:Modern Family
{{Short description|American television sitcom (2009–2020)}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Modern Family Title.svg
| genre = {{Plainlist|
- Sitcom
- Mockumentary
- {{Cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|title=Discomfort Zone: 10 Great Cringe Comedies|magazine=Time |date=May 12, 2013 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/05/13/discomfort-zone-10-great-cringe-comedies/slide/modern-family/ }}}}
| creator = {{Plainlist|
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Ed O'Neill
- Sofía Vergara
- Julie Bowen
- Ty Burrell
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- Eric Stonestreet
- Sarah Hyland
- Ariel Winter
- Nolan Gould
- Rico Rodriguez
- Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
- Jeremy Maguire
- Reid Ewing
}}
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Steven Levitan
- Christopher Lloyd
- Jeffrey Morton
- Paul Corrigan
- Dan O'Shannon
- Brad Walsh
- Danny Zuker
- Bill Wrubel
- Jeffrey Richman
- Abraham Higginbotham
- Stephen Lloyd
- Elaine Ko
- Chuck Tatham
- Vali Chandrasekaran
- Jon Pollack
- Jack Burditt
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Jeffrey Morton
- Chris Smirnoff
- Elaine Ko
- Sally Young
- Becky Mann
- Audra Sielaff
- Ryan Walls
}}
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Lloyd-Levitan
(2009–12) - Picador Productions (2012–20)
- Steven Levitan Productions (2012–20)
- 20th Century Fox Television
}}
| theme_music_composer = Gabriel Mann
| country = United States
| language = English
| composer = {{Plainlist|
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| location = Los Angeles, California
| cinematography = {{plainlist|
- David Hennings (Pilot)
- James R. Bagdonas
- Hugo Cortina
}}
| camera = Single camera
| runtime = 20–24 minutes
| network = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|9|23}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|4|8}}
| num_seasons = 11
| num_episodes = 250
| list_episodes = List of Modern Family episodes
}}
Modern Family is an American television sitcom, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, that aired on ABC for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The series follows the lives of three diverse but interrelated family set-ups living in suburban Los Angeles.
Lloyd and Levitan conceived the series while sharing stories of their own "modern families." Modern Family employs an ensemble cast and is presented in a mockumentary style, with the characters frequently speaking directly to the camera in confessional interview segments.
Modern Family was highly acclaimed by critics throughout its first few seasons. Its critical reception became more mixed as it progressed. The final season received positive reviews, and the finale episode had 7.37 million first-run viewers.{{Cite web|date=April 9, 2020|title=TV Ratings: 'Modern Family' Series Finale Hits 3-Year Viewer High|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/modern-family-finale-masked-singer-tv-ratings-wednesday-april-8-2020-1289530/|access-date=February 7, 2022|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=January 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112091601/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/modern-family-finale-masked-singer-tv-ratings-wednesday-april-8-2020-1289530/|url-status=live}} The retrospective documentary that aired before the final episode had 6.72 million first-run viewers.
The series won a total of 22 Emmy Awards, including five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (twice each for Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell), and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (both for Julie Bowen). It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2011.
The broadcast syndication rights to the series were sold to NBCUniversal's USA Network, the stations of Fox Television Stations, and various other local stations in other markets for a fall 2013 premiere. The success of the series led to it being the 10th-highest revenue-generating show for 2012, earning $2.13 million an episode.{{cite news |last=Pomerantz |first=Dorothy |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/04/10/tvs-biggest-moneymakers-2/ |title=TV's Biggest Moneymakers |work=Forbes |date=October 4, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419231835/http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/04/10/tvs-biggest-moneymakers-2/ |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}
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Premise
Modern Family revolves around three different types of families (nuclear, blended, and same-sex) living in suburban Los Angeles, who are interrelated through their patriach, Jay Pritchett, and his two adult children, Claire and Mitchell.
Jay remarried a much younger woman, Gloria Delgado (née Ramirez), a passionate Colombian immigrant{{cite web|url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/gloria-pritchett|title=Gloria (Sofía Vergara) Bio|work=ABC.com|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023155734/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/gloria-pritchett|archive-date=October 23, 2015}} with whom he has a young son, Fulgencio “Joe” Joseph (born in the middle of the fourth season), and a stepson from Gloria's previous marriage,{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/modern-family-benjamin-bratt-guest-star_n_2428170|title='Modern Family': Benjamin Bratt Set To Return As Gloria's Ex-Husband|access-date=February 7, 2022|newspaper=HuffPost|date=January 8, 2013|last1=Prudom|first1=Laura|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121756/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/modern-family-benjamin-bratt-guest-star_n_2428170.html|archive-date=December 8, 2015|url-status=live}} Manuel "Manny" Delgado. Jay and Gloria's respective former spouses, DeDe and Javier, both also make occasional appearances in the show.
Claire was a homemaker, though returned to the business world in the fifth season, eventually becoming the chief executive of her father's business, Pritchett's Closets and Blinds. Claire is married to Phil Dunphy, a realtor and a self-professed "cool dad", who is also an amateur magician and real-estate lecturer at community college. Claire and Phil have three children: Haley, a stereotypically ditzy teenaged girl;{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/haley-dunphy |title=Haley (Sarah Hyland) Bio |website=American Broadcasting Company |access-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022220501/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/haley-dunphy |archive-date=October 22, 2015}} Alex, an intelligent and nerdy middle child;{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/alex-dunphy |title=Alex (Ariel Winter) |website=American Broadcasting Company |access-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022220511/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/alex-dunphy |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }} and Luke, the offbeat only son.{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/luke-dunphy |title=Luke (Nolan Gould) Bio |website=American Broadcasting Company |access-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022220521/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/luke-dunphy |archive-date=October 22, 2015}} Haley's on-and-off boyfriend, Dylan, is a permanent fixture on the show, with the two eventually marrying and having their two children, Poppy and George.
Mitchell is a lawyer who is in a same-sex relationship with Cameron Tucker, a former music teacher who later works as a football coach. Mitchell and Cameron have adopted a baby daughter, Lily, of Vietnamese origin, and are later on legally married. At the end of the show, they adopt another child, Rexford.
As the show's name suggests, it depicts a modern-day extended family; many episodes are comically based on situations that many families encounter in real life.
Cast and characters
{{Main|List of Modern Family characters}}
=Main characters=
- Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett: Gloria's husband; Claire, Mitchell and Joe's father; Manny's stepfather; Haley, Alex, Luke, Lily and Rexford's grandfather; Phil and Cameron's father-in-law. Owner of Stella the dog. He owns and is CEO of Pritchett's Closets.
- Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett: Jay's second wife; Manny and Joe's mother; Claire and Mitchell's stepmother. She is from Colombia.
- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy: Jay and Dede's daughter; Mitchell's older sister; Manny's older step-sister; and Joe's older half-sister; Phil's wife; Haley, Alex, and Luke's mom, Dylan's mother in law, and Poppy's and George's grandmother. She is a homemaker and later works and then is CEO of Pritchett's Closets after Jay retires.
- Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy: Claire's husband; Haley, Alex, and Luke's father; Dylan's father in law, and Poppy's and George's grandfather. He is a realtor and later teaches intro to real estate at a local community college.
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Vincent Pritchett: Jay and Dede's son; Claire's younger brother; Joe's older half-brother; and Manny's older step-brother; Cameron's husband; Lily and Rexford's father, Haley, Alex, and Luke's uncle. He is an environmental lawyer and becomes a district attorney later on.
- Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker: Mitchell's husband; Lily and Rexford's father. He is a music-turned PE teacher/football coach and Vice Principal. At the end of the series he becomes the first openly gay college football at the University of North Central Missouri.
- Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy: Claire and Phil's older daughter; Alex and Luke's older sister; Dylan's wife; Poppy and George's mother; Mitchell's oldest niece. She has a fashion blog and later works for NERP, at celebrity blog and lifestyle company.
- Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy: Claire and Phil's younger daughter; Haley and Luke's middle sister; Mitchell's youngest niece. She is extremely gifted and attends Cal-Tech and later joins a science team in Switzerland.
- Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy: Claire and Phil's son; Haley and Alex's younger brother; Mitchell's nephew. He is a ladies man and works for Jay's country club. At the end of the series he gets into university after a two year gap year.
- Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado: Gloria and Javier's son; Joe's older half-brother; Jay's stepson; Claire and Mitchell's younger stepbrother. He attends Cal-Arts.
- Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett: Mitchell and Cameron's adopted daughter who was born in Vietnam. She is known for her brutal honesty and when she is older, her stern demenour. (seasons 3–11)
- Portrayed by twins Jaden Hiller and Ella Hiller in seasons 1 and 2.
- Jeremy Maguire as Joe Pritchett: Gloria and Jay's son; Claire, Mitchell, and Manny's younger half-brother (seasons 7–11)
- Portrayed by Rebecca and Sierra Mark in season 4 and Pierce Wallace in seasons 5 and 6.
- Reid Ewing{{cite web |title=Episode Title: (#1101) "New Kids on the Block |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190909abc10 |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-date=August 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811082959/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190909abc10 |url-status=live }} as Dylan Marshall: Haley's on and off boyfriend, later husband in season 10; Poppy and George's father; Claire and Phil's son-in-law; Alex and Luke's brother-in-law. He is a nurse. (season 11; recurring seasons 1–10)
=Recurring characters=
- Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy - Phil's father He was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, but lost to Neil Patrick Harris's performance on Glee.{{cite news|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/08/emmys-creative-arts-winners-list.html|date=August 21, 2010|title=Emmys Creative Arts: Winners list|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825163948/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2010/08/emmys-creative-arts-winners-list.html|archive-date=August 25, 2010|url-status=live}} Willard also received a posthumous nomination in the same category at the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2020. (seasons 1, 4-6, 8-11)
- Shelley Long as DeDe Pritchett - Jay's ex-wife and Claire and Mitchell's mother (seasons 1-10)
- Justin Kirk as Charlie Bingham - Mitch's boss who owns a sportswear company and invests in environmental issues (seasons 1-3, 5, 7)
- Chazz Palminteri as Shorty also known as Vincent - Jay's best friend whos Mitchell's middle name is given after (seasons 1, 3-5, 9-10)
- Benjamin Bratt as Javier Delgado - Manny's father and Gloria's ex-husband (seasons 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
- Elizabeth Banks as Sal - Mitch and Cam's fun-loving party animal friend. Banks was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2015. (seasons 1, 4-6, 8, 11)
- Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman - Mitch and Cam's close friend and wedding planner (seasons 2, 4-7, 9-10)
- Kevin Daniels as Longinus - Mitch and Cam's friend who owns a local boutique (seasons 2-7, 9-11)
- Celia Weston as Barb Tucker - Cam and Pam's mother and Lily and Cal's grandmother from Missouri (seasons 2, 5, 8)
- Spenser McNeild as Reuben Rand - Manny and Luke's friend from school, who is in love with Alex (seasons 4, 5, 7-9)
- Rob Riggle as Gil Thorpe - Phil's realtor rival who later comes out as gay (seasons 4-6, 8-11)
- Adam DeVine as Andy Bailey - Jay and Gloria's "manny" (male nanny), Phil's assistant and Haley's ex-boyfriend (seasons 5-8 and 10)
- Andy Daly as Principal Brown - the principal at Alex, Luke and Manny's high school, who is also Cam's boss, and is chronically single (seasons 5-6, 8, 10)
- Matthew Risch as Jotham - Mitch and Cam's friend (seasons 5-7, 9-11)
- Dana Powell as Pam Tucker - Cam's sister and Lily's aunt (seasons 5, 7-10)
- Marsha Kramer as Margaret - Jay's assistant for 40 years (seasons 5, 7-9, 11)
- Christian Barillas as Ronaldo - Pepper's party planning assistant and later partner (seasons 5-11)
- Joe Mande as Ben - a marketing executive at Pritchett's Closets and later Alex's boyfriend (seasons 6-9)
- Kasey Mahaffy as Dom - creative at Pritchett's Closests (seasons 7-9, 11)
- Nathan Fillion as Rainer Shine - a weather forecaster, Phil's friend and later Haley's boyfriend (seasons 8-9)
- Chris Geere as Arvin Fennerman - a British physics lecturer at CalTech who dates Hayley and later Alex (seasons 9-11)
- Marcello Reyes as Cal Tucker - Pam's son and Mitch and Cam's nephew who lives with them when Pam is in prison (season 10)
=Family tree=
The characters in green have regular roles on the show. Dotted lines indicate a parental relationship through adoption or marriage, and dashed lines indicate a divorce between characters. † indicates a deceased character.
