The complete list of Family Matters episodes. The show aired on ABC for 8 years from September 22, 1989 to May 9, 1997. before moving it to CBS for 1 year from September 19, 1997 to July 17, 1998.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Network | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 22 | ABC | September 22, 1989 | April 27, 1990 | |
| 2 | 25 | September 21, 1990 | May 3, 1991 | ||
| 3 | 25 | September 20, 1991 | May 8, 1992 | ||
| 4 | 24 | September 18, 1992 | May 14, 1993 | ||
| 5 | 24 | September 24, 1993 | May 20, 1994 | ||
| 6 | 25 | September 23, 1994 | May 19, 1995 | ||
| 7 | 24 | September 22, 1995 | May 17, 1996 | ||
| 8 | 24 | September 20, 1996 | May 9, 1997 | ||
| 9 | 22 | CBS | September 19, 1997 | July 17, 1998 | |
List[]
Season 1 (1989–90)[]
- Main article: Season One
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 1 | 1 | The Mama Who Came to Dinner | September 22, 1989 |
| 2 | 2 | Two-Income Family | September 29, 1989 |
| 3 | 3 | Short Story | October 6, 1989 |
| 4 | 4 | Rachel's First Date | October 13, 1989 |
| 5 | 5 | Straight A's | October 20, 1989 |
| 6 | 6 | Basketball Blues | November 3, 1989 |
| 7 | 7 | Body Damage | November 10, 1989 |
| 8 | 8 | Mr. Badwrench | November 17, 1989 |
| 9 | 9 | Stake-Out | November 24, 1989 |
| 10 | 10 | False Arrest | December 1, 1989 |
| 11 | 11 | The Quilt | December 8, 1989 |
| 12 | 12 | Laura's First Date | December 15, 1989 |
| 13 | 13 | Man's Best Friend | January 5, 1990 |
| 14 | 14 | Baker's Dozen | January 12, 1990 |
| 15 | 15 | The Big Reunion | January 19, 1990 |
| 16 | 16 | The Party | February 2, 1990 |
| 17 | 17 | The Big Fix | February 9, 1990 |
| 18 | 18 | Sitting Pretty | February 23, 1990 |
| 19 | 19 | In a Jam | March 16, 1990 |
| 20 | 20 | The Candidate | March 23, 1990 |
| 21 | 21 | Bowl Me Over | April 20, 1990 |
| 22 | 22 | Rock Video | April 27, 1990 |
Season 2 (1990–91)[]
- Main article: Season Two
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 23 | 1 | Rachel's Place | September 21, 1990 |
| 24 | 2 | Torn Between Two Lovers | September 21, 1990 |
| 25 | 3 | Marriage 101 | September 28, 1990 |
| 26 | 4 | Flashpants | October 5, 1990 |
| 27 | 5 | The Crash Course | October 12, 1990 |
| 28 | 6 | Boxcar Blues | October 19, 1990 |
| 29 | 7 | Dog Day Halloween | October 26, 1990 |
| 30 | 8 | Cousin Urkel | November 2, 1990 |
| 31 | 9 | Dedicated to the One I Love | November 9, 1990 |
| 32 | 10 | The Science Project | November 16, 1990 |
| 33 | 11 | Requiem for an Urkel | November 23, 1990 |
| 34 | 12 | Fast Eddie Winslow | November 30, 1990 |
| 35 | 13 | Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas | December 21, 1990 |
| 36 | 14 | Ice Station Winslow | January 4, 1991 |
| 37 | 15 | Son | January 11, 1991 |
| 38 | 16 | Do the Right Thing | January 18, 1991 |
| 39 | 17 | High Hopes | February 1, 1991 |
| 40 | 18 | Life of the Party | February 8, 1991 |
| 41 | 19 | Busted | February 15, 1991 |
| 42 | 20 | Fight the Good Fight | March 1, 1991 |
| 43 | 21 | Taking Credit | March 15, 1991 |
| 44 | 22 | Finding the Words | March 22, 1991 |
| 45 | 23 | Skip to My Lieu | April 1, 1991 |
| 46 | 24 | The Good the Bad the Urkel | April 19, 1991 |
