Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 22, 1989
Seasons: 9
Episodes: 215
Networks: ABC, CBS
Genres: Comedy, Family

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Family Matters(1989)
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TMDB Rating: 6.7 (318 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1989Avg: 7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Mama Who Came to Dinner	Sep 22, 1989	7.5
2	Two-Income Family	Sep 29, 1989	8.5
3	Short Story	Oct 6, 1989	8.5
4	Rachel's First Date	Oct 13, 1989	8.0
5	Straight A's	Oct 20, 1989	7.0
6	Basketball Blues	Nov 3, 1989	0.0
7	Body Damage	Nov 10, 1989	8.0
8	Mr. Badwrench	Nov 17, 1989	7.0
9	Stake-Out	Nov 24, 1989	8.0
10	False Arrest	Dec 1, 1989	0.0
11	The Quilt	Dec 8, 1989	0.0
12	Laura's First Date	Dec 15, 1989	0.0
13	Man's Best Friend	Jan 5, 1990	0.0
14	Baker's Dozens	Jan 12, 1990	0.0
15	The Big Reunion	Jan 19, 1990	8.0
16	The Party	Feb 2, 1990	0.0
17	The Big Fix	Feb 9, 1990	0.0
18	Sitting Pretty	Feb 16, 1990	0.0
19	In a Jam	Mar 16, 1990	0.0
20	The Candidate	Mar 23, 1990	7.0
21	Bowl Me Over	Apr 13, 1990	0.0
22	Rock Video	Apr 27, 1990	0.0

Season 2

25 episodes • 1990Avg: 0.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Rachel's Place	Sep 21, 1990	0.8
2	Torn Between Two Lovers	Sep 28, 1990	0.5
3	Marriage 101	Oct 5, 1990	0.0
4	Flashpants	Oct 12, 1990	0.0
5	The Crash Course	Oct 19, 1990	0.0
6	Boxcar Blues	Oct 26, 1990	0.0
7	Dog Day Halloween	Nov 2, 1990	0.0
8	Cousin Urkel	Nov 9, 1990	0.0
9	Dedicated to the One I Love	Nov 16, 1990	0.0
10	The Science Project	Nov 23, 1990	0.0
11	Requiem for an Urkel	Dec 7, 1990	0.0
12	Fast Eddie Winslow	Dec 14, 1990	0.0
13	Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas	Dec 21, 1990	0.0
14	Ice Station Winslow	Jan 4, 1991	0.0
15	Son	Jan 11, 1991	0.0
16	Do the Right Thing	Jan 18, 1991	0.0
17	High Hopes	Feb 1, 1991	0.0
18	Life of the Party	Feb 8, 1991	0.0
19	Busted	Feb 15, 1991	0.0
20	Fight the Good Fight	Feb 22, 1991	0.0
21	Taking Credit	Mar 15, 1991	0.0
22	Finding the Words	Mar 22, 1991	0.0
23	Skip to My Lieu	Apr 5, 1991	0.0
24	The Good the Bad and the Urkel	Apr 19, 1991	0.0
25	I Should Have Done Something	Apr 26, 1991	0.0

Season 3

25 episodes • 1991Avg: 8.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Boom!	Sep 20, 1991	10.0
2	Brain over Brawn	Sep 27, 1991	5.2
3	The Show Must Go On	Oct 4, 1991	6.5
4	Words Hurt	Oct 11, 1991	10.0
5	Daddy's Little Girl	Oct 18, 1991	10.0
6	Citizen's Court	Oct 25, 1991	10.0
7	Robo-Nerd	Nov 1, 1991	10.0
8	Making the Team	Nov 8, 1991	0.0
9	Born to be Mild	Nov 15, 1991	0.0
10	The Love God	Nov 22, 1991	0.0
11	Old and Alone	Nov 29, 1991	0.0
12	A Pair of Ladies	Dec 6, 1991	0.0
13	Choir Trouble	Dec 20, 1991	0.0
14	A Test of Friendship	Jan 10, 1992	0.0
15	Jailhouse Blues	Jan 17, 1992	0.0
16	Brown Bombshell	Jan 31, 1992	0.0
17	Food, Lies and Videotape	Feb 7, 1992	0.0
18	My Broken-Hearted Valentine	Feb 14, 1992	0.0
19	Woman of the People	Feb 21, 1992	0.0
20	Love and Kisses	Feb 28, 1992	0.0
21	Stop, in the Name of Love	Mar 13, 1992	0.0
22	The Urkel Who Came to Dinner	Apr 3, 1992	0.0
23	Robo-Nerd II	Apr 24, 1992	0.0
24	Dudes	May 1, 1992	0.0
25	Farewell, My Laura	May 8, 1992	0.0

