Taste-matched follow-ups
If you want more messy family comedy, blended-family loyalty, and working-class friction, begin with the strongest matches and keep going.
Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.
Why this fits: Crap Happens connects to The Upshaws through its working-class, character-driven family comedy where ambition collides with obligation and the laughs land alongside real emotional accountability.
Why this fits: Platonic feels like a tonal cousin to The Upshaws by focusing on messy, heartfelt adult relationships and the friction of loyalty as old bonds are renegotiated in the middle of new lives.
Why this fits: King of the Hill matches The Upshaws in its warm-but-unsentimental look at everyday family and neighbor dynamics, using dry observational humor to find tenderness inside working-class stubbornness.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
A nearby match from the broader catalog.
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