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Family Matters

Season 1 1989 - 1990
TV-G

  • 1989-09-23T00:30:00Z on ABC
  • 23m
  • 11h (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
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.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

1989-09-23T00:30:00Z

1x01 The Mama Who Came to Dinner

Series Premiere

1x01 The Mama Who Came to Dinner

  • 1989-09-23T00:30:00Z30m

Mother Winslow moves in and immediately begins to usurp Carl's authority. Eddie wants to go out with his friends, but he has a strict curfew that complicates things with Carl.

1989-09-30T00:30:00Z

1x02 Two-Income Family

1x02 Two-Income Family

  • 1989-09-30T00:30:00Z30m

Hariette loses her job to automation, forcing the family into austerity measures while Carl stews over the family debts.

1989-10-07T00:30:00Z

1x03 Short Story

1x03 Short Story

  • 1989-10-07T00:30:00Z30m

Rachel writes a short story with characters that seem all too familiar; Carl becomes obsessed with the family's out of proportion water bill.

1989-10-14T00:30:00Z

1x04 Rachel's First Date

1x04 Rachel's First Date

  • 1989-10-14T00:30:00Z30m

The Winslows finally get to be alone together when Rachel accepts a date with a man from the church choir.

1989-10-21T00:30:00Z

1x05 Straight A's

1x05 Straight A's

  • 1989-10-21T00:30:00Z30m

Eddie comes home with straight A's on his report card and the whole family is proud of him. Rodney comes over and tells him that he changed the grades on the report cards on the school computer. Eddie doesn't want to tell the truth because he fears that he will hurt Carl's feelings.

1989-11-04T01:30:00Z

1x06 Basketball Blues

1x06 Basketball Blues

  • 1989-11-04T01:30:00Z30m

Carl's efforts to get Eddie psyched for a pro basketball career is enhanced by a visit from basketball star Bolton.

1989-11-11T01:30:00Z

1x07 Body Damage

1x07 Body Damage

  • 1989-11-11T01:30:00Z30m

Rachel takes an unauthorized spin in the classic automobile that Carl plans to drive in the Columbus Day Parade.

1989-11-18T01:30:00Z

1x08 Mr. Badwrench

1x08 Mr. Badwrench

  • 1989-11-18T01:30:00Z30m

Self-proclaimed handyman Carl decides to install a shower in Mother Winslow's quarters while she's out of town.

1989-11-25T01:30:00Z

1x09 Stake-Out

1x09 Stake-Out

  • 1989-11-25T01:30:00Z30m

After Carl is on an all-night stakeout with his attractive new partner, Harriette finds a room key to Louie's Love Grotto in his pocket.

1989-12-02T01:30:00Z

1x10 False Arrest

1x10 False Arrest

  • 1989-12-02T01:30:00Z30m

The Winslows are aghast to discover that their TV idol has been arrested for assaulting a police officer - Officer Carl Winslow.

1989-12-09T01:30:00Z

1x11 The Quilt

1x11 The Quilt

  • 1989-12-09T01:30:00Z30m

Laura sells a quilt Grandmother Winslow considered an heirloom.

Mid Season Finale

1989-12-16T01:30:00Z

1x12 Laura's First Date

Mid Season Finale

1x12 Laura's First Date

  • 1989-12-16T01:30:00Z30m

Laura wants to go to an upcoming dance with a good-looking boy. Carl and Eddie try to find Laura a date. Carl asks Steve Urkel to take Laura to the dance, while Eddie asks one of his friends to take her out. When Laura finds out what happened, she is humiliated.

1990-01-06T01:30:00Z

1x13 Man's Best Friend

1x13 Man's Best Friend

  • 1990-01-06T01:30:00Z30m

Carl has a rule he intends to enforce not pets in the house until he meets a big, playful puppy who follows the kids home from school.

1990-01-13T01:30:00Z

1x14 Baker's Dozens

1x14 Baker's Dozens

  • 1990-01-13T01:30:00Z30m

Thanks to Rachel's brainstorm, Carl could become the "king of tarts" if he shares his secret recipe for lemon tarts, which were a big hit at a local restaurant.

1990-01-20T01:30:00Z

1x15 The Big Reunion

1x15 The Big Reunion

  • 1990-01-20T01:30:00Z30m

Carl decides to lose weight before going to his high-school reunion.

1990-02-03T01:30:00Z

1x16 The Party

1x16 The Party

  • 1990-02-03T01:30:00Z30m

A "No Guests" rule spells no fun for Eddie, who's left in charge of the house while the adults are away for the weekend.

1990-02-10T01:30:00Z

1x17 The Big Fix

1x17 The Big Fix

  • 1990-02-10T01:30:00Z30m

Eddie persuades Laura to date a guy he's indebted to.

1990-02-17T01:30:00Z

1x18 Sitting Pretty

1x18 Sitting Pretty

  • 1990-02-17T01:30:00Z30m

Laura's babysitting service floods the house with children at a bad time on the night Carl has invited his captain over.

1990-03-17T01:30:00Z

1x19 In a Jam

1x19 In a Jam

  • 1990-03-17T01:30:00Z30m

Eddie wants to do the right thing when faced with protecting Steve from a bully who threatens to beat him up, which could get Eddie creamed as well.

1990-03-24T01:30:00Z

1x20 The Candidate

1x20 The Candidate

  • 1990-03-24T01:30:00Z30m

Eddie places image over integrity in his class president bid when image-maker Laura offers a thousand points of light to illuminate his campaign.

1990-04-14T00:30:00Z

1x21 Bowl Me Over

1x21 Bowl Me Over

  • 1990-04-14T00:30:00Z30m

The men vie with the women in a bowling match and Carl's philosophy about accepting defeat gracefully ends up in the gutter when Hariette aces him out.

Season Finale

1990-04-28T00:30:00Z

1x22 Rock Video

Season Finale

1x22 Rock Video

  • 1990-04-28T00:30:00Z30m

When Eddie's big ego threatens to disband his group during the making of a rock video for a contest, the rest of the Winslows offer some ideas.

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