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PRITD=Jay Pritchett{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/jay-pritchett |title=Jay Pritchett|publisher=ABC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233719/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-jay |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2022}}|
PRITM=[[List of Modern Family characters#DeDe Pritchett|DeDe Williams †{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/modern-family-why-dede-died/|title=Modern Family: Why Was DeDe Killed Off?
|publisher=Screen Rant|date=February 16, 2023|access-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090209/https://screenrant.com/modern-family-why-dede-died/|archive-date=March 16, 2023|url-status=live}}]]|
PHILD=Frank Dunphy † {{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0201598/ |title=Frank Dunphy (Character) |publisher=IMDB |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108173623/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0201598/ |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |url-status=live }}|
GLORI=Gloria Ramirez{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/gloria-pritchett |title=Gloria Pritchett |publisher=ABC.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233725/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-gloria |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2022}}|
GLORH=Javier Delgado{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0221921/ |title=Javier Delgado (Character) |publisher=IMDB |access-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329204246/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0221921/ |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}
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CAMED=Merle Tucker{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/photos/merle-tucker-gallery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144135/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/photos/merle-tucker-gallery|title=Merle Tucker Photos |publisher=ABC.com|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}|
CAMEM=Barb Tucker{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/photos/barb-tucker-gallery |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145516/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/photos/barb-tucker-gallery|title=Barb Tucker Photos |publisher=ABC.com|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}
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MITCH=Mitchell Pritchett{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/mitchell-pritchett |title=Mitchell Pritchett|publisher=ABC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233744/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-mitchell |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2022}}|
CLAIR=Claire Pritchett{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/claire-dunphy |title=Claire Dunphy|publisher=ABC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233731/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-claire |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2022}}|
PHILL=Phil Dunphy{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/phil-dunphy |title=Phil Dunphy|publisher=ABC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233736/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-phil |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 7, 2022}}
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LILYT=Lily Tucker-Pritchett{{cite web |url=https://abc.com/shows/modern-family/cast/lily-tuckerpritchett |title=Lily Tucker-Pritchett|publisher=ABC.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620233812/http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/cast/character-lily |archive-date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2022}}|
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Development and production
=Initial development=
As creators Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan retold stories about their families, they realized that the stories could be the basis for a show. They started working on the idea of a family being observed in a mockumentary-style show.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Patrick|title=Modern Family series 2: creator Christopher Lloyd on why it won an Emmy|date=October 2, 2010 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8032812/Modern-Family-series-2-creator-Christopher-Lloyd-on-why-it-won-an-Emmy.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927143133/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8032812/Modern-Family-series-2-creator-Christopher-Lloyd-on-why-it-won-an-Emmy.html|archive-date=September 27, 2015|url-status=live}} They later decided that it could be a show about three families and their experiences.{{cite web|url=http://tvweb.com/shows/modern-family/season-1--christopher-lloyd-interview|title=Modern Family Season 1: Christopher Lloyd Interview|publisher=MovieWeb.com|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002145341/http://tvweb.com/shows/modern-family/season-1--christopher-lloyd-interview|archive-date=October 2, 2015|url-status=dead}} It was originally called My American Family,{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/modern-family-freshman-hit-abc-wbna35297872 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902052128/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35297872/ns/entertainment-television |url-status=live |archive-date=September 2, 2010 |title=Modern Family a freshman hit for ABC |date=February 8, 2010 |publisher=Today|access-date=June 11, 2020}} and the camera crew was originally supposed to have been run by a fictitious Dutch filmmaker named Geert Floortje, who had lived as a teenaged exchange student with the Pritchetts and had developed a crush on Claire (while Mitchell had developed a crush on him). The producers later felt that this component was unnecessary, and it was scrapped. Lloyd preferred to look at the show as "a family show done documentary-style".{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/2010/01/modern_family_co-creator_steve.html |title=Modern Family: Co-creator Steve Levitan weighs in |publisher=NJ.com |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927042553/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2010/01/modern_family_co-creator_steve.html |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |url-status=live }}
Lloyd and Levitan pitched the series to CBS, NBC, and ABC (they did not pitch it to Fox because of issues they had with the network over a previous comedy series, Back to You, that Lloyd and Levitan also created and produced). CBS, which was not ready to make a big commitment to the single-camera style of filming, rejected the series. NBC, already broadcasting The Office and Parks and Recreation at the time, decided against taking on a third mockumentary-style show. ABC accepted the pitch.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/its-modern-family-affair-emmys-19278/|title=It's a Modern Family Affair at the Emmys|author=Pond, Steve|work=TheWrap|date=July 15, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718091343/http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/its-modern-family-affair-emmys-19278|archive-date=July 18, 2010|url-status=live}}
The pilot episode tested positively with focus groups, resulting in the network ordering 13 episodes and adding it to the 2009–10 fall lineup days ahead of ABC's official schedule announcement.{{cite news|last=Schneider|first=Michael|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/abc-gives-early-pickup-to-family-1118003355/|title=ABC gives early pickup to Family|work=Variety|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=May 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131220843/http://variety.com/2009/scene/features/abc-gives-early-pickup-to-family-1118003355/|archive-date=January 31, 2016|url-status=live}} The series was given a full-season pickup in October 2009.{{cite news|last=Abrams|first=Natalie|title=ABC Picks Up Cougar Town, Modern Family and The Middle|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cougar-Modern-1010661.aspx|work=TV Guide|access-date=October 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012020614/http://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Cougar-Modern-1010661.aspx|archive-date=October 12, 2009|url-status=live}}
=Filming=
Principal photography took place in Los Angeles. Many of the exteriors used are on the city's Westside. The Dunphys' house is in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood. {{As of|2014}}, Palisades Charter High School is used for the exteriors of Luke and Manny's school.{{cite news|last=Bowers|first=Andy|title=The Surprisingly Real Los Angeles of Modern Family|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/03/modern-familys-los-angeles-geography-is-more-accurate-than-you-think.html|newspaper=Slate|date=March 13, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313191757/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/13/modern_family_s_los_angeles_geography_is_more_accurate_than_you_think.html|archive-date=March 13, 2014|url-status=live}}
Lloyd and Levitan, whose credits both include Frasier, Wings, and Just Shoot Me!, are executive producers of the series, serving as showrunner and head writer under their Lloyd-Levitan Productions label in affiliation with 20th Century Fox Television.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/reviews/modern-family-1200476044/|title=TV Reviews – Modern Family|author=Lowry, Brian|work=Variety|date=September 20, 2009|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928230021/http://variety.com/2009/tv/reviews/modern-family-1200476044/|archive-date=September 28, 2015|url-status=live}} The other original producers on the writing team were Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker, and Jeff Morton.{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1516|title=Writers Guild Awards 2010 Nominations |publisher=Writers Guild of America |access-date=October 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503134650/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1516|archive-date=May 3, 2012}}
Starting with the second season, Levitan and Lloyd ran the show, not as a team, but separately, with each showrunner supervising half the episodes. "Chris and I are both strong, opinionated people, and we very, very quickly realized it doesn't make sense to sit here and debate each other and waste time," Levitan told The Hollywood Reporter in 2012. "We often come at it from different points of view, so we said, 'Let's just switch off who has final say.'"{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/modern-family-season-4-sofia-vergara-julie-bowen-371246/ |title=Inside 'Modern Family's' Billion-Dollar Winning Formula and How Season 4 Might Change Everything|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526014122/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/modern-family-season-4-sofia-vergara-julie-bowen-371246?page=2 |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=live }}
=Litigation=
File:Modern Family Cast.jpg in January 2012]]
In the first season, the adult cast was paid a range of roughly $30,000 to $90,000 per episode.{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/modern-family-cast-to-share-in-show-s-wealth-1118038353/| work=Variety | first=Andrew | last=Wallenstein | title='Modern Family' cast to share in show's wealth | date=June 10, 2011 | access-date=February 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120205519/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038353 | archive-date=January 20, 2012 | url-status=live }} As a result of the show's success, the cast attempted to renegotiate their contracts in the summer of 2012 to obtain higher per-episode fees, but talks broke down to the point that the fourth season's first table read had to be postponed.
