Netflix’s laugh-out-loud multi-cam comedy,The Upshawsis officially coming back for a Season 3. Today,Varietyrevealed that theWanda SykesandRegina K. Hickscreated production was picked up by the streamer for another season filled with laughter, lessons, and family values in a sitcom setting. Thesecond installment of the serieswas broken down into two parts, with the first dropping on Netflix back in late June and the other still without a release date.
Centered around the titular African-American family,The Upshawsfollows their daily struggles in sorting through the ups and downs of life. Living in Indiana, the series follows family patriarch and mechanic Bennie Upshaw (Mike Epps) as he and his wife, Regina (Kim Fields) try to make ends meet as a working-class family and do the best they can in raising their two daughters, Aaliyah (Khali Spraggins), Maya (Journey Christine), as well as their son Bernard Upshaw Jr. (Jermelle Simon), and the eldest sibling, Kelvin Upshaw (Diamond Lyons) who was fathered by Bennie with another woman named Tasha Lewis (Gabrielle Dennis), when Bennie thought that he and Regina were on a break. Each episode presents a different set of problems for the family as they try to keep everyone together and move forward as a loving unit.
Also leading the series isSykesas Lucretia Turner, Regina’s older sister who frequently clashes with her brother-in-law andPage Kennedyas Bennie’s pal and co-worker, Duck who’s just gotten out of prison and has begun a new life journey as a born-again Christian. Recurring on the series areMike Estime,Dayna Dooley,Daria Johns,Jessica Morris,Dewayne Perkins, andLeonard Earl Howze. Sykes and Hicks are also executive producers, with the latter serving as showrunner.Page HurwitzandNiles Kirchneralso join as executive producers.
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In recent years, Netflix has had some troubled times creating long-lasting multi-cam shows with projects includingThe Crew,Mr. Iglesias,Dad Stop Embarrassing Me, andCountry Comfortquickly coming to a screeching halt. OutsideThe Upshaws, the only other multi-cam series still running on the platform isFamily Reunionwhich will soon be dropping its third and final season at the end of the month. With the recent cancelations, it just goes to show how much of a solid followingThe Upshawshas created for itself.
As of right now, a release date for Season 3 ofThe Upshawshas yet to be announced, but stay tuned to Collider for more information. You can check out a trailer for Season 2 below:
