However, tensions had risen between Miller-Boyett Productions and ABCs corporate parent, The Walt Disney Company (which had bought the network in 1995 as part of its merger with ABCs then-parent Capital CitiesABC Inc. The Winslows nerdy teenage next-door neighbor, Steve Urkel (Jaleel White), was introduced midway through the first season in the episode Rachels First Date and quickly became the focus of the show.įamily Matters was produced by Bickley-Warren Productions (19911998) and Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television (19891993) and later Warner Bros.Īs the show progressed, episodes began to center increasingly on Steve Urkel, and other original characters also played by White, including Steves suave alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle, and his female cousin, Myrtle Urkel. Prior to the start of the series, Harriettes sister, Rachel Crawford and her infant son, Richie, had moved into the Winslow household after the death of Rachels husband. Reginald Vel Johnson would make cameos on the show as Harriettes husband Carl Winslow, a Chicago police officer.ĪBC and the producers loved the character Harriette for her great morale and quick-witted humor and decided to create a show that would focus on her and her family, husband Carl, son Eddie, elder daughter Laura, and younger daughter Judy (who appeared until the character was written out in season five). Jo Marie Payton played Harriette Winslow, the elevator operator at a newspaper where Larry Appleton and Balki Bartokomous also worked. Having aired 215 episodes, Family Matters is ranked third, behind only Tyler Perrys House of Payne (254), and The Jeffersons (253). Midway through the first season, the show introduced the Winslows nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel ( Jaleel White ), who was originally scripted to appear as a one-time character however, he quickly became the shows breakout character (and eventually the main character), joining the main cast.
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