Five of the cast members (Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofía Vergara) retained the Quinn Emanuel law firm and sued 20th Century Fox Television in Los Angeles County Superior Court on July 24, 2012.{{cite court|litigants=SOFIA VERGARA ET AL VS TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX INTERNATIONAL|opinion=BC488786|court=Los Angeles Superior Court - Stanley Mosk Courthouse|date=November 19, 2012|url=https://www.lacourt.org/paos/v2public/CivilIndex/}} While not part of the lawsuit, Ed O'Neill joined his fellow castmates in seeking raises for each to about $200,000 per episode; O'Neill had already been earning more money per episode than the other five. The lawsuit invoked the "seven-year rule" in California Labor Code Section 2855 (the De Havilland Law) and requested a declaration that their contracts were void because they were in violation of that rule.{{cite news|last=Belloni|first=Matthew|title='Modern Family' Cast Sues 20th TV as Contract Renegotiation Turns Ugly (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/modern-family-sues-20th-contract-negotiations-353575/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 8, 2022|date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125112052/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/modern-family-sues-20th-contract-negotiations-353575|archive-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=live}}
By October 25, 2012, the conflict had been in final talks for a settlement, with plaintiffs planning thereafter to file a dismissal (which they ultimately did on November 19, 2012). The five adult cast members' salaries were increased from $55,000–$65,000 per episode to $150,000–$175,000, with increases every season, plus a percentage of residual profits.{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/done-modern-family-cast-close-deals-for-salary-increases-308691/ |title=Modern family Cast close Deals forSalary Increases |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201808/http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/done-modern-family-cast-close-deals-for-salary-increases/ |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=live }} O'Neill had already been earning $200,000 an episode, so his salary was lowered to parity with his co-stars, but with a larger percentage of the back-end profits.{{cite web|last=Sepinwall|first=Alan|title='Modern Family' actors resolve contract dispute with studio|date=July 27, 2012 |url=https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/modern-family-actors-resolve-contract-dispute-with-studio/|publisher=Uproxx|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053458/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/modern-family-actors-resolve-contract-dispute-with-studio|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=live}} By that August, four of the five child stars negotiated increases from $15,000–$25,000 to $70,000 per episode,{{cite web |last=Mullins |first=Jenna |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/341654/modern-family-kids-negotiate-salary-raise |title=Modern Family Kids Negotiate Salary Raise |publisher=E! |date=August 28, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514141306/http://www.eonline.com/news/341654/modern-family-kids-negotiate-salary-raise |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} with an additional $10,000 per season raise.{{cite web|last1=Simon|first1=Rachel|title=How Much Does 'Modern Family's Cast Make?! Still Less Than 'The Big Bang Theory,' Sadly|date=August 26, 2014 |url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/37392-how-much-does-modern-familys-cast-make-still-less-than-the-big-bang-theory-sadly|publisher=Bustle|access-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926110214/http://www.bustle.com/articles/37392-how-much-does-modern-familys-cast-make-still-less-than-the-big-bang-theory-sadly|archive-date=September 26, 2015|url-status=live}}
Episodes
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Themes and analysis
Technology and social media
In The New York Times, Bruce Feiler called attention to how the show depicts the increasing way communications technology shapes the way people perceive others, even family members. "[It] is surely the first family comedy that incorporates its own hashtag of simultaneous self-analysis directly into the storyline," he writes. "Mark Zuckerberg may be a greater influence on Modern Family than Norman Lear."{{cite news|last=Feiler|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Feiler|title=What 'Modern Family' Says About Modern Families|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/23THISLIFE.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 23, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127101759/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/23THISLIFE.html|archive-date=January 27, 2011|url-status=live}}
The show's writers and actors agree. "We used to talk about how cellphones killed the sitcom because no one ever goes to anyone's house anymore" for routine information, Abraham Higginbotham told Feiler. "We embrace technology so it's part of the story." Ty Burrell draws on Fran Lebowitz's observation that there is no institution other than media.{{cite web |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/events/fl-xpm-2010-11-22-fl-ppl-public-speaking-112210-20101122-story.html |title=The wit of Fran Lebowitz through the lens of Martin Scorsese |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |last=Ostrow |first=Joanne |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707105057/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/events/fl-xpm-2010-11-22-fl-ppl-public-speaking-112210-20101122-story.html |url-status=live }} "I had this little flash of Phil—and me—that we are parsing our personality together externally from how people perceive us."
Parenthood and traditional challenges
James Parker of The Atlantic commented, "How does one 'parent'? Who does what, which 'role'? Is Dad sufficiently dad-like and Mom enough of a mom?"