Season 4

24 episodes • 1992

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Surely You Joust	Sep 18, 1992
2	Dance to the Music	Oct 2, 1992
3	Driving Carl Crazy	Oct 9, 1992
4	Rumor Has It	Oct 16, 1992
5	Number One with a Bullet	Oct 23, 1992
6	Whose Kid Is it Anyway?	Oct 30, 1992
7	An Officer and a Waldo	Nov 6, 1992
8	Just One Date!	Nov 13, 1992
9	The Oddest Couple	Nov 20, 1992
10	It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Urkel	Dec 11, 1992
11	Muskrat Love	Jan 8, 1993
12	Hot Wheels	Jan 15, 1993
13	The Way the Ball Bounces	Jan 22, 1993
14	A Thought in the Dark	Jan 29, 1993
15	Tender Kisses	Feb 5, 1993
16	Heart Strings	Feb 12, 1993
17	It's a Mad, Mad, Madhouse	Feb 19, 1993
18	Higher Anxiety	Feb 26, 1993
19	Mama's Wedding	Mar 5, 1993
20	Pulling Teeth	Mar 19, 1993
21	Walk on the Wild Side	Mar 26, 1993
22	Hot Stuff	Apr 30, 1993
23	Stormy Weather	May 7, 1993
24	Buds 'n' Buns	May 14, 1993

Season 5

24 episodes • 1993Avg: 9.9

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Hell Toupee	Sep 24, 1993	0.0
2	It Didn't Happen One Night	Oct 1, 1993	0.0
3	Saved by the Urkel	Oct 8, 1993	0.0
4	A Matter of Principle	Oct 15, 1993	9.0
5	Money Out the Window	Oct 22, 1993	10.0
6	Best Friends	Oct 29, 1993	10.0
7	Grandmama	Nov 5, 1993	10.0
8	Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool	Nov 12, 1993	10.0
9	Car Wars	Nov 19, 1993	10.0
10	All the Wrong Moves	Nov 26, 1993	10.0
11	Christmas is Where the Heart Is	Dec 10, 1993	10.0
12	Scenes from a Mall	Dec 17, 1993	10.0
13	Rock Enroll	Jan 7, 1994	10.0
14	Like a Virgin	Jan 14, 1994	10.0
15	Good Cop, Bad Cop	Jan 21, 1994	10.0
16	Presumed Urkel	Feb 4, 1994	10.0
17	Father of the Bride	Feb 11, 1994	10.0
18	Psycho Twins	Feb 18, 1994	10.0
19	That's What Friends Are For	Mar 4, 1994	10.0
20	Opposites Attract	Mar 18, 1994	10.0
21	A-Camping We Will Go	Apr 1, 1994	10.0
22	Nunsense	Apr 29, 1994	8.0
23	Aunt Oona	May 6, 1994	10.0
24	Stefan Returns	May 20, 1994	10.0

Season 6

25 episodes • 1994Avg: 9.4

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	To Be or Not to Be (1)	Sep 23, 1994	10.0
2	To Be or Not to Be (2)	Sep 30, 1994	10.0
3	Till Death Do Us Apartment	Oct 7, 1994	10.0
4	The Looney Bin	Oct 14, 1994	9.0
5	Beta Chi Guy	Oct 21, 1994	10.0
6	Dark and Stormy Night	Oct 28, 1994	7.0
7	Par For the Course	Nov 4, 1994	6.0
8	Sink or Swim	Nov 11, 1994	10.0
9	Paradise Bluff	Nov 18, 1994	7.5
10	Flying Blind	Nov 25, 1994	9.0
11	Miracle on Elm Street	Dec 16, 1994	10.0
12	Midterm Crisis	Jan 6, 1995	10.0
13	An Unlikely Match	Jan 20, 1995	10.0
14	The Substitute Son	Feb 3, 1995	10.0
15	The Gun	Feb 10, 1995	10.0
16	Wedding Bell Blues	Feb 17, 1995	10.0
17	Ain't Nothin' But an Urkel	Feb 24, 1995	7.0
18	My Uncle the Hero	Mar 3, 1995	10.0
19	My Bodyguard	Mar 17, 1995	10.0
20	Cheers Looking at You, Kid	Mar 24, 1995	10.0
21	What's Up Doc?	Mar 31, 1995	10.0
22	We're Going to Disney World (1)	Apr 28, 1995	10.0
23	We're Going to Disney World (2)	May 5, 1995	10.0
24	They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?	May 12, 1995	10.0
25	Home Sweet Home	May 19, 1995	10.0

