Family Matters

About Family Matters

A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.

ABC's Family Matters is a comedy series. The series is filed under familiar, middle class, and sitcom.

Its 9 seasons and 215 episodes were broadcast from September 1989 to July 1998. Seasons run to about 24 episodes.

Reginald VelJohnson stars as Carl Winslow, Darius McCrary as Eddie Winslow, Kellie Shanygne Williams as Laura Winslow, and Jaleel White as Steve Urkel. It comes from Bickley-Warren Productions, Lorimar Television, and Miller/Boyett Productions.

In the United States it streams on Hulu, TBS, and YouTube TV. Still Standing, The Simpsons, and Family Guy make useful companions to Family Matters. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 378 votes and it carries a TV-G rating.