Harriette Winslow: Last News

star Reginald VelJohnson will forever be remembered for his role as the caring and compassionate Carl Winslow. Now, the veteran actor is looking back with ET at his memories of the show.One of the most enduring pop-culture touchstones thatsparked is the character of the Winslow family's nerdy, comically obnoxious next-door neighbor Steve Urkel — played by Jaleel White.«He was a wonderful kid, [but] I think working with him was a challenge,» VelJohnson recalled while speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner. «Working with everybody was a challenge, and there were some moments where he was a little difficult. But overall, I have nothing but good memories from him.»«I think, you know, a lot of the kids grew up on the set and we had to deal with children... and that was an interesting experience, dealing with children as they grew up,» he recalled.

Days go by. The feel-good sitcom Family Matters premiered on September 22, 1989, and is perhaps best remembered for the family patriarch Carl Winslow’s (Reginald VelJohnson) feud with his nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel (Jaleel White).

star Reginald VelJohnson will forever be remembered for his role as the caring and compassionate Carl Winslow. Now, the veteran actor is looking back with ET at his memories of the show.One of the most enduring pop-culture touchstones thatsparked is the character of the Winslow family's nerdy, comically obnoxious next-door neighbor Steve Urkel — played by Jaleel White.«He was a wonderful kid, [but] I think working with him was a challenge,» VelJohnson recalled while speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner. «Working with everybody was a challenge, and there were some moments where he was a little difficult. But overall, I have nothing but good memories from him.»«I think, you know, a lot of the kids grew up on the set and we had to deal with children... and that was an interesting experience, dealing with children as they grew up,» he recalled.

star Reginald VelJohnson will forever be remembered for his role as the caring and compassionate Carl Winslow. Now, the veteran actor is looking back with ET at his memories of the show.One of the most enduring pop-culture touchstones thatsparked is the character of the Winslow family's nerdy, comically obnoxious next-door neighbor Steve Urkel — played by Jaleel White.Behind the scenes, however, it seems the on-screen frustrations between Carl and Steve mirrored the real-life tensions between VelJohnson and White.«He was a wonderful kid, [but] I think working with him was a challenge,» VelJohnson recalled while speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner. «Working with everybody was a challenge, and there were some moments where he was a little difficult.

On “Family Matters”, the Winslows were a tight-knit bunch. But, as it turns out, there was some drama going on behind the scenes of the beloved ’90s sitcom!

the Winslows were a tight-knit bunch. But, as it turns out, there was some drama going on behind the scenes of the beloved '90s sitcom!ET's Rachel Smith recently sat down with JoMarie Payton, the iconic actress who starred as matriarch Harriette Winslow for almost all of the series' nine-season run — as part of our Mother's Day celebration of Iconic TV Moms — and she shared some surprising memories from her time on the show.The breakout star ofwas, of course, Steve Urkel, played by Jaleel White, and Payton was candid about how the young star's rise to fame may have affected his attitude on set.«There was one time he actually wanted to physically fight me,» Payton noted, recalling the season 9 episode, «Original Gangsta Dawg,» in which White also played Steve's «gangster» cousin, OGD. "[There was a scene where] I said we can't do that, standards and practices will not let that pass, it's not gonna happen.

 revival, but she has one condition if something ever gets off the ground — her youngest TV child, Judy Winslow, must be written back in.At the 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, over the weekend, Payton reunited with her former co-stars, Reginald VelJohnson (Carl Winslow), Darius McCrary (Eddie Winslow) and Kellie Williams (Laura Winslow). In a video posted by Williams' media company, Dream Merchant Media Entertainment, LLC, the cast was asked whether they would consider reviving their iconic characters from the hit series, whether in a reboot or a revival. Payton, who played the stern but loving TV matriarch Harriette Winslow, noted that while a -esque reboot wouldn't be in the cards for the cast, they would be happy to return to their roots as a sitcom.But, she said that she would only do it if Judy Winslow, the family's youngest child played by Jaimee Foxworth who mysteriously disappeared in the fourth season, was written back into the show.Revealing that she was «personally hurt» by the creative decision, she told fans at the convention, «Don’t think for a minute that we did not go in.»«When I mentioned it to the producers, I said, 'You guys need to tell me something that is not only creative, but also politically correct to straighten out this situation because there's nowhere in the world a family… You gave me three kids, you took away my baby,» Payton, 71, recalled.