Season 7

24 episodes • 1995Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Little Big Guy	Sep 22, 1995	10.0
2	The Naked and the Nerdy	Sep 29, 1995	10.0
3	Bugged	Oct 13, 1995	9.0
4	Teacher's Pet	Oct 20, 1995	10.0
5	Walking My Baby Back Home	Oct 27, 1995	10.0
6	She's Back	Nov 3, 1995	10.0
7	Hot Rods to Heck	Nov 10, 1995	10.0
8	Talk's Cheap	Nov 17, 1995	10.0
9	Struck By Lightning	Nov 24, 1995	10.0
10	Best Years of Our Lives	Dec 8, 1995	10.0
11	Fa La La La Laagghh!	Dec 15, 1995	10.0
12	Friendship Cycles	Jan 5, 1996	10.0
13	South of the Border	Jan 12, 1996	10.0
14	Life in the Fast Lane	Jan 26, 1996	10.0
15	Random Acts of Science	Feb 2, 1996	10.0
16	Tips For a Better Life	Feb 9, 1996	10.0
17	Swine Lake	Feb 16, 1996	10.0
18	My Big Brother	Feb 23, 1996	10.0
19	Eau de love	Mar 8, 1996	10.0
20	Twinkle Toes Faldo	Mar 15, 1996	10.0
21	Scammed	Mar 29, 1996	10.0
22	Dream Date	Apr 26, 1996	10.0
23	A Ham is Born	May 10, 1996	10.0
24	Send in the Clone	May 17, 1996	10.0

Season 8

24 episodes • 1996Avg: 9.9Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Paris Vacation (1)	Sep 20, 1996	10.0
2	Paris Vacation (2)	Sep 20, 1996	10.0
3	Paris Vacation (3)	Sep 27, 1996	10.0
4	Movin' On	Oct 4, 1996	10.0
5	3J in the House	Oct 11, 1996	10.0
6	Getting Buff	Oct 18, 1996	10.0
7	Stevil	Oct 25, 1996	10.0
8	Karate Kids	Nov 1, 1996	10.0
9	Home Again	Nov 8, 1996	10.0
10	Nightmare at Urkel Oaks	Nov 15, 1996	10.0
11	Chick-a-Boom	Nov 22, 1996	9.0
12	The Jury	Dec 6, 1996	10.0
13	It Came upon a Midnight Clear	Dec 13, 1996	0.0
14	Revenge of the Nerd	Jan 3, 1997	8.5
15	Love Triangles	Jan 17, 1997	10.0
16	Father Time	Jan 31, 1997	10.0
17	Beauty and the Beast	Feb 7, 1997	10.0
18	Le Jour d'amour	Feb 14, 1997	10.0
19	What Do You Know?	Feb 28, 1997	10.0
20	Odd Man In	Mar 14, 1997	10.0
21	Flirting with Disaster	Mar 28, 1997	10.0
22	Pound Foolish	Apr 25, 1997	10.0
23	The Brother Who Came to Dinner	May 2, 1997	10.0
24	A Pirate's Life for Me	May 9, 1997	10.0

Season 9

22 episodes • 1997Avg: 9.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Out With the Old	Sep 19, 1997	9.5
2	They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?	Sep 26, 1997	8.0
3	Dumb Belle of the Ball	Oct 3, 1997	8.5
4	Drinking and Jiving	Oct 10, 1997	9.0
5	Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book?	Oct 17, 1997	9.0
6	A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read	Oct 24, 1997	10.0
7	Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone	Oct 31, 1997	10.0
8	Trading Places	Nov 7, 1997	10.0
9	A Pain in Harassment	Nov 28, 1997	10.0
10	Original Gangsta Dawg	Dec 5, 1997	10.0
11	Deck the Malls	Dec 19, 1997	10.0
12	Grill of My Dreams	Jan 9, 1998	10.0
13	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	Jan 16, 1998	10.0
14	Crazy for You	Jan 23, 1998	10.0
15	Crazier for You	Jan 30, 1998	10.0
16	Whose Man Is It Anyway?	Jun 5, 1998	10.0
17	Polkapalooza	Jun 12, 1998	10.0
18	Throw Urkel From the Train	Jun 19, 1998	10.0
19	Don't Make Me Over	Jun 26, 1998	10.0
20	Pop Goes the Question	Jul 3, 1998	10.0
21	Lost in Space (1)	Jul 10, 1998	10.0
22	Lost in Space (2)	Jul 17, 1998	10.0

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