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54-563: Family Matters is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, then moved to CBS for its ninth and final season from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers , the series was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, and revolves around the Winslow family, an African-American middle class family living in Chicago, Illinois . Midway through

108-459: A $ 40 million offer from CBS for a 22-episode season for both Family Matters and Step By Step . CBS scheduled Family Matters along with Meego and Step By Step as a part of its new Friday lineup, branded as the CBS Block Party . The network scheduled the family-oriented block against ABC's TGIF lineup, where the two series originated. Jo Marie Payton's contract had just expired and she

162-529: A 30-minute time slot. Throughout their history, American sitcoms have often drawn inspiration from British counterparts. Popular shows like All in the Family , Three's Company , and Sanford and Son were adapted from successful British series. More recently, The Office achieved significant popularity in the United States , following the success of its British counterpart. Numerous television networks in

216-414: A Chicago police officer. ABC and the producers loved the character Harriette for her great morale and quick-witted humor and decided to create a show that would focus on her and her family, husband Carl, son Eddie, elder daughter Laura, and younger daughter Judy (who appeared until the character was retconned after season four as having not existed). In the pilot episode , " The Mama Who Came to Dinner ",

270-459: A company that distributed comic books from 1980 to 1996 Capital City (The Simpsons) , a fictional place in a television cartoon series Capital cities [ edit ] Capital Cities Communications , US media company Capital Cities (band) , American pop duo Capitol city [ edit ] Capitol City, Kentucky was a plan for a new capital of the United States, along with

324-544: A core group of characters who interact in a recurring setting, such as a family, workplace, or institution. However, British sitcoms typically consist of shorter series, often six episodes, and are frequently developed by a smaller writing team. The majority of British sitcoms are half-hour comedies recorded in studio settings using a multiple-camera setup. While many adhere to traditional sitcom conventions, some have ventured into more unconventional territory. For example, Blackadder and Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister shifted

378-604: A modest success on CBS, beating the show that replaced it, You Wish . Meego , however, was a ratings failure and was canceled after six weeks. After the holiday special season, CBS replaced Meego with Kids Say the Darndest Things , and with that show's child-centered focus, it was placed in Family Matters ' 8/7c time slot. Family Matters was pushed an hour later and paired with Step by Step . The ratings for Family Matters fell even further in this later slot, and

432-404: A ninth and tenth season of Family Matters . However, tensions had risen between Miller-Boyett Productions and ABC's corporate parent, The Walt Disney Company (which had bought ABC in 1996 as part of its merger with ABC's then-parent Capital Cities/ABC Inc. ). Miller-Boyett thought that it would not be a big player on ABC after ABC's recent purchase by Disney. Miller-Boyett Productions agreed to

486-429: A predominantly African American cast, behind The Jeffersons with 253 episodes over 11 seasons. Both have since been exceeded by Tyler Perry's House of Payne with 355 episodes as of 2023. Family Matters is the last live-action scripted primetime show that debuted in the 1980s to leave the air; the only scripted show that started in the 1980s and lasts longer in continuous production is The Simpsons . The series

540-542: A regular gay character (Terry Bader as journalist Leslie). In 1987, Mother and Son won the Television Drama Award for portraying a woman suffering from senile dementia and her interaction with her family, presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission . In 2007, Kath & Kim ' s first episode of series 4 attracted an Australian audience of 2.521 million nationally. This

594-543: A staple of the government broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In the 1970s and 1980s many British sitcoms also screened on the Seven Network . By 1986, UK comedies Bless This House and Are You Being Served? had been re-screened several times by ABC Television ; they were then acquired and screened by the Seven Network. In 1981, Daily at Dawn was the first Australian comedy series to feature

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648-556: Is one of the leading channels in India, dedicated entirely to Sitcoms. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest-running sitcom of Indian television and is also known as the flagship show of SAB TV . On Tiptoes and Shabhaye Barareh were among the first and most important sitcoms that led to the growth of this type of comedy in Iran, both receiving wide critical and audience acclaim. El Chavo del Ocho , which ran from 1971 to 1980,