| 47 | 25 | I Should Have Done Something | April 26, 1991 |
Season 3 (1991–92)[]
- Main article: Season Three
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 48 | 1 | Boom! | September 20, 1991 |
| 49 | 2 | Brain Over Brawn | September 27, 1991 |
| 50 | 3 | The Show Must Go On | October 4, 1991 |
| 51 | 4 | Words Hurt | October 11, 1991 |
| 52 | 5 | Daddy's Little Girl | October 18, 1991 |
| 53 | 6 | Citizens' Court | October 25, 1991 |
| 54 | 7 | Robo-Nerd | November 1, 1991 |
| 55 | 8 | Making the Team | November 8, 1991 |
| 56 | 9 | Born to Be Mild | November 15, 1991 |
| 57 | 10 | The Love God | November 22, 1991 |
| 58 | 11 | Old and Alone | November 29, 1991 |
| 59 | 12 | A Pair of Ladies | December 6, 1991 |
| 60 | 13 | Choir Trouble | December 20, 1991 |
| 61 | 14 | A Test of Friendship | January 10, 1992 |
| 62 | 15 | Jailhouse Blues | January 24, 1992 |
| 63 | 16 | Brown Bombshell | January 31, 1992 |
| 64 | 17 | Food, Lies and Videotape | February 7, 1992 |
| 65 | 18 | My Brokenhearted Valentine | February 14, 1992 |
| 66 | 19 | Woman of the People | February 21, 1992 |
| 67 | 20 | Love and Kisses | February 28, 1992 |
| 68 | 21 | Stop! In the Name of Love | March 13, 1992 |
| 69 | 22 | The Urkel Who Came to Dinner | April 3, 1992 |
| 70 | 23 | Robo-Nerd II | April 24, 1992 |
| 71 | 24 | Dudes | May 1, 1992 |
| 72 | 25 | Farewell, My Laura | May 8, 1992 |
Season 4 (1992–93)[]
- Main article: Season Four
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 73 | 1 | Surely You Joust | September 18, 1992 |
| 74 | 2 | Dance to the Music | October 2, 1992 |
| 75 | 3 | Driving Carl Crazy | October 9, 1992 |
| 76 | 4 | Rumor Has It... | October 16, 1992 |
| 77 | 5 | Number One With a Bullet | October 23, 1992 |
| 78 | 6 | Whose Kid Is It Anyway? | October 30, 1992 |
| 79 | 7 | An Officer and a Waldo | November 6, 1992 |
| 80 | 8 | Just One Date | November 13, 1992 |
| 81 | 9 | The Oddest Couple | November 20, 1992 |
| 82 | 10 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad House | December 11, 1992 |
| 83 | 11 | It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel | January 8, 1993 |
| 84 | 12 | Muskrat Love | January 15, 1993 |
| 85 | 13 | Hot Wheels | January 22, 1993 |
| 86 | 14 | The Way the Ball Bounces | January 29, 1993 |
| 87 | 15 | A Thought in the Dark | February 5, 1993 |
| 88 | 16 | Tender Kisses | February 12, 1993 |
| 89 | 17 | Heart Strings | February 19, 1993 |
| 90 | 18 | Higher Anxiety | February 26, 1993 |
| 91 | 19 | Mama's Wedding | March 5, 1993 |
| 92 | 20 | Pulling Teeth | March 19, 1993 |
| 93 | 21 | Walk on the Wild Side | March 26, 1993 |
| 94 | 22 | Hot Stuff | April 30, 1993 |
| 95 | 23 | Stormy Weather | May 7, 1993 |
| 96 | 24 | Buds 'n' Buns | May 14, 1993 |
Season 5 (1993–94)[]
- Main article: Season Five
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 97 | 1 | Hell Toupee | September 24, 1993 |
| 98 | 2 | It Didn't Happen One Night | October 1, 1993 |
| 99 | 3 | Saved by the Urkel | October 8, 1993 |
| 100 | 4 | A Matter of Principle | October 15, 1993 |
| 101 | 5 | Money Out the Window | October 22, 1993 |
| 102 | 6 | Best Friends | October 29, 1993 |
