Family Matters

Household issues collectively

Family Matters is an American television sitcom that aired from 1989 to 1998, centered on a middle-class Black family in Chicago.

The show became famous for the breakout character Steve Urkel, a nerdy neighbor whose catchphrase Did I do that? entered popular culture.

The title phrase itself—family matters—means issues concerning one's family, or that family is important.

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domain of concern

Family Mattersoffice politics

Power dynamics at work

public affairs · commercial interests

tv sitcom tone/style

Family MattersSouth Park

Satirical animated comedy series

The Simpsons · Roseanne · Seinfeld · Curb Your Enthusiasm

tv sitcom setting/milieu

Family MattersFriends

Nineties sitcom, six Manhattanites

Seinfeld · Frasier · The Nanny · Sex and the City · How I Met Your Mother

Family

family, familiar, matters, unfamiliar, familiarity, families, familial, mattered, familiarize

Familiarity
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Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G