702-716: The Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series . In 2020, the sixth and final season of Schitt's Creek was nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards . This broke the record for the most Emmy nominations given to a comedy series in its final season. During the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards , the show became the first ever comedy or drama series to sweep the four acting categories ( Outstanding Lead Actor , Outstanding Lead Actress , Outstanding Supporting Actor , Outstanding Supporting Actress for Eugene Levy , Catherine O'Hara , Dan Levy , and Annie Murphy respectively) and one of only four live action shows, along with All in

756-735: The RTR channel. The "boom" of Russian sitcoms began only in the 2000s, when in 2004, the STS started the highly successful sitcom " My Fair Nanny " (an adaptation of the American sitcom " The Nanny "). Since that time, sitcoms in Russia have been produced by the two largest entertainment channels in the country — STS and TNT . In 2007, the STS released the first original domestic sitcom — " Daddy's Daughters " (there were only adaptations before), and in 2010, TNT released " Interns " —

810-517: The United States feature sitcoms in their programming. CBS , TBS, Nickelodeon , and Disney Channel are just a few examples of networks that air sitcoms. Capital Cities (Redirected from Capital Cities ) [REDACTED] Look up capital city in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capital City or Capitol City or variants, may refer to: Capital city [ edit ] Capital city ,

864-431: The 1990s these included: Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993), Zabaan Sambhalke (1993), Shrimaan Shrimati (1995), Office Office (2001), Ramani Vs Ramani (Tamil 2001), Amrutham (Telugu 2001–2007), Khichdi (2002), Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2005) F.I.R. (2006–2015), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present), Uppum Mulakum (Malayalam 2015–present), and Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain (2015–present). SAB TV

918-477: The 2010s, resulting in a decline in sitcom popularity. Nevertheless, there have been recent efforts to revive the sitcom genre. For instance, Netflix released So Not Worth It in 2021, featuring many creators from popular South Korean sitcoms. Popular South Korean sitcoms include the High Kick series, which has spawned several spin-offs. British sitcoms , like their American counterparts, often revolve around

972-417: The Family , The Golden Girls , and Will & Grace where all the principal actors have won at least one Emmy Award. Sitcoms started appearing on Indian television in the 1980s, with serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), and Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) on the state-run Doordarshan channel. Gradually, as private channels were permitted to operate, many more sitcoms followed. In

1026-590: The Hulu platform. In France, it aired as La Vie de famille ( Family Life ) as part of the show Club Dorothée on January 1, 1995, and on RTL9 (from August 28, 1995), France 2 & M6 (from June 1, 2000). In Germany, it premiered as Alle unter einem Dach ( All under one roof ) on ProSieben between September 4, 1995 and December 8, 1998. In Italy, it aired as Otto sotto un tetto ( Eight under one roof ) on Canale 5 , Italia 1 in 1992, with subsequent airings on Fox Retro & Sky Atlantic . In Croatia,

1080-566: The Lorimar-produced episodes were shot at Lorimar Studios (later Sony Pictures Studios ) in Culver City, California , while the Warner Bros.-produced episodes were filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in nearby Burbank . The show's original theme was Louis Armstrong 's " What a Wonderful World "; it was scrapped after the fifth episode of season one ("Straight A's"), though it was heard only in

1134-525: The United States in 1926 with the radio show Sam 'n' Henry . The subsequent success of Amos 'n' Andy , also created by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll , solidified the sitcom's place in American radio programming. The transition to television brought about significant changes in the sitcom format. Mary Kay and Johnny , which premiered in 1947, became the first American television sitcom. Today, American sitcoms typically run for 22 minutes, allowing for approximately eight minutes of advertising within

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1188-576: The Western District of Columbia, across the Ohio River from Metropolis, Illinois Capitol City, Colorado is a ghost town founded in 1877 See also [ edit ] Capital (disambiguation) Capitol (disambiguation) City (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Capital City . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