One of the many challenges is explored with Jay's straining relationship with Mitchell due to his discomfort at having a gay son. It is further explored in season 5 episode "Message Received ", with gay marriage being legalized and Mitchell questioning Jay's intention of not inviting his old friends by asking : " So, who doesn't them there, me or you?", Jay admits how he doesn't understand gay marriages, he blames Mitchell for not making him comfortable by saying : "Now see, why do you get to be you, but I don't get to be me. See, I didn't choose to be uncomfortable. I was born this way." Another challenge is Claire's relationship with Haley, with Claire thinking she's helping Haley while dealing with her teenage angst, on the other hand, Haley thinks she's being too pushy and demanding, and will act out accordingly.{{Cite web |title=A Decade Later: What Did Modern Family Teach Us? • The Daily Fandom |url=https://thedailyfandom.org/a-decade-later-what-did-modern-family-teach-us/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=thedailyfandom.org |language=en-US}}
Modern Family is notable for its portrayal of queer and non-traditional family structures, primarily through the characters of Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker, a gay couple raising their adopted Vietnamese daughter, Lily. Their family dynamic was one of the first on primetime television to center a same-sex couple navigating the challenges and rewards of parenthood, offering audiences an authentic look into LGBTQ+ family life. Throughout the series, Mitch and Cam’s relationship showcases both the unique joys and social obstacles facing LGBTQ+ parents, such as dealing with stereotypes, facing subtle forms of prejudice, and navigating societal expectations. By depicting Mitch and Cam’s journey as parents and partners in a relatable, humorous light, Modern Family has played a significant role in normalizing LGBTQ+ families in mainstream media. The show’s inclusion of various family forms, from blended families to adoptive and queer families, reflects a more inclusive view of what family means today and has been credited with increasing public acceptance of LGBTQ+ families. This representation contributes to broader conversations on family diversity, challenging traditional norms and encouraging viewers to embrace different family structures as equally valid and loving.{{cite web |url=https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/blog/representation-matters-are-lgbtq-young-people-seeing-themselves-represented-in-the-media/ |title=LGBTQ+ portrayal in the media: Are young people seeing themselves represented? }}
Masculinity and fatherhood
The show has also been praised for portrayal of masculinity and fatherhood. In a 2016 review, journalist Tim Dowling notes that “one of the main complaints voiced by so-called men’s rights activists is that in popular culture husbands and fathers are routinely portrayed as moronic incompetents … More sensible men’s advocates, meanwhile, maintain that men are still straitjacketed by old expectations, and given no room to express vulnerability, doubt, or any emotion besides anger. Masculinity, it seems, just doesn’t furnish the modern male with very many acceptable ways to be.” While Dowling goes on to address the show’s portrayal of Phil as the most “subversive” of the four fathers, the characters of Jay, Cam, and Mitchell also contribute to a mediated understanding of fatherhood that legitimizes a variety of “acceptable ways to be” a modern father. Through the vehicle of comedy, which exposes each of the characters’ best and worst qualities, viewers can both witness and interrogate the qualities of the “traditional dad” and the “new dad,” a distinction that emerges quite clearly as a new generation of men take the parenting reins from their own fathers.{{Citation |last=Pallister |first=Kathryn |title=Modern Fathers in Modern Family: The Impact of Generational Differences on Fatherhood Styles |date=2016 |work=Pops in Pop Culture |pages=233–249 |editor-last=Podnieks |editor-first=Elizabeth |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-57767-2_13 |access-date=2024-12-01 |place=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-137-57767-2_13 |isbn=978-1-349-56930-4}}
Depiction of Los Angeles
In a 2014 article in Slate, the site's podcast executive producer, Andy Bowers, a resident of Los Angeles' Westside, where the show films most of its exteriors, praised the series for its realistic depiction of life in that part of the city.
Release
= Broadcast =
Modern Family was picked up for syndication by USA Network for $1.5 million per episode, along with being offered in local syndication at the same time, with Fox Television Stations the lead station group picking up the series.{{cite web |author=Gorman, Bill |date=June 29, 2010 |title=Oxygen Gets 'Glee,' USA Nabs 'Modern Family' For Fall 2013 Syndication |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/29/oxygen-gets-glee-usa-nabs-modern-family-for-fall-2013-syndication/55708 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105050920/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/06/29/oxygen-gets-glee-usa-nabs-modern-family-for-fall-2013-syndication/55708/ |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures}}{{cite web |author=Gorman, Bill |date=June 29, 2010 |title=USA Network Acquires Rights To 'Modern Family' |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/29/usa-network-acquires-rights-to-modern-family/55758 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105044416/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/06/29/usa-network-acquires-rights-to-modern-family/55758/ |archive-date=January 5, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures}}{{cite web |author=Finke, Nikki and Nellie Andreeva |date=June 29, 2010 |title=Big Syndie deals: 'Glee' To Oxygen; 'Modern Family' To USA |url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/big-syndication-deals-for-20th-tv-oxygen-gets-glee-usa-buys-modern-family-50414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702083023/http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/big-syndication-deals-for-20th-tv-oxygen-gets-glee-usa-buys-modern-family |archive-date=July 2, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2010 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} It is also shown on Sky Comedy and E4 in the United Kingdom, e.tv in South Africa, Fox in Sweden, yes Comedy in Israel and Star World in India. The series aired on Citytv in Canada for its first ten seasons.{{cite web |title=CITYTV UNVEILS ITS FALL 2009 – 2010 PROGRAMMING LINE UP |url=https://www.rogersmedia.com/cnwposts/citytv-unveils-its-fall-2009-2010-programming-line-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602231941/https://www.rogersmedia.com/cnwposts/citytv-unveils-its-fall-2009-2010-programming-line-up/ |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |access-date=June 2, 2019 |website=Rogers Media}} The network additionally obtained the syndicated strip-rights to the show when they became available. Subsequently, it moved to Global for its eleventh and final season.{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Katie |title=Global TV fall shows 2019: 'Modern Family' last season, 'Little Late With Lilly Singh' join roster |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5333717/global-tv-fall-shows-2019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602231942/https://globalnews.ca/news/5333717/global-tv-fall-shows-2019/ |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |access-date=June 2, 2019 |website=Global News}} Modern Family began airing on TBS since September 25, 2023, and was picked up by Nickelodeon for its Nick at Nite block, starting on September 10, 2024.{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=September 12, 2023 |title='Modern Family' Adds New Residence at TBS (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/modern-family-tbs-warner-bros-discovery-1235720896/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Variety}}{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=September 3, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2025|title='Modern Family' to Join Nick at Nite Lineup|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/modern-family-nick-at-nite-1236128155/}} As of 2025, Modern Family is streaming on Peacock and Hulu.{{cite web |url=https://www.hulu.com/series/modern-family-883c414c-34a3-4fcc-b50a-0ad5a184c977 |title=Modern Family |website=Hulu |access-date=May 4, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/modern-family |title=Modern Family |work=Peacock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417142856/https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/modern-family |archive-date=April 17, 2025}}
= Home media =
