EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
The Upshaws - Season 1
It centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
14 June 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
25 January 1957, Kinloch, Missouri, USA
9 January 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
7 June 1961, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
18 November 1970, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
16 May 1979, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
10 August 1964, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
May 11, 2021
Both Sykes and Hicks have more than two decades of TV on their résumés, and The Upshaws benefits from their sitcom expertise... But it's TV treasure Fields who holds The Upshaws together.
May 11, 2021
Save for one noteworthy update to the Black family sitcoms of yore, Sykes and her co-creator Regina Y. Hicks' largely listless series would've fit right into the network TV comedy landscape 20 years ago.
May 11, 2021
The Upshaws, is, of course, not a stand-in for the entirety of the Black American experience, but, by incorporating the complexities of a blended family amid varied parental and marital relationships, it feels not only timely, but also incredibly genuine.
