Netflix has announced The Upshaws part 5 will debut in April.
The announcement on Tuesday included a trailer showing more jokes and bad blood between Bernard “Bennie” Upshaw (Mike Epps) and his sister-in-law Lucretia Turner (Wanda Sykes).
The family comedy follows Bennie, the head of a Black working class family in Indianapolis. The well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess is trying his best to step up and care for his family, which includes wife Regina (Kim Fields), their two young daughters (Khali Spraggins, Journey Christine), firstborn son (Jermelle Simon), and the teenage son (Diamond Lyons) he fathered with another woman (Gabrielle Dennis).
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Per Netflix, the relatives will “continue to ride life’s ups and downs, including new jobs, bigger dreams, health struggles and some major life surprises but still hanging on with the love that comes with family.”
The multi-camera comedy was created by Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes, with the two serving as co-showrunners.
The series is filmed in Los Angeles, and executive produced by Regina Hicks, Wanda Sykes, Mike Epps, Page Hurwitz, Niles Kirchner, Annie Levine, Jon Emerson, Mark Alton Brown.
Six new episodes of The Upshaws will debut Thursday, April 18, 2024 on Netflix.
Watch the trailer below.