As of 2017, Modern Family had earned $72,226,621 from its domestic home media releases.{{Cite web |title=Modern Family (2009) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/tv-show/Modern-Family#tab=summary |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=The Numbers}} The series was made available for streaming on Hulu and Peacock in its entirety on February 3, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=February 3, 2021 |title='Modern Family' Begins Full-Series Streaming Run On Both Peacock And Hulu – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/modern-family-streaming-on-peacock-and-hulu-1234680627/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203181828/https://deadline.com/2021/02/modern-family-streaming-on-peacock-and-hulu-1234680627/ |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} Internationally, it was released on Disney+.{{Cite web |last=Palmer |first=Roger |date=December 4, 2023 |title="Modern Family" Season 11 Coming Soon To Disney+ (UK/Ireland) |url=https://whatsondisneyplus.com/modern-family-season-11-coming-soon-to-disney-uk-ireland/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=What’s On Disney Plus |language=en-us}}
Reception
=Ratings=
Since its premiere, the series has remained popular. In its first season, the show became the sixth-highest rated scripted show in America and the third-highest rated new show.{{cite web|title=Full Series Rankings For The 2009–10 Broadcast Season|url=https://deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season-44277/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 28, 2010 |access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709180259/http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season/|archive-date=July 9, 2013
|url-status=live}} Aided by winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, the show's second season became the highest rated show on Wednesday during premiere week.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/23/abc-turns-in-its-strongest-wednesday-in-nearly-10-months-modern-family-opens-as-wednesday%E2%80%99s-no-1-tv-show/64820 |title=ABC Turns in its Strongest Wednesday in Nearly 10 Months; 'Modern Family' Opens as Wednesday's No. 1 TV Show |author=Seidman, Robert |date=September 23, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |access-date=September 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926115841/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/23/abc-turns-in-its-strongest-wednesday-in-nearly-10-months-modern-family-opens-as-wednesday%E2%80%99s-no-1-tv-show/64820 |archive-date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }} The show also rose 34% from the previous season among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/21/glee-dancing-modern-family-castle-lead-seasons-ratings-gainers-csiny-lie-to-me-house-lead-losers/69042 |title=Glee, Dancing, Modern Family, Castle Lead Season's Ratings Gainers, CSI:NY, Lie To Me, House Lead Losers |author=Gorman, Bill |date=October 21, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |access-date=October 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024182830/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/21/glee-dancing-modern-family-castle-lead-seasons-ratings-gainers-csiny-lie-to-me-house-lead-losers/69042 |archive-date=October 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }} The show frequently ranked as television's top scripted series in adults 18–49 as well.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/02/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-nfl-modern-family-glee-ncis-dwts-top-week-6-viewing/70478 |title=TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: NFL, Modern Family, Glee, NCIS, DWTS Top Week 6 Viewing |author=Seidman, Robert |date=November 2, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |access-date=November 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104235840/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/02/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-nfl-modern-family-glee-ncis-dwts-top-week-6-viewing/70478 |archive-date=November 4, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/26/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-brett-favre-modern-family-two-and-a-half-men-ncis-dwts-the-big-bang-theory-top-week-5-viewing/69680 |title=TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: Brett Favre, Modern Family, Two and a Half Men, NCIS, DWTS, The Big Bang Theory Top Week 5 Viewing |author=Seidman, Robert |date=October 26, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |access-date=October 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027194417/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/26/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-brett-favre-modern-family-two-and-a-half-men-ncis-dwts-the-big-bang-theory-top-week-5-viewing/69680 |archive-date=October 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/19/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-modern-family-glee-greys-anatomy-glee-sunday-night-football-dwts-ncis-top-week-4-viewing/68590 |title=TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: Modern Family, Glee, Grey's Anatomy, Glee, Sunday Night Football, DWTS, NCIS Top Week 4 Viewing |author=Seidman, Robert |date=October 19, 2010 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022045851/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/19/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-modern-family-glee-greys-anatomy-glee-sunday-night-football-dwts-ncis-top-week-4-viewing/68590 |archive-date=October 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
The success of the show has been positively compared to The Cosby Show.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/features/modern-family-is-a-cosby-celebre-1118026163/ |title='Modern Family' is a 'Cosby' celebre |author=Weisman, Jon |date=October 21, 2010 |work=Variety |access-date=October 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527014703/http://variety.com/2010/scene/features/modern-family-is-a-cosby-celebre-1118026163/ |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |url-status=live }} During the 2010–2011 season, Modern Family was the highest rated scripted show in the 18–49 demographic, and the third-highest rated overall sitcom behind CBS's The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |title=2010–11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=May 26, 2011 |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625190807/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |archive-date=June 25, 2011
|url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-18-49-ratings-averages/94402/comment-page-2/#comments |title=2010–11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show 18–49 Ratings Averages |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=May 26, 2011 |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028125140/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-18-49-ratings-averages/94402/comment-page-2/#comments |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=dead }} The season also ranked first among DVR viewers.{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/13/modern-family-tops-dvr-ratings-gain-for-the-2010-11-season-fringe-has-biggest-increase-by-dvr/95418/ |title='Modern Family' Tops DVR Ratings Gain for the 2010–11 Season; 'Fringe' Has Biggest % Increase By DVR |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=June 9, 2011 |access-date=June 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709161337/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/13/modern-family-tops-dvr-ratings-gain-for-the-2010-11-season-fringe-has-biggest-increase-by-dvr/95418/ |archive-date=July 9, 2012
|url-status=dead }}
The third-season premiere became ABC's top-rated season premiere in six years.{{cite web |author=Seidman, Robert |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/22/tv-ratings-wednesday-x-factor-no-idol-modern-family-premieres-big-revenge-gets-nice-start-csi-svu/104503/ |title=TV Ratings Wednesday: 'X Factor' No 'Idol'; 'Modern Family' Premieres Big; 'Revenge' Gets Nice Start; CSI > SVU |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=September 22, 2011 |access-date=October 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924103650/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/22/tv-ratings-wednesday-x-factor-no-idol-modern-family-premieres-big-revenge-gets-nice-start-csi-svu/104503/ |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The series' success in ratings has also led it to being credited for reviving sitcoms.{{cite news |last=Villarreal |first=Yvonne |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-modern-family-20111030,0,3791963.story |title='Modern Family': Savior of the sitcom |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 30, 2011 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030135453/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-modern-family-20111030,0,3791963.story |archive-date=October 30, 2011 |url-status=live }}
In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that Modern Family{{'}}s "audience pattern is the prototypical example of a city show — most popular in liberal, urban clusters in Boston, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara, California, and least popular in the more rural parts of Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas".{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html |title='Duck Dynasty' vs. 'Modern Family': 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide |last=Katz |first=Josh |date=December 27, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170329083111/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |url-status=live }}
:Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
{{Television season ratings
| link1 = Modern Family (season 1)
| timeslot1 = Wednesday 9:00 p.m.
