CULTURETECHLENSFamily Matters
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Combined Graph record U-01668 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0908. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
ABC; Winslows; Urkel
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ABC; Winslows; Urkel
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- Work type: tv_series
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- https://www.memorabletv.com/tv/family-matters-abc-cbs-1989-1998/ (verification source · master store)
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Family Matters is a family sitcom broadcast on ABC from 22 September 1989 to 8 May 1997 (then on CBS, 19 September 1997 to 10 July 1998), produced in association with Warner Bros. TV; it centers on the Winslow family, a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago; cast as listed includes Reginald VelJohnson as Carl Otis Winslow, Jo Marie Payton-Noble as Harriette Winslow and Jaleel White as Steven Quincy 'Steve' Urkel, the Winslows' nerdy neighbor (Memorable TV production details and cast list, fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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