The Tiffany network put Family Matters, along with Step By Step as a part of their new Friday line-up they called the "CBS Block Party". So in turn, Miller-Boyett Productions signed in the $40 million offer from CBS for both Family Matters and Step By Step to be renewed for a 22-episode season on CBS. Miller-Boyett thought that they would not be big players on ABC after recently being bought up by Disney. However, tensions had risen between Miller-Boyett Productions and ABC's parent company Disney. CBS then promised to pay Miller-Boyett Productions $1.5 million per episode for a 9th and 10th season of Family Matters. In early 1997, CBS bought Family Matters and Step by Step for $40 million from ABC. Domestic Television Distribution.Īs the show progressed, episodes began to center more and more on Urkel (and occasionally his alter-ego Stefan) and other original characters also played by Jaleel White. Television (1993–1998), and distributed by Warner Bros. Family Matters was produced by Bickley-Warren Productions and Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television (1989–1993), and later, Warner Bros. The popular sitcom was part of Syndication from 1989 until 1997, before it became part of the Syndication Block Party lineup from 1997 until 1998. The Winslows' nerdy next-door neighbor Steve Urkel was introduced midway through the first season and quickly became the focus of the series. In the series opener, the family had also opened their home to Carl's street-wise mother Estelle Winslow (usually known as "Mother Winslow"), as well as Harriette's sister, Rachel Crawford, and her son, Richie Crawford, after the death of Rachel's husband prior to the start of the series. Family Matters originally focused on the character of Carl Winslow and his family: Wife Harriette, son Eddie Winslow, intelligent daughter Laura Winslow, youngest child Judy Winslow (until Season 4), and (later) let his sister-in-law Rachel Crawford and her son, Richie Crawford live in his house.
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