| timeslot_length1 = 11
| episodes1 = 24
| start1 = {{Start date|2009|9|23}}
| startrating1 = 12.61{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Seidman |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/24/wednesday-broadcast-finals-modern-family-down-a-tenth-cougar-town-up-a-tenth-with-adults-18-49/28330 |title=Wednesday broadcast finals: Modern Family down a tenth, Cougar Town up a tenth with adults 18–49 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=September 24, 2009 |access-date=October 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527062307/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/24/wednesday-broadcast-finals-modern-family-down-a-tenth-cougar-town-up-a-tenth-with-adults-18-49/28330/ |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
| end1 = {{End date|2010|5|19}}
| endrating1 = 10.01{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/20/tv-ratings-good-guys-off-to-bad-start-idol-down/51917|title=TV Ratings Wednesday: Good Guys Off To Bad Start; Idol Down|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 20, 2010|access-date=May 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523043811/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/20/tv-ratings-good-guys-off-to-bad-start-idol-down/51917|archive-date=May 23, 2010|url-status=dead}}
| season1 = 2009–10
| link2 = Modern Family (season 2)
| episodes2 = 24
| start2 = {{Start date|2010|9|22}}
| startrating2 = 12.61{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Seidman|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/09/23/tv-ratings-wednesday-modern-family-leads-night-survivor-criminal-minds-very-strong-undercovers-middling-the-whole-truth-bombs/64811|title=TV Ratings Wednesday: 'Modern Family' Leads Night; Survivor, Criminal Minds Very Strong; 'Undercovers' Middling; 'The Whole Truth' Bombs|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=September 23, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117055622/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com:80/2010/09/23/tv-ratings-wednesday-modern-family-leads-night-survivor-criminal-minds-very-strong-undercovers-middling-the-whole-truth-bombs/64811|archive-date=November 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}
| end2 = {{End date|2011|5|25}}
| endrating2 = 10.31{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/26/wednesday-final-ratings-american-idol-modern-family-adjusted-up-law-order-la-criminal-minds-suspect-behavior-adjusted-down/93970/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'American Idol,' 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up; 'Law & Order: LA,' 'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior' Adjusted Down|last=Gorman|first=Bill|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 26, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730072028/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/26/wednesday-final-ratings-american-idol-modern-family-adjusted-up-law-order-la-criminal-minds-suspect-behavior-adjusted-down/93970/|archive-date=July 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}
| season2 = 2010–11
| link3 = Modern Family (season 3)
| episodes3 = 24
| start3 = {{Start date|2011|9|21}}
| startrating3 = 14.53{{cite web |author=Seidman, Robert |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/22/wednesday-final-ratings-the-x-factor-modern-family-the-middle-revenge-and-others-adjusted-up/104596/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The X Factor,' 'Modern Family,' 'The Middle,' And Others Adjusted Up; 'Revenge' Adjusted Down |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=September 22, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922022942/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-final-ratings-the-x-factor-modern-family-the-middle-revenge-and-others-adjusted-up/104596/ |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
| end3 = {{End date|2012|5|23}}
| endrating3 = 10.07{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/wednesday-final-ratings-idol-modern-family-svu-adjusted-up-apt-23-adjusted-down/135606/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Idol', 'Modern Family', & 'SVU' Adjusted Up, 'Apt 23' Adjusted Down|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525184002/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/wednesday-final-ratings-idol-modern-family-svu-adjusted-up-apt-23-adjusted-down/135606/|archive-date=May 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}
| season3 = 2011–12
| 18_49_rating3 = 5.5{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/05/full-2011-2012-tv-season-series-rankings-277941/|title=Full 2011–2012 TV Season Series Rankings|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 24, 2012|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907060022/http://deadline.com/2012/05/full-2011-2012-tv-season-series-rankings-277941/|archive-date=September 7, 2014|url-status=live}}
| link4 = Modern Family (season 4)
| episodes4 = 24
| start4 = {{Start date|2012|9|26}}
| startrating4 = 14.44{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/27/wednesday-final-ratings-x-factor-survivor-the-middle-adjusted-up-the-neighbors-adjusted-down/150388|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The X Factor,' 'Survivor', 'The Middle' Adjusted Up, 'The Neighbors' Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=September 27, 2012|access-date=September 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091806/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/27/wednesday-final-ratings-x-factor-survivor-the-middle-adjusted-up-the-neighbors-adjusted-down/150388/|archive-date=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}
| end4 = {{End date|2013|5|22}}
| endrating4 = 10.01{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'MasterChef', 'Modern Family', 'Criminal Minds' & 'Law & Order: SVU' Adjusted Up; 'How To Live With Your Parents' Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/23/wednesday-final-ratings-masterchef-modern-family-criminal-minds-how-to-live-with-your-parents-adjusted-down/183884/9|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=May 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110043324/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/23/wednesday-final-ratings-masterchef-modern-family-criminal-minds-how-to-live-with-your-parents-adjusted-down/183884/9/|archive-date=January 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}
| season4 = 2012–13
| link5 = Modern Family (season 5)
| episodes5 = 24
| start5 = {{Start date|2013|9|25}}
| startrating5 = 11.68{{cite web|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The Middle', 'Modern Family' and 'Survivor' Adjusted Up; 'Nashville' & 'CSI' Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/26/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-modern-family-and-survivor-adjusted-up-nashville-csi-adjusted-down/205000/|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|access-date=September 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033728/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-modern-family-and-survivor-adjusted-up-nashville-csi-adjusted-down/205000/|archive-date=October 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}
| end5 = {{End date|2014|5|21}}
| endrating5 = 10.45{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/22/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-the-middle-survivor-reunion-adjusted-down/266571/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'The Middle' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up; 'Survivor' Reunion Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724002516/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/22/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-the-middle-survivor-reunion-adjusted-down/266571/|archive-date=July 24, 2014|url-status=dead}}
| season5 = 2013–14
| link6 = Modern Family (season 6)
| episodes6 = 24
| start6 = {{Start date|2014|9|24}}
| startrating6 = 11.38{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/25/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-the-goldbergs-modern-family-law-and-order-svu-red-band-society-adjusted-up/306937/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The Middle', 'The Goldbergs', 'Modern Family', 'Law and Order: SVU', & 'Red Band Society' Adjusted Up|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|access-date=September 25, 2014|date=September 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101014839/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/25/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-the-goldbergs-modern-family-law-and-order-svu-red-band-society-adjusted-up/306937|archive-date=January 1, 2015}}
