Netflix continue to invest in the Urban diaspora. For, the streaming giant has just announced its latest sitcom, ‘The Upshaws’ – which is being anchored by comics Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps.
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The series, which stars and is executive produced by both comedians, “centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana. They struggle to make it work and make it right without the blueprints to do so.”
In signing on for the project, the duo extend their relationship with the big N.
For, each fronted stand-up specials; Sykes with ‘Not Normal’ and Epps with ‘Only One Mike.’ The latter also stars in Eddie Murphy’s upcoming Netflix film ‘Dolemite Is My Name.’
The series order comes on the heels of the streaming service premiering the sitcom ‘Family Reunion’ starring Loretta Devine and Tia Mowry.