Jaleel White smiling in a black suit at an event; on the right, as Steve Urkel in a striped sweater and suspenders on a couch. Actor Jaleel White had very specific reasons for being disinterested in a ...

He writes about both in his new book, "Growing Up Urkel." Steve Urkel is frozen in the 1990s, with his suspenders and nerdy voice. But it almost didn't go that way. In the book he recounts that, in ...

Jaleel White and White as Steve Urkel in 'Family Matters' Gary Gershoff / Getty Images / ABC Photo Archives Jaleel White played Steve Urkel in the ABC sitcom Family Matters for nine seasons, but don’t ...

The actor, who played Steve Urkel, thinks a new storyline is lacking the "tension" it might require to get viewers Though several of the beloved ABC TGIF sitcoms have had reboots and revivals through ...

There's no question, Family Matters was one of the greatest TGIF comedies of all time. In big part, it’s because of Jaleel White and his character, Steve Urkel, whose main mission was to chase his ...

Executive produced and written by Wyatt Cenac, "A Steve Urkel Story" will reanimate Urkel in a holiday season scenario, where the "brilliant but accident-prone" character ruins local festivities after ...

White famously starred as Steve Urkel in 'Family Matters,' which aired from 1989 to 1998 Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for more ...