1242-614: The area of a country, province, region, or state regarded as enjoying primary status Capital City (sternwheeler) , a steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, in the state of Washington, U.S. Capital City (TV series) , a television show produced by Euston Films and set in London Capital City Bombers , a former Minor League Baseball team based in Columbia, South Carolina Capital City Distribution ,

1296-462: The entire block except for Kids Say the Darndest Things was canceled in spring 1998, with the remaining episodes burned off in the summer. Family Matters was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren (who also wrote for, and were producers of, parent series Perfect Strangers ) and developed by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett (who also served as executive producers on Perfect Strangers ); all four also served as executive producers of

1350-403: The family had also opened their home to Carl's street-wise mother, Estelle ( Rosetta LeNoire ), usually known as "Mother Winslow". Prior to the start of the series, Harriette's sister, Rachel Crawford and her infant son, Richie, had moved into the Winslow household after the death of Rachel's husband. The Winslows' nerdy teenage next-door neighbor, Steve Urkel (Jaleel White), was introduced early in

1404-424: The film on digital on November 21, 2023. In 2022, a Christmas-themed movie titled A Family Matters Christmas was made and released direct-to-video on November 8, 2022. The plot focuses on a blended family in which the children switch bodies and learn about the others, and must work together to switch back. Jo Marie Payton and Kellie Shanygne Williams appear briefly. However, they play entirely new characters and

1458-575: The first four seasons of Family Matters on DVD in Region 1 while the remaining five seasons were released by the Warner Archive Collection . On February 4, 2014, Warner Home Video released season 4 on DVD, but consumers complained when it was found that the season 4 set contained syndication edits rather than the original broadcast masters. Warner Bros. responded to the complaints, offered a replacement program to receive corrected discs and reissuing

1512-577: The first season, given a significant role midway through the season in the episode "Laura’s First Date", and quickly became the focus of the show. The popular sitcom was a mainstay of ABC's TGIF lineup from 1989 until 1997, at which point it became part of the CBS Block Party lineup for its final season. Family Matters was produced by Bickley-Warren Productions (1991–1998) and Miller-Boyett Productions , in association with Lorimar Television (1989–1993) and later Warner Bros. Television (1993–1998). As

1566-461: The first season, the show introduced the Winslows' nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel ( Jaleel White ), who was originally scripted to appear as a one-time character. However, he quickly became the show's breakout character (and eventually the main character), joining the main cast. Running for 215 episodes over nine seasons, Family Matters became the second-longest-running live action American sitcom with

1620-637: The first sitcom, filmed as a comedy (unlike dominated "conveyor" sitcoms). Sitcoms, or "시트콤" in Korean, gained significant popularity in South Korea during the 1990s. This popularity was fueled by the success of shows like Dr. Oh's People , LA Arirang , and Men and Women . The use of computer graphics (CG) in sitcoms began to increase in the late 1990s as more broadcasters adopted CG technology. This led to more visually dynamic and creative sitcoms. However, viewer preferences shifted towards dramas and thrillers in

1674-491: The focus from domestic or workplace settings to the world of politics. A more recent development in British comedy is the mockumentary , a style that blends documentary and comedic elements. Shows like The Office , Come Fly with Me , W1A , People Just Do Nothing , and This Country have successfully employed this format to explore a variety of topics and characters. Sitcoms, or situation comedies, made their debut in

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1728-655: The genre including The Simpsons , King of the Hill , and Family Guy . Critics have debated the exact definition of a sitcom, mostly regarding productions created at the turn of the 21st century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use a single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, instead more resembling documentaries or the comedy-dramas of the 1980s and 1990s. Although there have been few long-running Australian-made sitcoms, many American and British sitcoms have been successful in Australia, since sitcoms are considered

1782-399: The movie has no connection to the actual Family Matters show. T   G   I   f Sitcom The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners . These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term "sitcom" emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word

