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Status: Ended
First Aired: August 5, 1976
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 65
Networks: ABC
Genres: Comedy

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What's Happening!!(1976)

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (26 votes)

Overview

What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.

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Season 1

21 episodes • 1976Avg: 7.8Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Runaway	Aug 5, 1976	10.0
2	The Birthday Present	Aug 12, 1976	0.0
3	When Daddy Comes Marching Home	Aug 19, 1976	0.0
4	My Three Tons	Aug 26, 1976	0.0
5	Saturday's Hero	Nov 13, 1976	5.5
6	The Burger Queen	Nov 20, 1976	0.0
7	Speak for Yourself, Dwayne	Nov 27, 1976	0.0
8	Shirley's Date	Dec 4, 1976	0.0
9	Christmas	Dec 11, 1976	0.0
10	Puppy Love	Dec 30, 1976	0.0
11	The Maid Did It	Jan 6, 1977	0.0
12	The Incomplete Shakespeare	Jan 13, 1977	0.0
13	The Hospital Stay	Jan 20, 1977	0.0
14	The Sunday Father	Jan 27, 1977	0.0
15	The Firing Squad	Feb 10, 1977	0.0
16	The Boarder	Feb 17, 1977	0.0
17	Dwayne's Dilemma	Feb 24, 1977	0.0
18	The Tickets	Mar 3, 1977	0.0
19	What's Wrong With Raj?	Mar 10, 1977	0.0
20	Nice Guys Finish Last	Mar 24, 1977	0.0
21	From Here to Maternity	Mar 31, 1977	0.0

Season 2

22 episodes • 1977

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Rerun Gets Married	Sep 22, 1977
2	It's All in Your Head	Sep 29, 1977
3	Trial and Error	Oct 6, 1977
4	Raj Goes to Press	Oct 13, 1977
5	Nothing Personal	Oct 20, 1977
6	If I'm Elected	Oct 27, 1977
7	The Play's the Big Thing	Nov 3, 1977
8	Give Me Odds	Nov 10, 1977
9	Bill Gets Married	Nov 17, 1977
10	Mama, the School Girl	Nov 24, 1977
11	One Strike and You're Out	Dec 8, 1977
12	The Testimonial	Dec 15, 1977
13	Black and White Blues	Dec 22, 1977
14	Going, Going, Gong	Jan 5, 1978
15	Dee's First Date	Jan 21, 1978
16	Doobie or Not Doobie (1)	Jan 28, 1978
17	Doobie or Not Doobie (2)	Feb 4, 1978
18	Rerun Sees the Light	Feb 11, 1978
19	Raj and the Older Woman	Feb 18, 1978
20	Diplomatic Immunity	Feb 25, 1978
21	Shirley is a Mother	Apr 13, 1978
22	The Apartment	May 11, 1978

Season 3

22 episodes • 1978

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Disco Dollar Disaster	Sep 21, 1978
2	Shirley's Boyfriend	Sep 28, 1978
3	Basketball Brain	Oct 12, 1978
4	The Creep Detective	Nov 2, 1978
5	Shirley's Cookies	Nov 9, 1978
6	The Landlady	Nov 16, 1978
7	Charge	Nov 23, 1978
8	Raj Moves Out	Nov 30, 1978
9	No Clothes Make the Man	Dec 14, 1978
10	Positive Identification	Dec 21, 1978
11	Making Out	Jan 11, 1979
12	Dee, the Cheerleader	Jan 25, 1979
13	A Present for Dee	Feb 9, 1979
14	Dwayne's Dream	Feb 16, 1979
15	Shirley's Fired	Feb 23, 1979
16	Food Poisoning	Mar 2, 1979
17	The Eviction	Mar 9, 1979
18	The Thomas Treasure	Mar 16, 1979
19	The Last Page	Mar 31, 1979
20	First Class Coach	Apr 7, 1979
21	Dwayne's Debate	Apr 21, 1979
22	The Benefit Show	Apr 28, 1979

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