Family Matters (1989)

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 6.6 (32,145 votes)
Seasons: 9
Streaming (US): Hulu · YouTube TV · TBS
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.06 avg 22 episodes 6.7 → 6.8 25 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Mama Who Came to Dinner	6.7	310
2	Two Income Family	6.9	250
3	Short Story	6.7	222
4	Rachel's First Date	6.9	227
5	Straight A's	7.1	214
6	Basketball Blues	6.7	203
7	Body Damage	7.1	203
8	Mr. Badwrench	6.9	201
9	Stake-Out	7.4	208
10	False Arrest	7.3	208
11	The Quilt	7.2	209
12	Laura's First Date	7.5	234
13	Man's Best Friend	7.0	193
14	Baker's Dozen	7.1	195
15	The Big Reunion	7.3	201
16	The Party	7.0	197
17	The Big Fix	7.4	199
18	Sitting Pretty	6.9	192
19	In a Jam	7.3	187
20	The Candidate	7.0	181
21	Bowl Me Over	7.2	184
22	Rock Video	6.8	181

Season 2 (1990)

7.21 avg 25 episodes 7.1 → 7.9 26 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rachel's Place	7.1	188
2	Torn Between Two Lovers	7.5	180
3	Marriage 101	7.7	190
4	Flashpants	7.1	170
5	The Crash Course	7.4	171
6	Boxcar Blues	7.5	167
7	Dog Day Halloween	7.5	190
8	Cousin Urkel	7.4	174
9	Dedicated to the One I Love	7.2	168
10	The Science Project	6.9	172
11	Requiem for an Urkel	7.0	164
12	Fast Eddie Winslow	7.1	163
13	Have Yourself a Very Winslow Christmas	7.3	194
14	Ice Station Winslow	7.1	170
15	Son	6.9	157
16	Do the Right Thing	6.8	153
17	High Hopes	6.9	157
18	Life of the Party	7.4	182
19	Busted	6.8	160
20	Fight the Good Fight	7.5	205
21	Taking Credit	6.9	157
22	Finding the Words	7.6	191
23	Skip to My Lieu	7.0	155
24	The Good, the Bad, and the Urkel	6.8	161
25	I Should Have Done Something	7.9	192

Season 3 (1991)

7.13 avg 25 episodes 7.3 → 7.6 25 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Boom!	7.3	169
2	Brain Over Brawn	7.1	165
3	The Show Must Go On	7.0	159
4	Words Hurt	7.1	163
5	Daddy's Little Girl	6.8	153
6	Citizen's Court	7.0	157
7	Robo-Nerd	7.1	159
8	Making the Team	7.2	154
9	Born to Be Mild	8.0	206
10	The Love God	7.2	166
11	Old and Alone	7.2	151
12	A Pair of Ladies	6.9	151
13	Choir Trouble	6.5	159
14	A Test of Friendship	6.7	153
15	Jailhouse Blues	6.9	162
16	Brown Bombshell	7.2	152
17	Food, Lies and Videotape	7.1	160
18	My Broken-Hearted Valentine	7.2	163
19	Woman of the People	7.3	158
20	Love and Kisses	6.8	152
21	Stop in the Name of Love	7.2	145
22	The Urkel Who Came to Dinner	7.1	148
23	Robo-Nerd II	7.3	148
24	Dudes	7.4	151
25	Farewell, My Laura	7.6	164

Season 4 (1992)

7.21 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 24 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Surely You Joust	7.3	159
2	Dance to the Music	7.1	151
3	Driving Carl Crazy	7.5	153
4	Rumor Has It	6.8	158
5	Number One with a Bullet	7.2	159
6	Whose Kid Is It Anyway?	6.9	164
7	An Officer and a Waldo	6.8	161
8	Just One Date	7.1	153
9	The Oddest Couple	6.9	146
10	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel	8.0	198
11	Muskrat Love	7.1	153
12	Hot Wheels	7.4	141
13	The Way the Ball Bounces	7.2	140
14	A Thought in the Dark	7.3	149
15	Tender Kisses	7.5	152
16	Heart Strings	7.2	142
17	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad House	7.1	159
18	Higher Anxiety	7.1	146
19	Mama's Wedding	7.1	150
20	Pulling Teeth	7.1	150
21	Walk on the Wild Side	7.2	204
22	Hot Stuff	7.3	150
23	Stormy Weather	7.5	145
24	Buds 'n' Buns	7.3	146

Season 5 (1993)

