Up & Coming: Summary
SUMMARY
- Originally on:PBS
- Status:Ended
- Premiered:October 5, 1980
- Last Aired:January 1, 1981
- Show Categories:Drama
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Up & Coming debuted on PBS in October 1980. The series was about the Wilson family, an African-American family struggling between working- and middle-class in San Francisco. The show was heralded as being a realistic portrayal of an African-American family. It was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Education and was so popular that executive producer Avon Kirkland was approached many times about syndicating the show. Welcome to the Up & Coming guide at TV.com.
Up & Coming debuted on PBS in October 1980. The series was about the Wilson family, an African-American family struggling between working- and middle-class in San Francisco. The show was heralded as being a realistic portrayal of an African-American family. It was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Education and...
Up & Coming debuted on PBS in October 1980. The series was about the Wilson family, an African-American family struggling between working- and middle-class in San Francisco. The show was heralded as being a realistic portrayal of an African-American family. It was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Education and was so popular that executive producer Avon Kirkland was approached many times about syndicating the show. Welcome to the Up & Coming guide at TV.com.
Up & Coming debuted on PBS in October 1980. The series was about the Wilson family, an African-American family struggling between working- and middle-class in San Francisco. The show was heralded as being a realistic portrayal of an African-American family. It was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Education and...
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Up & Coming
Aired: Sunday October 5, 1980
The Wilson family moves from a poor neighborhood to a middle-class neighborhood in San Francisco. Oldest son Kevin, a high-school basketball star, has a difficult time adjusting at his new, more demanding high school. A prejudiced guidance counselor tells Kevin he's "seen his type a thousand times before" and is unsympathetic to Kevin's attempts to adjust.
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- Robert DoQuiFrank Wilson
- Wolfe PerryKevin
- Cindy HerronValerie Wilson
- Gamy L. TaylorMother Wilson
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I have been watching Up & Coming since it started here in Norway in 1991, and it just gets better and better watching it every season. ...Continue »
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