Reginald VelJohnson
Carl Winslow
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- 1. The Mama Who Came to Dinner Sep 22, 1989
- Carl is not happy about his mother coming to live in his already crowded household.
- 2. Two Income Family Sep 29, 1989
- Harriette loses her job, forcing the family into austerity measures.
- 3. Short Story Oct 6, 1989
- Rachel's first published short story hits too close to home for certain members of the family.
A classic TV series that ran from 1989 to 1998, featuring the adventures and misadventures of the Winslow family and their nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel. IMDb provides cast and crew information, episode guide, trivia, reviews, and more for fans of the show.
- (30K)
- 1989-09-22
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- 30
Family Matters is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, then moved to CBS for its ninth and final season from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers, the series was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, and revolves around the ...
- The Family Matters cast. One of the cornerstones of ABC's TGIF lineup, Family Matters ran from 1989-1997 and spawned at least one of the '90s most indelible catchphrases.
- Reginald VelJohnson. Reginald VelJohnson got his big break in 1988, when he played LAPD sergeant Al Powell in the action classic Die Hard. One year later, he landed the role of Carl Winslow, another police officer, in the beloved ABC series Family Matters.
- Jo Marie Payton. After playing the Winslow family matriarch, Harriette, on Family Matters, Jo Marie Payton continued her television career with recurring and lead roles on several other primetime shows.
- Darius McCrary. Darius McCrary played Eddie, the eldest Winslow child, on all five seasons of Family Matters. In the years after, he provided the voices for Jazz in the original Transformers movie and Tarix in the animated film Bionicle: The Legend Reborn.
Find out who directed, wrote, and starred in the TV series Family Matters, which ran from 1989 to 1998. See the full list of names and roles on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Family Matters originally focused on the character of Carl Winslow and his family: Wife Harriette, son Eddie Winslow, intelligent daughter Laura Winslow, youngest child Judy Winslow(until Season 4), and (later) let his sister-in-law Rachel Crawford and her son, Richie Crawford live in his house. In the series opener, the family had also opened thei...
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 (who also served as producers on Perfect Strangers), all four also served as executive producers of the series. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett P...
Despite the show's popularity, critical acclaim by viewers, and cult following, critics' reviews for Family Matters were by most accounts mediocre, particularly in its early years but became more positive in later years. The first season holds an aggregate score of 31/100 ("Generally unfavorable reviews") on Metacritic. In Slate, Willa Paskin refer...
Family Matters is set in the same "TV universe" as several other TV shows related to Syndication's TGIF or Syndication' Block Party:
Warner Home Video has released the first four seasons of Family Matterson DVD in Region 1 while the remaining five seasons were released by the Warner Archive Collection. On February 4, 2014, Warner Home Video released season 4 on DVD, but consumers complained when it was found that the season 4 set contained syndication edits rather than the origi...
It was rerun on WTOG (1991–1993), TBS Superstation/TBS (1995–2003, 2020–present), ABC Family (2003–2008), and UPN (2004–2006), and BET (2009–2014), Superstation WGN Chicago (now WGN America) (1997–2003); and as of April 2017, they can be seen on Centric (now BET Her in 2017) (2015–2018), and Nick at Nite (2008–2012). In Canada, the series also aire...
Family Matters at the Internet Movie DatabaseFamily, of course! Over its nine hit seasons, Family Matters brings us a hilarious slice of middle-class Americana — along with one of TV's wackiest characters, nerdy genius Steve Urkel.
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