Up and Coming


Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service during the 1980-1981 season.

Synopsis

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. Although it was short-lived, it was one of the first weekly American TV drama series centered on an African American family.
Among the cast members were former Stanford University basketball star L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. and a teenage Cindy Herron.
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.

Cast