"
• "Game Plan"
• "Loss of Innocence"
• "A Little Romance" (Part 1)
• "A Little Romance" (Part 2)