Watch Series: What's Happening!! Released in (1976) - Season 1 produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Comedy, and content rating Not Rated with duration 30 min broadcasted as these networks ABC, ABC (US), Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Eric Monte, Mark Warren, Lee Bernhardi, Dick Harwood. What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte. - Season 1