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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. It's 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 formula a bit by presenting an unconventional TV family, but one that feels extremely familiar in ...

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 a normal show about a normal middle-class Black family. “It’s about time we were able to tell th...

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, premiering Wednesday. “There’s a little drama on the show but for the most part, we’re givi...

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 longer before going outside again. Camping out in your living room for another month also means catch...