| 103 | 7 | Grandmama | November 5, 1993 |
| 104 | 8 | Dr. Urkel and Mr. Cool | November 12, 1993 |
| 105 | 9 | Car Wars | November 19, 1993 |
| 106 | 10 | All the Wrong Moves | November 26, 1993 |
| 107 | 11 | Christmas is Where the Heart Is | December 10, 1993 |
| 108 | 12 | Scenes from a Mall | December 17, 1993 |
| 109 | 13 | Rock Enroll | January 7, 1994 |
| 110 | 14 | Like a Virgin | January 14, 1994 |
| 111 | 15 | Good Cop, Bad Cop | January 21, 1994 |
| 112 | 16 | Presumed Urkel | February 4, 1994 |
| 113 | 17 | Father of the Bride | February 11, 1994 |
| 114 | 18 | Psycho Twins | February 18, 1994 |
| 115 | 19 | That's What Friends Are For | March 4, 1994 |
| 116 | 20 | Opposites Attract | March 18, 1994 |
| 117 | 21 | A-Camping We Will Go | April 1, 1994 |
| 118 | 22 | Nunsense | April 29, 1994 |
| 119 | 23 | Aunt Oona | May 6, 1994 |
| 120 | 24 | Stefan Returns | May 20, 1994 |
Season 6 (1994–95)[]
- Main article: Season Six
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 121 | 1 | To Be or Not to Be (Part 1) | September 23, 1994 |
| 122 | 2 | To Be or Not to Be (Part 2) | September 30, 1994 |
| 123 | 3 | Till Death Do Us Apartment | October 7, 1994 |
| 124 | 4 | The Looney Bin | October 14, 1994 |
| 125 | 5 | Beta Chi Guy | October 21, 1994 |
| 126 | 6 | Dark and Stormy Night | October 28, 1994 |
| 127 | 7 | Par For the Course | November 4, 1994 |
| 128 | 8 | Sink or Swim | November 11, 1994 |
| 129 | 9 | Paradise Bluff | November 18, 1994 |
| 130 | 10 | Flying Blind | November 25, 1994 |
| 131 | 11 | Miracle on Elm Street | December 16, 1994 |
| 132 | 12 | Midterm Crisis | January 6, 1995 |
| 133 | 13 | An Unlikely Match | January 20, 1995 |
| 134 | 14 | The Substitute Son | February 3, 1995 |
| 135 | 15 | The Gun | February 10, 1995 |
| 136 | 16 | Wedding Bell Blues | February 17, 1995 |
| 137 | 17 | Ain't Nothing but an Urkel | February 24, 1995 |
| 138 | 18 | My Uncle, the Hero | March 3, 1995 |
| 139 | 19 | My Bodyguard | March 17, 1995 |
| 140 | 20 | Cheers Looking at You, Kid | March 24, 1995 |
| 141 | 21 | What's Up Doc? | March 31, 1995 |
| 142 | 22 | We're Going to Disney World (Part 1) | April 28, 1995 |
| 143 | 23 | We're Going to Disney World (Part 2) | May 5, 1995 |
| 144 | 24 | They Shoot Urkels, Don't They? | May 12, 1995 |
| 145 | 25 | Home Sweet Home | May 19, 1995 |
Season 7 (1995–96)[]
- Main article: Season Seven
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 146 | 1 | Little Big Guy | September 22, 1995 |
| 147 | 2 | The Naked and the Nerdy | September 29, 1995 |
| 148 | 3 | Bugged | October 13, 1995 |
| 149 | 4 | Teacher's Pet | October 20, 1995 |
| 150 | 5 | Walking My Baby Back Home | October 27, 1995 |
| 151 | 6 | She's Back | November 3, 1995 |
| 152 | 7 | Hot Rods to Heck | November 10, 1995 |
| 153 | 8 | Talk's Cheap | November 17, 1995 |
| 154 | 9 | Struck by Lightning | November 24, 1995 |
| 155 | 10 | Best Years of Our Lives | December 8, 1995 |
| 156 | 11 | Fa La La La Laagghh! | December 15, 1995 |
| 157 | 12 | Friendship Cycles | January 5, 1996 |
| 158 | 13 | South of the Border | January 12, 1996 |
| 159 | 14 | Life in the Fast Lane | January 26, 1996 |
