television series "What's Happening!!"
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"What's Happening!!" is a 1970s American sitcom that follows the everyday lives and comedic misadventures of three African-American teenagers in Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| television series "What's Happening!!" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13191988 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: television series "What's Happening!!" Context triple: [Adolfo Quinones, workedOn, television series "What's Happening!!"]
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A.
television series The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley is an American sitcom that follows the humorous misadventures of well-meaning but bumbling aircraft worker Chester A. Riley and his family.
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B.
television series "Reba"
The television series "Reba" is an American sitcom starring country music singer Reba McEntire as a sharp-witted single mother navigating family and relationship challenges in suburban Texas.
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C.
radio series "Junior Miss"
"Junior Miss" is a popular American radio comedy series based on Sally Benson's stories about the humorous misadventures of a teenage girl.
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D.
Television series "Kai Alavu Manasu"
"Kai Alavu Manasu" is an Indian Tamil-language television drama series created by acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter K. Balachander.
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E.
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show was a popular American radio comedy program featuring ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wisecracking dummy Charlie McCarthy, influential in the golden age of radio entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: television series "What's Happening!!" Target entity description: "What's Happening!!" is a 1970s American sitcom that follows the everyday lives and comedic misadventures of three African-American teenagers in Los Angeles.
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A.
television series The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley is an American sitcom that follows the humorous misadventures of well-meaning but bumbling aircraft worker Chester A. Riley and his family.
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B.
television series "Reba"
The television series "Reba" is an American sitcom starring country music singer Reba McEntire as a sharp-witted single mother navigating family and relationship challenges in suburban Texas.
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C.
radio series "Junior Miss"
"Junior Miss" is a popular American radio comedy series based on Sally Benson's stories about the humorous misadventures of a teenage girl.
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D.
Television series "Kai Alavu Manasu"
"Kai Alavu Manasu" is an Indian Tamil-language television drama series created by acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter K. Balachander.
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E.
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show was a popular American radio comedy program featuring ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wisecracking dummy Charlie McCarthy, influential in the golden age of radio entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American sitcom
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| airedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cooley High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| composer | Henry Mancini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Eric Monte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Allan Manings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEthnicGroup | African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | What's Happening Now!! ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | What's Happening Now!! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Cooley High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | high school student ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dee Thomas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dwayne Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick "Rerun" Stubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger "Raj" Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacterTrait | focus on teenage friendship ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of African-American teenagers in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 65 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | What's Happening!! theme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOnDay | Thursday ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1979-04-28 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1976-08-05 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
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surface form:
NTSC
|
| portrayedBy |
Danielle Spencer
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Haywood Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mabel King NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Hemphill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | TOY Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: television series "What's Happening!!" Description of subject: "What's Happening!!" is a 1970s American sitcom that follows the everyday lives and comedic misadventures of three African-American teenagers in Los Angeles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.