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Family Matters (Tv Series)Family Matters was a sitcom based on a middle class black family living in Chicago that ran from 1989 to 1998 on ABC and CBS. The show, which was a spinoff of Perfect Strangers, focused on the character of Harriet Winslow and her family: husband Carl Winslow, a police officer; rebel son Eddie Winslow; smart daughter Laura Winslow; and youngest child Judy Winslow. They had opened their home to Harriet's sister Rachel Crawford and her son Richie Crawford, as well as Carl's streetwise mother Estelle Winslow. Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White, was the most famous character on the show, an intelligent, awkward nerd who often inappropriately interjected himself into Winslow family affairs. Introduced in 1989, he was intended as a sporadic character, but was received so enthusiastically that he became a regular. His trademark line, "Did I do that?" became a catchphrase imitated across Americahttp://urkel.n-chicken.net/. He had an unrequited, long-standing crush on Laura. Oddly, despite the nerdy, caricature-esque nature of the character, White himself became a symbol of "cool" among generation X teenagers, and even a sex symbol according to some. As time went by the characters and stories changed. Richie grew up, Steve made incredible inventions, including a transformation chamber, which he often used to change into cool, sexy Stefan Urquelle to get to Laura. Also notable, he invented a cloning machine, a long story of how Stefan Urquelle got to be permanently real. And Eddie and Laura hung out with their friends, including Maxine and Eddie's girlfriend, Greta. Steve Urkel's cousin from Biloxi, Mississippi, Myrtle Urkel, often tried to attract and flirt with Eddie. By 1993 Judy and Rachel had left the show. Rachel however made guest appearances whenever possible. (No explanation was ever given for Carl and Harriet's youngest child mysteriously disappearing - she was never mentioned in later episodes; see Chuck Cunningham syndrome.) Steve settled for Myra Monkhouse while he waited for devotion from Laura. During its final season the show moved to CBS, and in December 1997 actress Jo Marie Payton left, with Judyann Elder taking over her role as Harriet. Family Matters ranks as one of the longest running African-American sitcoms along with The Jeffersons and The Cosby Show. Cast
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