| 160 | 15 | Random Acts of Science | February 2, 1996 |
| 161 | 16 | Tips for a Better Life | February 9, 1996 |
| 162 | 17 | Swine Lake | February 16, 1996 |
| 163 | 18 | My Big Brother | February 23, 1996 |
| 164 | 19 | Eau de Love | March 8, 1996 |
| 165 | 20 | Twinkle Toes Faldo | March 15, 1996 |
| 166 | 21 | Scammed | March 29, 1996 |
| 167 | 22 | Dream Date | April 26, 1996 |
| 168 | 23 | A Ham is Born | May 10, 1996 |
| 169 | 24 | Send in the Clone | May 17, 1996 |
Season 8 (1996–97)[]
- Main article: Season Eight
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 170 | 1 | Paris Vacation (Part 1) | September 20, 1996 |
| 171 | 2 | Paris Vacation (Part 2) | September 20, 1996 |
| 172 | 3 | Paris Vacation (Part 3) | September 27, 1996 |
| 173 | 4 | Movin' On | October 4, 1996 |
| 174 | 5 | 3J in the House | October 11, 1996 |
| 175 | 6 | Getting Buff | October 18, 1996 |
| 176 | 7 | Stevil | October 25, 1996 |
| 177 | 8 | Karate Kids | November 1, 1996 |
| 178 | 9 | Home Again | November 8, 1996 |
| 179 | 10 | Nightmare at Urkel Oaks | November 15, 1996 |
| 180 | 11 | Chick-a-Boom | November 22, 1996 |
| 181 | 12 | The Jury | December 6, 1996 |
| 182 | 13 | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | December 13, 1996 |
| 183 | 14 | Revenge of the Nerd | January 3, 1997 |
| 184 | 15 | Love Triangles | January 17, 1997 |
| 185 | 16 | Father Time | January 31, 1997 |
| 186 | 17 | Beauty and the Beast | February 7, 1997 |
| 187 | 18 | Le Jour d'amour | February 14, 1997 |
| 188 | 19 | What Do You Know? | February 28, 1997 |
| 189 | 20 | Odd Man In | March 14, 1997 |
| 190 | 21 | Flirting with Disaster | March 28, 1997 |
| 191 | 22 | Pound Foolish | April 25, 1997 |
| 192 | 23 | The Brother Who Came to Dinner | May 2, 1997 |
| 193 | 24 | A Pirate's Life for Me | May 9, 1997 |
Season 9 (1997–98)[]
- Main article: Season Nine
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Air Date |
| 194 | 1 | Out with the Old | September 19, 1997 |
| 195 | 2 | They Shoot Ducks, Don't They? | September 26, 1997 |
| 196 | 3 | Dumb Belle of the Ball | October 3, 1997 |
| 197 | 4 | Drinking and Jiving | October 10, 1997 |
| 198 | 5 | Who's Afraid of the Big Black Book? | October 17, 1997 |
| 199 | 6 | A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read | October 24, 1997 |
| 200 | 7 | Stevil II: This Time, He's Not Alone | October 31, 1997 |
| 201 | 8 | Trading Places | November 7, 1997 |
| 202 | 9 | A Pain in Harassment | November 14, 1997 |
| 203 | 10 | Original Gangsta Dawg | December 5, 1997 |
| 204 | 11 | Deck the Malls | December 19, 1997 |
| 205 | 12 | Grill of My Dreams | January 9, 1998 |
| 206 | 13 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | January 16, 1998 |
| 207 | 14 | Crazy for You (Part 1) | January 23, 1998 |
| 208 | 15 | Crazier for You (Part 2) | January 30, 1998 |
| 209 | 16 | Whose Man Is It Anyway? | June 5, 1998 |
| 210 | 17 | Polkapalooza | June 12, 1998 |
| 211 | 18 | Throw Urkel off the Train | June 19, 1998 |
| 212 | 19 | Don't Make Me Over | June 26, 1998 |
| 213 | 20 | Pop Goes the Question | July 3, 1998 |
| 214 | 21 | Lost in Space (Part 1) | July 10, 1998 |
| 215 | 22 | Lost in Space (Part 2) | July 17, 1998 |