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==Ratings==
''What's Happening!!'' was a modest ratings success.

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! Season !! Time slot (ET) !! Rank !! Rating<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |date=2007 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present |publisher=Ballantine Books |page=1688 |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |edition=Ninth }}</ref>
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| [[1976–77 United States network television schedule|1976–1977]] || Thursday at 8:30–9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1–4, 10–21)</small><br/>Saturday at 8:30–9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 5–9)</small> || 25 || 20.9
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| [[1977–78 United States network television schedule|1977–1978]] || Thursday at 8:30–9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1–15, 22)</small><br/>Saturday at 8:00–8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 16–20)</small><br/>Thursday at 8:00–8:30 pm <small>(Episode 21)</small> || 42 || N/A <small>(Tied with ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' and ''[[The Rockford Files]]'')</small>
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| [[1978–79 United States network television schedule|1978–1979]] || Thursday at 8:30-9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 1–12)</small><br/>Friday at 8:30–9:00 pm <small>(Episodes 13–18)</small><br/>Saturday at 8:00–8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 19–22)</small> || 28 || 19.8 <small>(Tied with ''[[Monday Night Football]]'')</small>
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