What's Happening Now!!

What's Happening Now!!

1985
3 Seasons
6.3
Comedy

What's Happening Now!! is an American sequel series of What's Happening!! It ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. Like the previous series, What's Happening Now!! is loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High.

Episodes

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E1Sep 2, 1985

Raj Returns

Raj and Nadine return to Raj's old house.

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E2Sep 9, 1985

A Horse is Not a Home

An ad offers a house instead of a horse.

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E3Sep 16, 1985

The Houseguest

Dwayne falls for his dentist's wife.

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E4Sep 23, 1985

One Enchanted Evening

The Thomases take in feuding roommates.

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E5Sep 30, 1985

Dueling Menus

Raj tries to impress his mother-in-law.

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E6Oct 7, 1985

Dwayne's Crush

Carolyn feels unloved and tries to leave.

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E7Oct 14, 1985

The New Kid

A 10-year-old orphan is left at the diner.

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E8Oct 21, 1985

The Bully

Raj explains how he landed in jail.

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E9Oct 28, 1985

Dee's Dilemma

A tough gang menaces a party at the diner.

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E10Nov 4, 1985

Aunt Shirley

Raj and Shirley compete for diner profits.

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E11Nov 11, 1985

Raj on the Run

When Dee comes home from college for vacation and then decides to drop out of school in favor of a sales career, older brother Raj starts treating her like a child.

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E12Nov 18, 1985

That Old Gang of Mine

A series of misunderstandings, misadventures and mistaken identities combine to disguise Raj as a woman and sends him fleeing from two FBI agents.

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E13Nov 25, 1985

The Challenge

While taping a commercial, Raj accidentally accepts a wrestling match with the ferocious Mama's Boy Jones after he insulted the wrestler's mother.

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E14Dec 2, 1985

Rags to Riches

When Raj opts for a softball game over attending an art show with Nadine, who strongly objects, the couple begins to think each other selfish and split up.

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E15Dec 9, 1985

Married or Not

The entire gang became characters from The Wizard of Oz when Carolyn is accidentally knocked unconscious.

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E16Dec 16, 1985

The Improbable Dream

When Rerun's new investment manager makes him a wealthy man, his old friends find they are losing him to the fast life.

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E17Jan 6, 1986

Goodbye, Mr. Ripps

When the gang hears that their favorite teacher, and renown practical joker, is retiring, they plan the ultimate farewell party.

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E18Jan 13, 1986

Dee and Dwayne

When Dwayne takes Dee to a rock concert, a romance seems to flare up between them, much to the displeasure of protective brother Raj.

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E19Jan 20, 1986

Nadine's Boss

Raj writes a theater play, and to help him out in launching the project, his friends agree to take on the production's roles, where it appears they really begin to live out their parts with comical results.

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E20Jan 27, 1986

Mr. First Nighter

Romance blossoms for Shirley when the Navy seaman she has been writing to for years comes to town.

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E21Feb 3, 1986

Shirley's Pen Pal

An efficiency expert with the nickname ""Pink-Slip Patty"" gives Nadine and her fellow social workers a case of the jitters -- which eventually affects Raj the same way.

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E22Feb 10, 1986

The Wedding

When the legality of their first wedding is questioned, Raj and Nadine decide to get married all over again.

Top Cast

Haywood Nelson

Haywood Nelson

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas

Anne-Marie Johnson

Anne-Marie Johnson

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Hemphill

Fred Berry

Fred Berry

Ken Sagoes

Ken Sagoes

Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence

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Reina King