Family Matters

Family Matters is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom about an African-American middle-class family living in Chicago. The series was spun-off from Perfect Strangers and revolves around the Winslow family. Midway through the first season, the show introduced the Winslow's nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel (played by Jaleel White), who became its breakout character. Family Matters aired from September 22, 1989, to September 19, 1997, on ABC, and moved to CBS from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. Having aired 215 episodes, Family Matters is the second longest-running U.S. sitcom with a predominantly African-American cast, surpassed only by The Jeffersons. It was filmed in front of a live studio audience at WB studios in Burbank, California.

Family Matters was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren (who also wrote for, and were producers of parent series Perfect Strangers) and developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett (also producers of Perfect Strangers), it was also executive produced by Bickley, Warren, Miller and Boyett. The series was produced by Bickley-Warren Productions and Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television who produced the show until 1993, when Warner Bros. Television took over). It was often rated TV-PG on ABC Family although on Nick at Nite the 1997-1998 episodes are rated TV-G.