1836-404: The pilot episode in syndicated reruns. The second theme, "As Days Go By", written by Jesse Frederick , Bennett Salvay and Scott Roeme and performed by Frederick, was the theme for the majority of the series until 1995. The sixth season's opening credits was last used in the season seven episodes "Talk's Cheap" and "Fa La La La Laagghh", the only two episodes during the final three seasons to feature

1890-453: The point where Darius McCrary had to separate the two. Payton would appear in only one more episode after that—a Christmas episode that also brought back several former characters from the ABC run who had been written out on CBS—before Judyann Elder took over as Harriette for the remainder of the season. While Family Matters continued to lose viewership compared to previous years, it was initially

1944-580: The series also aired on CTV , CBC and currently airs on Family Channel . On September 29, 2017, Family Matters became available for streaming on Hulu . In the UK it aired on Sky One whilst Perfect Strangers aired on BBC One . Reruns of the series aired on Cartoon Network 's ACME Night block in 2021. TruTV began airing reruns in 2023 as part of their "Comfort Food" block. On October 1, 2021, Family Matters began streaming on HBO Max after its streaming rights expired from Hulu , but has since returned to

1998-479: The series once per weekday typically playing in the early mornings. The series returned to TBS in 2020. From 1997 to 2003, reruns of the series aired on WGN America . In 2003, ABC Family picked up the series and aired it for five years until February 29, 2008. From 2004 to 2006, UPN aired the show for 2 years. BET aired reruns briefly in December 2009 and began airing the series on a regular basis on March 1, 2013;

2052-422: The series returned to BET in mid-February 2023. MTV2 also began airing reruns on September 7, 2013. The show aired on Nick at Nite from June 29, 2008, to December 31, 2012. ABC Family and Nick at Nite airings cut the tag scenes at the end of all episodes, despite the fact that many episodes during the series have tag scenes during the closing credits. The series also aired on TV One from 2019 to 2023. In Canada,

2106-399: The series. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, in association with Lorimar Television who co-produced the show until 1993, when Warner Bros. Television absorbed Lorimar (a sister company under the co-ownership of Time Warner ). Starting with season three, the series was also produced by Bickley-Warren Productions. The series was filmed in front of a live studio audience;

2160-410: The set with corrected broadcast copies on April 4, 2014. All episodes are the original broadcast form, except for the episode "Number One With a Bullet", disc 1, episode 6. The entire series is also available for digital download on Amazon.com and the iTunes Store , all but season 6 remastered in both SD and HD. A Complete Series DVD boxset was released on September 26, 2023 On September 1, 2021, it

2214-540: The show aired as Pod istim krovom ( Under The Same Roof ) starting in September 2005 on RTL , and later on its sister channels RTL 2 and RTL Kockica . In Spain it was known as "Cosas de Casa" ( Home Things ), broadcast on Antena 3 during the 90s, and is one of the most remembered dubbings. When Jaleel White participated in the program "Sorpresa Sorpresa" ( Surprise Surprise ) he praised Pilar Coronado for her way of giving voice to Urkel. Warner Home Video has released

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2268-469: The show by around 2002, though some stations in larger markets such as WTOG in Tampa , Florida continued to air Family Matters until as recently as 2005 and New York's WPIX as 2006. In 1995, reruns of the series began airing on TBS Superstation , where it ran until 2003. TBS would air two episodes of Family Matters each weekday afternoon from October 1995 to September 1999. From 1999 to 2003, TBS only aired

2322-519: The show has earned an estimated $ 1 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa . Gliding On , a popular sitcom in New Zealand in the early 1980s, won multiple awards during its run including Best Comedy, Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards . The first Russian sitcom series was "Strawberry", which resembled "Duty Pharmacy" in a Spanish format. It was aired from 1996 to 1997 on

2376-486: The show progressed, episodes began to center increasingly on Steve Urkel, and other original characters also played by White, including Steve's suave alter-ego, Stefan Urquelle (who is similar to Jaleel White 's real-life self), and his female cousin, Myrtle Urkel. In early 1997, CBS picked up Family Matters and Step by Step in a $ 40 million deal to acquire the rights to the programs from ABC. ABC then promised to pay Miller-Boyett Productions $ 1.5 million per episode for

