Series

Family Matters 1989

Created by Michael Warren, William Bickley

  • Comedy, Family
  • 23 min episodes
  • 9 seasons
  • 215 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-G

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.

ComedyFamilychicago, illinoismiddle classspin offsitcomfamiliarABC, CBS

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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and warm.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • effortlessdemanding
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • warmbleak
  • gravecomic

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