What's Happening Now!!

What's Happening Now!! is an American sitcom sequel to the original ABC 1976–1979 sitcom What's Happening!!<ref name="International Business Times 2019"/> focusing on its main characters as independent people. It aired in first-run broadcast syndication from September 7, 1985 until March 26, 1988.

Premise

Roger "Raj" Thomas (Ernest Thomas) has graduated from the University of Southern California, and become a fledgling writer. He and his new wife Nadine (Anne-Marie Johnson), a social worker, move in to his old home in Watts (given to him by his mother, Mabel Thomas (Mabel King), now remarried and living in Phoenix, Arizona). His sister Dee (Danielle Spencer) is away at college. Childhood friend Dwayne Nelson (Haywood Nelson) has become a computer programmer, while Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs (Fred Berry) is now a used-car salesman. The old soda shop hangout, Rob's Place, has gone out of business and has been left abandoned. Reminded of his youth, and seeing an opportunity, Raj and Shirley Wilson (Shirley Hemphill), who used to wait tables there, decide to buy the business together, renaming it "Rob's."

Episodes

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} List of What's Happening Now!! episodes

Cast

• Ernest Thomas as Roger "Raj" Thomas
• Anne-Marie Johnson as Nadine Hudson-Thomas<ref name="International Business Times 2019"/>
• Haywood Nelson as Dwayne Nelson
• Fred Berry as Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (season 1)
• Shirley Hemphill as Shirley Wilson
• Reina King as Carolyn Williams (season 1)
• Martin Lawrence as Maurice Warfield (season 3)
• Ken Sagoes as Darryl (season 3)
• Danielle Spencer as Dee Thomas (recurring)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Recurring guests

• Meshach Taylor as Buddy Carlton (2 episodes, seasons 1–2)

Cast change

After the first successful season, as he had done during the original What's Happening series, Fred Berry attempted to negotiate a salary increase based on what he perceived as the popularity of the "Rerun" character. In response, producers fired Berry from the series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Home media

On June 12, 2007, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the first season of What's Happening Now!! on DVD in Region 1.

DVD name	Ep #	Release date
The Complete First Season	22	June 12, 2007

External links

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