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‘Family Matters’ Could Get Reboot—With a Twist

Bryton James said that all of his old co-stars were behind his idea to bring the franchise back to life.

Family Matters could soon be back. The show, which ended in 1998 and followed the Winslows and their beloved neighbor Steve Urkel in Chicago, has been pitched to Warner Bros. as an animated series. The idea came from Bryton James, who played Richie Crawford in the original. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, James shared that he “had an idea to take the show and turn it into an animated series.” While he didn’t go too deeply into what the plot would look like, the actor described “taking the old episodes and modernizing them,” revamping the show “from scratch for the new generation.” As it stands, there’s no green light yet. “It’s sitting in Warner Bros.’ hands right now,” he said, adding that he was “still trying” to get the idea off the ground but had “got pretty far along” with financial logistics and even getting the old cast on board.