7.35 avg 24 episodes 6.9 → 7.2 24 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hell Toupee	6.9	149
2	It Didn't Happen One Night	7.5	142
3	Saved by the Urkel	7.5	143
4	A Matter of Principle	7.5	142
5	Money Out the Window	7.2	137
6	Best Friends	7.4	149
7	Grandmama	7.7	188
8	Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool	8.0	187
9	Car Wars	7.4	158
10	All the Wrong Moves	7.6	145
11	Christmas Is Where the Heart Is	7.1	164
12	Scenes from a Mall	7.2	140
13	Rock Enroll	7.1	137
14	Like a Virgin	7.2	140
15	Good Cop, Bad Cop	7.8	171
16	Presumed Urkel	7.6	164
17	Father of the Bride	7.6	141
18	Psycho Twins	7.4	141
19	That's What Friends Are For	7.2	133
20	Opposites Attract	6.7	143
21	A-Camping We Will Go	7.6	142
22	Nunsense	7.0	140
23	Aunt Oona	7.1	154
24	Stefan Returns	7.2	147

Season 6 (1994)

7.26 avg 25 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 23 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	To Be or Not to Be: Part 1	7.6	144
2	To Be or Not to Be: Part 2	7.3	147
3	Till Death Do Us Apartment	7.3	133
4	The Looney Bin	7.4	134
5	Beta Chi Guy	6.9	129
6	Dark and Stormy Night	7.1	144
7	Par for the Course	7.1	128
8	Sink or Swim	7.1	132
9	Paradise Bluff	7.5	133
10	Flying Blind	6.9	129
11	Miracle on Elm Street	7.4	148
12	Midterm Crisis	7.3	126
13	An Unlikely Match	7.5	130
14	The Substitute Son	7.4	135
15	The Gun	7.2	207
16	Wedding Bell Blues	7.2	122
17	Ain't Nothin' But an Urkel	6.8	133
18	My Uncle the Hero	7.2	124
19	My Bodyguard	7.6	125
20	Cheers Looking at You, Kid	6.5	124
21	What's Up Doc?	6.9	132
22	We're Going to Disney World: Part 1	7.7	141
23	We're Going to Disney World: Part 2	7.7	146
24	They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?	7.3	134
25	Home Sweet Home	7.5	126

Season 7 (1995)

7.19 avg 24 episodes 6.8 → 7.6 24 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Little Big Guy	6.8	136
2	The Naked and the Nerdy	7.2	137
3	Bugged	7.1	130
4	Teacher's Pet	7.1	125
5	Walking My Baby Back Home	7.1	126
6	She's Back	6.9	129
7	Hot Rods to Heck	6.9	133
8	Talk's Cheap	7.1	136
9	Struck by Lightning	7.4	126
10	Best Years of Our Lives	6.8	128
11	Fa La La La Laagghh!	7.2	137
12	Friendship Cycles	7.0	129
13	South of the Border	7.3	127
14	Life in the Fast Lane	7.5	134
15	Random Acts of Science	7.4	134
16	Tips for a Better Life	6.6	130
17	Swine Lake	7.1	134
18	My Big Brother	7.2	120
19	Eau de Love	7.5	138
20	Twinkle Toes Faldo	7.4	126
21	Scammed	7.2	126
22	Dream Date	7.8	140
23	A Ham Is Born	7.3	127
24	Send in the Clone	7.6	133

Season 8 (1996)

7.00 avg 24 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 23 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Paris Vacation: Part 1	7.0	138
2	Paris Vacation: Part 2	6.9	125
3	Paris Vacation: Part 3	7.1	126
4	Movin' On	7.1	120
5	3J in the House	6.9	130
6	Getting Buff	7.1	125
7	Stevil	7.2	172
8	Karate Kids	6.2	146
9	Home Again	6.9	121
10	Nightmare at Urkel Oaks	6.9	132
11	Chick-a-Boom	6.8	120
12	The Jury	7.1	120
13	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	7.2	123
14	Revenge of the Nerd	7.3	126
15	Love Triangle	7.0	128
16	Father Time	7.1	129
17	Beauty and the Beast	7.3	125
18	Le Jour d'Amour	7.0	124
19	What Do You Know?	6.9	121
20	Odd Man In	6.9	119
21	Flirting with Disaster	6.8	119
22	Pound Foolish	6.9	121
23	The Brother Who Came to Dinner	7.4	116
24	A Pirate's Life for Me	7.0	121

Season 9 (1997)

7.12 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 6.8 25 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Out with the Old	7.6	138
2	They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?	7.0	118
3	Dumb Belle of the Ball	7.1	124
4	Drinking and Jiving	7.4	127
5	Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book?	7.2	124
6	A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read	7.3	127
7	Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone	6.7	160
8	Trading Places	7.4	128
9	A Pain in Harassment	7.2	127
10	Original Gangsta Dawg	6.6	137
11	Deck the Malls	7.2	145
12	Grill of My Dreams	7.1	131
13	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	7.3	135
14	Crazy for You	7.4	135
15	Crazier for You	6.9	126
16	Whose Man Is It Anyway?	6.5	126
17	Polkapalooza	7.1	129
18	Throw Urkel from the Train	7.2	127
19	Don't Make Me Over	7.0	123
20	Pop Goes the Question	7.7	149
21	Lost in Space: Part 1	6.9	156
22	Lost in Space: Part 2	6.8	168