James, who played Richie Crawford from season 2 onwards, revealed he's been "taking the old episodes and modernizing them" to reach a new audience

Bryton James, who played Richie Crawford on eight seasons of “Family Matters,” revealed he is working on an idea for an animated reboot of the 1990s sitcom. The actor told Entertainment Weekly he “had an idea to take the show and turn it into an animated series,

James, who played Richie Crawford for eight seasons, says he wants to see the timeless sitcom "brought back to life in a new, fresh way."