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Family Matters
1989 · TV Series · TV-G · 23 min · ★ 6.8 · 53% critics
ComedyFamily
A warm, long-running family sitcom follows a middle-class African American household in Chicago as they juggle everyday parenting, teen troubles, and life lessons. Their routines are frequently upended by an overly enthusiastic, accident-prone neighbor whose antics bring chaos, laughs, and occasional heartfelt moments.
Based on Perfect Strangers
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82 hours to watch · 215 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1989–1998
- Release date
- 1989-09-22
- Network
- ABC, CBS
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-G
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (346 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a nostalgic, family-friendly sitcom with broad comedy, recurring catchphrases, and occasional heartfelt messages, in the vein of Full House or Step by Step; Not for you if you dislike slapstick or repetitive plots.
Pros: cozy family humor; big laugh moments; feel-good lessons | Cons: lots of clichés; uneven later seasons; neighbor dominates focus
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- middle class
- spin off
- sitcom
- familiar
Cast & crew
Reginald VelJohnson
as Carl Winslow
Jo Marie Payton
as Harriette Winslow
Rosetta LeNoire
as Estelle Winslow
Darius McCrary
as Eddie Winslow
Kellie Shanygne Williams
as Laura Winslow
Bryton James
as Richie Crawford
Jaleel White
as Steve Urkel
Jaimee Foxworth
as Judy Winslow
Telma Hopkins
as Rachel Crawford
Kristoff St. John
as D'Andre
Directed by Rich Correll, Mark Linn-Baker, Kelly Sandefur +9 more
Created by Michael Warren, William Bickley
Episodes9 seasons · 215 episodes
Season 122 episodes
- S1E1The Mama Who Came to Dinner24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E2Two-Income Family24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E3Short Story24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E4Rachel's First Date24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E5Straight A's24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E6Basketball Blues24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E7Body Damage24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E8Mr. Badwrench24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E9Stake-Out24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E10False Arrest24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E11The Quilt24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E12Laura's First Date24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E13Man's Best Friend24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E14Baker's Dozens24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E15The Big Reunion24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E16The Party24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E17The Big Fix24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E18Sitting Pretty24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E19In a Jam24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E20The Candidate24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E21Bowl Me Over24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S1E22Rock Video24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 225 episodes
- S2E1Rachel's Place24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E2Torn Between Two Lovers24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E3Marriage 10124mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E4Flashpants24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E5The Crash Course24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E6Boxcar Blues24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E7Dog Day Halloween24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E8Cousin Urkel24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E9Dedicated to the One I Love24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E10The Science Project24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E11Requiem for an Urkel24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E12Fast Eddie Winslow24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E13Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E14Ice Station Winslow24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E15Son24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E16Do the Right Thing24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E17High Hopes24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E18Life of the Party24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E19Busted24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E20Fight the Good Fight24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E21Taking Credit24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E22Finding the Words24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E23Skip to My Lieu24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E24The Good the Bad and the Urkel24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S2E25I Should Have Done Something24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 325 episodes
- S3E1Boom!24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E2Brain over Brawn24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E3The Show Must Go On24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E4Words Hurt24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E5Daddy's Little Girl24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E6Citizen's Court24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E7Robo-Nerd24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E8Making the Team24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E9Born to be Mild24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E10The Love God24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E11Old and Alone24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E12A Pair of Ladies24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E13Choir Trouble24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E14A Test of Friendship24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E15Jailhouse Blues24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E16Brown Bombshell24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E17Food, Lies and Videotape24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E18My Broken-Hearted Valentine24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E19Woman of the People24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E20Love and Kisses24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E21Stop, in the Name of Love24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E22The Urkel Who Came to Dinner24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E23Robo-Nerd II24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E24Dudes24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S3E25Farewell, My Laura24mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 424 episodes
- S4E1Surely You Joust23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E2Dance to the Music23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E3Driving Carl Crazy23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E4Rumor Has It23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E5Number One with a Bullet23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E6Whose Kid Is it Anyway?23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E7An Officer and a Waldo23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E8Just One Date!23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E9The Oddest Couple23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E10It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Urkel23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E11Muskrat Love23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E12Hot Wheels23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E13The Way the Ball Bounces23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E14A Thought in the Dark23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E15Tender Kisses23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E16Heart Strings23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E17It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E18Higher Anxiety23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E19Mama's Wedding23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E20Pulling Teeth23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E21Walk on the Wild Side23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E22Hot Stuff23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E23Stormy Weather23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S4E24Buds 'n' Buns23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 524 episodes
