| Genre: | Drama |
| Starring: | Robert DoQui Cindy Herron L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. Yule Caise Gamy L. Taylor |
| Theme Music Composer: | Benorce Blackman Bill Withers |
| Opentheme: | "The Best You Can" |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Director: | Ivan Cury |
| Executive Producer: | Avon Kirkland Art Washington |
| Runtime: | 24 mins. |
| Network: | PBS |
Up and Coming is an American television drama series which aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) during the 1980-1981 season.
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.[1] Although it was short-lived, it was one of the first weekly American TV drama series centered on an African American family (preceded only by Harris and Company, a 1979 NBC drama starring Bernie Casey).
Among the cast members were former Stanford University basketball star L. Wolfe Perry, Jr. and a teenage Cindy Herron (who years later would become a founding member of the R&B female quartet En Vogue).
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.