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What's Happening Now!! is an African American sitcom that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. It was the sequel to the sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 to 1979. Like the original series, What's Happening Now!! is loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High (written by Eric Monte and directed by Michael Schultz).

In the series, Roger "Raj" Thomas (played by Ernest Thomas) had become a fledgling writer. He had bought half of the restaurant Rob's Diner (renamed Rob's) and he was running the business with Shirley (Shirley Hemphill), making money for himself and his new wife Nadine (Anne-Marie Johnson), who was a social worker. Dwayne (Haywood Nelson) had become a computer programmer, and Rerun (Fred Berry) had become a used-car salesman. Raj lived in the same house he grew up in, while Dwayne and Rerun shared an apartment. The antics and sarcastic one-liners were reminiscent of the first series. Raj's little sister Dee (Danielle Spencer) showed up on a sporadic basis in guest spots, with the explanation that she had gone away to college. Raj and Nadine also became foster parents to a young girl named Carolyn, played by Reina King (sister of actress Regina King), who had displayed the sass that was seen in Dee when she was younger.

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[HotRadioDJ]

did they get Regina King's name misspelled in the credit or was that her stage name then? @ 00:20

[BlackAmericaCinema]

@HotRadioDJ This is not Regina King, but her real life sister, playing the role of Rodge and Nadine's foster daughter. At the time this show was filming, Regina King was starring in the show 227. Good question!

[BlackAmericaCinema]

@HotRadioDJ This is not Regina King, but her real life sister, playing the role of Rodge and Nadine's foster daughter. At the time this show was filming, Regina King was starring in the show 227. Good question!

[GetWitit100]

dwayne looks finer in whats happening now!!

[ghd76]

Don't mess with Nadine's dinner plans

[blanco325]

Martin's first show

[pryncessable]

O Lord that 80's fluffy curls hairdo? Hmmm Thank God it's over. Love this show, really sad some of the other cast members died.

[BigMicMuzikTV]

TRAGIC TRAGIC!!!!! (MR. OMAR)

[TheITALIANJRZYGUYNNJ]

@nomibe2911 he was always big! the food was free! lol lol

[TheITALIANJRZYGUYNNJ]

this continueation stunk!

[1sexualninja1]

@HotRadioDJ What do YOU think?  Dickhead.

[nomibe2911]

Rerun got too big on this show.

[nomibe2911]

Can someone tell me a show that Anne-Marie Johnson hasn't been in? It seems as if she's had a part in almost every show.

[newton3010]

I still love Anne-Marie Johnson. She was skinny but still sooo fine !!!