David Spade
Self - Host
Overview
The comedic dream team from "The Upshaws" discuss the hit series, share some anecdotes from their own upbringings and play a little swag-centric game.
Cast
6 people
Reviews
3 min readThe Afterparty That Almost Wasn’t
I’ll admit it: I went into The Upshaws - The Afterparty expecting a throwaway, the kind of Netflix extra that autoplays while you scroll through your phone. Thirty-two minutes of cast banter, a game no one asked for, and a few half-hearted anecdotes about "growing up like this." What I got instead was something far more interesting—a meta-commentary on the very idea of the afterparty itself, and why we even bother with these things in the first place.
The special opens with the cast of The Upshaws gathered around a table, looking like they’ve been corralled into a corporate team-building exercise. Mike Epps, the show’s lead, is already mid-laugh, his face a roadmap of exhaustion and amusement. Wanda Sykes sits beside him, arms crossed, as if to say, I’ll play along, but don’t expect me to pretend this is organic. The setup is familiar: a talk-show-style panel where the actors reflect on the series, share personal stories, and engage in some lighthearted game.
But there’s a tension here, one that’s never explicitly named. This isn’t a victory lap. It’s a performance of celebration, and everyone on screen seems acutely aware of it.
The game segment is where things get revealing. The rules are simple: the cast competes in a "swag-centric" challenge, answering questions about their characters and the show while the hosts (David Spade and London Hughes) egg them on. But the game isn’t the point.
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsSpade said he would put Netflix on the map.
He was joking. The 32-minute Upshaws aftershow that landed two days after Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps opened their sitcom is the last episode the streamer ever posted. David Spade, Fortune Feimster, and London Hughes hosted. Sykes, Epps, and Kim Fields sat for childhood stories and a swag game. Netflix filed it as its own title, TV-14, Joe Guidry directing, latestnetflix.com contends, Free 90 and Brillstein producing. TMDB still dates the U.S. Bow to 14 May 2021.,,
Eighteen episodes. Then the catalog went quiet.
Deadline had the order on 11 November 2020. Eighteen weekly comedy aftershows from the Lights Out shop, Spade also producing. Talks started not long after Comedy Central ended Lights Out that spring. "This show will be a blast," he said. "I'm looking forward to putting Netflix on the map. I am huge in Tanzania and they finally get me once a week. I got your letters guys and they've been answered." Each episode was supposed to lock onto one new Netflix title, with that cast in the chairs and a rotating Netflix comic on the panel. The first four hours lived under one banner. Then the catalog split them into search-friendly titles so Cobra Kai fans found Cobra Kai and Bridgerton fans found Bridgerton. The Upshaws hour was tenth if you count the December 2020 "Best Shows of the Worst Year" special, and last if you count what actually shipped. Kasey Moore at What's on Netflix rang the company that September. Netflix had "no news to share about future episodes at the moment." Seven of the original 18 never appeared. The Futon Critic later marked the series canceled. IMDb sat at 3.7. Viewers said three hosts talked over the guests.,,
The sitcom outlasted the recap.
The Upshaws itself had premiered 12 May with ten half-hours, co-created by Regina Hicks and Sykes. Epps played Bennie, the Indianapolis mechanic. Fields played Regina. Sykes played the live-in sister-in-law. Five days before premiere, Epps told TV Insider they were about to be "the Fred Sandfords and Carltons to these young kids." Sykes said she hoped so. He added that comedy helps people live, and that this show was "letting it out." The afterparty was the victory lap. The sitcom kept going. When Part 7 dropped in January 2026, Deadline counted 60 episodes, third-longest Netflix original multi-cam behind The Ranch and Fuller House. Spade's weekly panel never came back. The official trailer still sells the Afterparty as a Sunday appointment.,,,
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