- S5E1Hell Toupee22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E2It Didn't Happen One Night22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E3Saved by the Urkel22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E4A Matter of Principle22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E5Money Out the Window22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E6Best Friends22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E7Grandmama22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E8Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E9Car Wars22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E10All the Wrong Moves22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E11Christmas is Where the Heart Is22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E12Scenes from a Mall22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E13Rock Enroll22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E14Like a Virgin22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E15Good Cop, Bad Cop22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E16Presumed Urkel22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E17Father of the Bride22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E18Psycho Twins22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E19That's What Friends Are For22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E20Opposites Attract22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E21A-Camping We Will Go22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E22Nunsense22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E23Aunt Oona22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S5E24Stefan Returns22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 625 episodes
- S6E1To Be or Not to Be (1)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E2To Be or Not to Be (2)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E3Till Death Do Us Apartment22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E4The Looney Bin22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E5Beta Chi Guy22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E6Dark and Stormy Night22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E7Par For the Course22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E8Sink or Swim22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E9Paradise Bluff22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E10Flying Blind22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E11Miracle on Elm Street22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E12Midterm Crisis22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E13An Unlikely Match22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E14The Substitute Son22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E15The Gun22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E16Wedding Bell Blues22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E17Ain't Nothin' But an Urkel22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E18My Uncle the Hero22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E19My Bodyguard22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E20Cheers Looking at You, Kid22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E21What's Up Doc?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E22We're Going to Disney World (1)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E23We're Going to Disney World (2)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E24They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S6E25Home Sweet Home22mDisney+Hulu
Season 724 episodes
- S7E1Little Big Guy22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E2The Naked and the Nerdy22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E3Bugged22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E4Teacher's Pet22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E5Walking My Baby Back Home22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E6She's Back22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E7Hot Rods to Heck22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E8Talk's Cheap22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E9Struck By Lightning22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E10Best Years of Our Lives22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E11Fa La La La Laagghh!22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E12Friendship Cycles22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E13South of the Border22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E14Life in the Fast Lane22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E15Random Acts of Science22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E16Tips For a Better Life22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E17Swine Lake22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E18My Big Brother22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E19Eau de love22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E20Twinkle Toes Faldo22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E21Scammed22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E22Dream Date22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E23A Ham is Born22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S7E24Send in the Clone22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
Season 824 episodes
- S8E1Paris Vacation (1)22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E2Paris Vacation (2)22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E3Paris Vacation (3)22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E4Movin' On22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E53J in the House22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E6Getting Buff22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E7Stevil22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E8Karate Kids22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E9Home Again22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E10Nightmare at Urkel Oaks22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E11Chick-a-Boom22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E12The Jury22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E13It Came upon a Midnight Clear22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E14Revenge of the Nerd22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E15Love Triangles22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E16Father Time22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E17Beauty and the Beast22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E18Le Jour d'amour22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E19What Do You Know?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E20Odd Man In22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E21Flirting with Disaster22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S8E22Pound Foolish22mDisney+Hulu
- S8E23The Brother Who Came to Dinner22mDisney+Hulu
- S8E24A Pirate's Life for Me22mDisney+Hulu
Season 922 episodes
- S9E1Out With the Old22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E2They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E3Dumb Belle of the Ball22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E4Drinking and Jiving22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E5Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E6A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E7Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E8Trading Places22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E9A Pain in Harassment22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E10Original Gangsta Dawg22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E11Deck the Malls22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E12Grill of My Dreams22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E13Breaking Up Is Hard to Do22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E14Crazy for You22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E15Crazier for You22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E16Whose Man Is It Anyway?22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E17Polkapalooza22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E18Throw Urkel From the Train22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E19Don't Make Me Over22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E20Pop Goes the Question22mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E21Lost in Space (1)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu
- S9E22Lost in Space (2)23mDisney+Amazon Prime VideoHulu