“ Family Matters ” is an American comedy television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1989 to May 9, 1997, and then moved to CBS , where it aired from September 19, 1997 to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of the Perfect Strangers sitcom, the show originally focused on a middle-class African-American Winslow family living in Chicago, Illinois. [1] In the middle of the first season, the nerd neighbor Steve Arkel was introduced into the sitcom (Jalil White), who subsequently became the central character for the next eight seasons [2] .
| Family matters | |
|---|---|
| Family matters | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based upon | |
| Cast | Reginald Weljonson Joe Marie Payton Rosetta Lener Darius mccrari Kelly Schoenign Williams Jamie Foxworth Thelma Hopkins Jalil white Brighton james Sean Harrison Michelle Thomas Orlando Brown Judianne Elder |
| A country |  USA |
| Original language | |
| Number of seasons | 9 |
| Number of episodes | 215 ( ) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Thomas L. Miller Robert L. Boyette William Bickley Michael warren |
| Timing | 22-25 minutes |
| Studio | Miller-Boyett Productions Bickley-warren productions Lorimar Television Warner bros Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Tv channel | ABC (1989–1997) CBS (1997–1998) |
| On the screens | September 22, 1989 - July 17, 1998 |
| Video format | 480i |
| References | |
| IMDb | |
The sitcom was broadcast on ABC as part of the TGIF Friday block. In early 1997, CBS acquired the show along with another ABC sitcom, Step by Step, for $ 40 million, after tensions over the upcoming episode appeared between Family Matters producers and ABC's owner, The Walt Disney Company . [3] In the fall of that year, the series began broadcasting on CBS in the new Friday block, directly competing with TGIF. The block failed and the channel closed the series the following year.
During its broadcast, Family Matters had moderate success in rankings, remaining below the annual Top 30 with the exception of the 1990–91 season. Having existed for nine seasons, Family Matters went down in the history of television as the second-longest sitcom with an African-American cast after Jefferson .
Notes
- ↑ Fearn-Banks, Kathleen. Historical Dictionary of African-American Television. - Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. - Vol. 7. - P. 135. - ISBN 0-8108-5335-3 .
- ↑ Richard Zoglin. Television: Another Teary Farewell . Time (May 18, 1998). Date of treatment November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Hal Boedeker . He's A Goober But CBS Has A Lot Riding On Urkel TV , Orlando Sentinel (July 18, 1997). Date of treatment October 18, 2012.
Links
- Family Matters at the Internet Movie Database