2430-618: The theme song (this was heard in season one episodes in ABC Family and syndicated airings). A longer version of "As Days Go By" was used during the first three seasons, though in syndicated reruns the short version is heard (in ABC Family airings, the long theme was used for all of the episodes during the first three seasons). Family Matters is set in the same fictional universe as several other TV shows related to ABC's TGIF or CBS 's Block Party . Before Family Matters, Harriette Winslow

2484-475: Was a spinoff from the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers ; both shows aired Friday nights on ABC's primetime slot called "TGIF" . Jo Marie Payton played Harriette Winslow, the elevator operator at a newspaper where Larry Appleton and Balki Bartokomous also worked. Reginald VelJohnson , who was coming off of growing fame from his role in Die Hard , made an appearance on the show as Harriette's husband Carl Winslow,

2538-571: Was announced an animated Christmas film Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! (originally Did I Do That to the Holidays? A Steve Urkel Story ) was planned to air on Cartoon Network as part of the block ACME Night in 2022. It was set to be released on HBO Max . However, on August 22, 2022, it was announced the film will not be moving forward on HBO Max and would be shopped elsewhere due to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Warner Bros. Discovery instead released

2592-916: Was criticized by several social commentators as inappropriately disrespectful to the office of the Prime Minister. The show nevertheless proved very popular with both television audiences and critics, becoming the most-watched Australian scripted comedy series of 2011. It was nominated at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for Best Television Comedy Series. Although there have been several notable exceptions, relatively few Canadian sitcoms attained notable success in Canada or internationally. Canadian television has had much greater success with sketch comedy and dramedy series. The popular show King of Kensington aired from 1975 to 1980, at its peak garnering an average of 1.5 to 1.8 million viewers weekly. The 1999 movie Trailer Park Boys

2646-530: Was followed up by a television series of the same name that ran from 2001 to 2018, airing in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Corner Gas , which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009, became an instant hit, averaging one million viewers per episode. It has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards and has been nominated almost 70 times for various awards. Other noteworthy recent sitcoms have included: Call Me Fitz , Schitt's Creek , Letterkenny , and Kim's Convenience , all of which have been winners of

2700-426: Was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filmed in front of a live studio audience using a multiple-camera setup , the latter of which continues in some modern productions such as The Big Bang Theory and Fuller House . Other formats make use of a laugh track or "canned laughter". Since the 1990s, sitcoms have since expanded to animated sitcoms , with successful shows of

2754-584: Was originally the elevator operator at the Chicago Chronicle newspaper office in the third and fourth seasons of Perfect Strangers. Family Matters was a spin-off series given to this character in 1989. Characters from Family Matters appeared on other shows, including Full House , Boy Meets World , Step by Step and Meego . In September 1993, Warner Bros. Television Distribution began distributing Family Matters for broadcast in off-network syndication; most television stations stopped carrying

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2808-463: Was reluctant to continue, feeling the show had jumped the shark years prior. She agreed to stay to keep continuity but left midseason shortly after nearly getting into a physical altercation with White in what would be her last regular episode; in that episode, White (playing a gangster instead of his usual Urkel) was attempting to insert material that violated Broadcast Standards and Practices . The resulting dispute between White and Payton escalated to

2862-542: Was the highest rating for a first episode in the history of Australian television, until the series premiere of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities in 2009, which garnered 2.58 million viewers. In 2013, Please Like Me received an invitation to screen at the Series Mania Television Festival in Paris, was praised by critics, and earned numerous awards and nominations. Also in 2013, At Home with Julia

2916-534: Was the most-watched show on Mexican television and had a Latin-American audience of 350 million viewers per episode at its popularity peak during the mid-1970s. The show continues to be popular in Central America as well as in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Spain, the United States, and other countries. Syndicated episodes average 91 million daily viewers in all its American markets. Since it ceased production in 1992,

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