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WATCH: Need a new series to binge? Heres whats new on Netflix this weekend Reporter:  ); Heres whats new on the streaming platform this weekend: Halston  The limited series Halston follows the legendary fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York — until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for cont...

Multicamera comedy is typically regarded as the less sophisticated, even less serious cousin of cinematic single-camera sitcoms, though there are plenty of single-camera shows that are not much good at all, while multicamera can lay claim to "I Love Lucy," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Cheers," "Seinfeld" and others too numerous to name. For reasons unrelated to quality, however, relatively few of these have focused on Black characters, few enough that many feel historically significant: "Sanfo...

Print Multicamera comedy is typically regarded as the less sophisticated, even less serious cousin of cinematic single-camera sitcoms, though there are plenty of single-camera shows that are not much good at all, while multicamera can lay claim to “I Love Lucy,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Cheers,” “Seinfeld” and others too numerous to name. For reasons unrelated to quality, however, relatively few of these have focused on Black characters, few enough that many feel historical...

The Upshaws. The hilarious trio star as Bennie Upshaw (Epps), Regina Upshaw (Fields) and Lucretia Turner (Sykes) in the streamer’s newest offering, which follows Bennie and Regina as they navigate their blended, working class family in Indianapolis. The duo are parenting their two young daughters ( Khali Spraggins and Jermelle Simon) and a teenage son ( Diamond Lyons), whom Bernie fathered with another woman. Along the way, the couple also have to deal with Regina’s sassy sister, Lucreti...

Also tonight: A new Handmaid's Tale episode, The Hills: New Beginnings returns for season 2, and Netflix drops two new movies.

The Upshaws, starring Mike Epps and Kim Fields, features a number of actors you may have seen on other projects.

What is The Upshaws? "The Upshaws" feels like a bit of a throwback as soon as it starts. Its a multi-camera, laugh track supported affair with episodes that come in just under 30 minutes.  In format, it feels like something from the early 2000s era of family sitcoms. Think "The King of Queens," "My Wife and Kids" and "Everybody Loves Raymond." Right down to the husband who often screws things up and makes life harder for the wife that is out of league. "The Upshaws" attempts to tweak the for...

Mike Epps, Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes star in “The Upshaws.” (Lara Solanki/Netflix) A Black family gets to be normal and middle class in Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes sitcom ‘The Upshaws’ Kate Feldman, New York Daily News, (TNS) The creative team of “The Upshaws” took great care to avoid focusing on Black trauma that’s so deftly explored in “When They See Us” and “I May Destroy You.” Instead co-creators Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes and executive producer Mike Epps wanted to make ...

The creative team of “The Upshaws” took great care to avoid focusing on Black trauma that’s so deftly explored in “When They See Us” and “I May Destroy You.” Instead co-creators Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes and executive producer Mike Epps wanted to make a normal show about a normal middle-class Black family. “It’s about time we were able to tell the truth,” Epps, who also stars as Bennie Upshaw, told the Daily News of the Netflix sitcom, premie...

Ziwe (Photo: Barbara Nitke/Showtime), Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. (Image: Hulu) Graphic: Natalie Peeples As the world begins to open up once more to social activities (for those who have been fully vaccinated, that is), TV is making a few big plays to keep everyone indoors this May. A new Star Wars animated Ziwe’s hotly anticipated Showtime debut, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of The Underground Railroad, and more true-crime docs and superhero shows await those who are prepared to wait a little l...