Subject(s): Gamy L. Taylor and Brock Peters / L. Wolfe Perry and Esther Rolle Format: 8 x 10 Composite Glossy Photograph Origin: Authentic Public Broadcasting System photograph provided to PBS affiliate television stations for promotional use. Program Title: Up Coming Category: Television Air Date: October, 1980 Condition: Excellent Comments: Up Coming debuted on PBS in October 1980. The series was about the Wilson family, an African-American family struggling between working- and middle-class in San Francisco. The show was heralded as being a realistic portrayal of an African-American family. It was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Education and was so popular that executive producer Avon Kirkland was approached many times about syndicating the show.