| end6 = {{End date|2015|5|20}}
| endrating6 = 7.20{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/21/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-survivor-reunion-modern-family-adjusted-up/406776/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'Survivor: Reunion' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=May 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525020605/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/21/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-survivor-reunion-modern-family-adjusted-up/406776/|archive-date=May 25, 2015|url-status=dead}}
| season6 = 2014–15
| 18_49_rating6 = 4.3{{cite web|last1=de Moraes|first1=Lisa|title=Full 2014–15 TV Season Series Rankings: Football & 'Empire' Ruled|url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 21, 2015|date=May 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408194525/https://deadline.com/2015/05/2014-15-full-tv-season-ratings-shows-rankings-1201431167/|archive-date=April 8, 2020|url-status=live}}
| link7 = Modern Family (season 7)
| episodes7 = 22
| start7 = {{Start date|2015|9|23}}
| startrating7 = 9.46{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/09/24/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-modern-family-nashville-adjusted-down/471324/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'Modern Family' & 'Law and Order: SVU' Adjusted Up; 'Nashville' Adjusted Down|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|access-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116133709/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/1/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-modern-family-nashville-adjusted-down/471324/|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}
| end7 = {{End date|2016|5|18}}
| season7 = 2015–16
| link8 = Modern Family (season 8)
| episodes8 = 22
| start8 = {{Start date|2016|9|21}}
| end8 = {{End date|2017|5|17}}
| season8 = 2016–17
| link9 = Modern Family (season 9)
| episodes9 = 22
| start9 = {{Start date|2017|9|27}}
| end9 = {{End date|2018|5|16}}
| season9 = 2017–18
| link10 = Modern Family (season 10)
| episodes10 = 22
| start10 = {{Start date|2018|9|26}}
| end10 = {{End date|2019|5|8}}
| season10 = 2018–19
| link11 = Modern Family (season 11)
| episodes11 = 18
| start11 = {{Start date|2019|9|25}}
| end11 = {{End date|2020|4|8}}
| season11 = 2019–20
}}Modern Family gained renewed popularity after becoming available on streaming platforms. According to market research company Parrot Analytics, which examines consumer engagement across streaming, downloads, and social media, Modern Family has experienced a notable increase in interest since its debut on Hulu and Peacock in 2021.{{Cite news |last=Shaw |first=Lucas |date=February 28, 2021 |title=Can 'Modern Family,' 'The Office' Give Peacock the Lift It Needs? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-02-28/can-modern-family-the-office-give-peacock-the-lift-it-needs |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=Bloomberg News |language=en}} For the week ending August 15, 2021, Whip Media, which tracks global TV viewership habits for nearly 1 million global users of its TV Time app daily, calculated that the series placed third on its "Binge Report" chart, a ranking that highlights shows streamed in sessions of four or more episodes by viewers in a single day.{{Cite web |last=Prange |first=Stephanie |date=August 17, 2021 |title=Disney+ Series 'What If…?' Top Rising Show, Netflix's 'Outer Banks' Again Top Binge on TV Time Charts |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/disney-plus-series-what-if-top-rising-show-netflixs-outer-banks-again-top-binge-on-tv-time-charts/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Media Play News |language=en-US}} Streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol, which monitors daily updated VOD charts and streaming ratings across the globe, reported that Modern Family was the fifth most-watched show on Disney+ worldwide in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Cashin |first=Rory |date=2022-12-28 |title=These were the most-watched Disney+ movies and shows in 2022 |url=https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/disney-plus-most-watched-2022-763360 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=JOE.ie |language=en-US}} The series moved up to second place in 2023 behind Grey's Anatomy.{{Cite web |last=Cashin |first=Rory |date=2023-07-02 |title=2023's most popular shows on Disney+, Apple TV+ & Prime Video so far |url=https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/disney-plus-most-popular-2023-776924 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=JOE.ie |language=en-US}}
In 2024, Parrot Analytics reported that Modern Family was among the 40 most in-demand TV shows worldwide between January 1 and August 8. While most of the top 10 shows appealed primarily to younger demographics (ages 15–31), the series attracted Millennial and Gen X viewers (32-42+).{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Brandon |date=August 12, 2024 |title=Gen Z Rules Streaming, But Is The Industry Ignoring Everyone Else? |url=https://www.tvrev.com/news/gen-z-rules-streaming-but-is-the-industry-ignoring-everyone-else |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=TVREV Media Network |language=en-US}} Nielsen Media Research, which records streaming viewership on U.S. television screens, estimated that the show was watched for 687 million minutes from August 12 to August 18, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Gruenwedel |first=Erik |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Nielsen: 'Prison Break' Reruns Remain Atop Weekly Household TV Streaming Through Aug. 18 |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/nielsen-prison-break-reruns-remain-atop-weekly-household-tv-streaming-through-aug-18/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Media Play News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=September 12, 2024 |title=Streaming Ratings: 'Emily in Paris' Opens Lower With Half-Season Release |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/streaming-ratings-aug-12-18-2024-1236000147/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} In October 2024, FlixPatrol announced that Modern Family was among the most-watched series on Disney+, ranking second worldwide behind Grey's Anatomy.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 10, 2024 |title=La serie de Disney que arrasa en premios y se convirtió en un fenómeno mundial |url=https://www.clarin.com/internacional/serie-disney-arrasa-premios-convirtio-fenomeno-mundial_0_SHhykEpqN1.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqKoRURVraDU10wvm8SGDu7mWj9d2uEzoMUB9Hg3UlSTT1aWAig |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Clarín |language=es}}
=Critical response=
==Season 1==
The first season was met with critical acclaim. It scored 100%, based on 28 reviews, on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.55/10 and the critical consensus: "Thanks to sharp writing and an eccentric but exceedingly likeable cast of characters, Modern Family signals the triumphant return of the family comedy."{{cite web|title=Modern Family: Season 1|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern-family/s01/|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024132212/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern-family/s01/|archive-date=October 24, 2016|url-status=live}} The first season also scored 86/100, based on 27 reviews, on review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web|title=Modern Family: Season 1|website=Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/modern-family/season-1|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004192615/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/modern-family/season-1|archive-date=October 4, 2019|url-status=live}}
Entertainment Weekly gave it an A−, calling it "immediately recognizable as the best new sitcom of the fall."{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title=Modern Family|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/10/09/modern-family/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 25, 2020|date=October 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105214345/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20310552,00.html|archive-date=January 5, 2010|url-status=live}} In Time{{'}}s review, the show was named "the funniest new family comedy of the year."{{cite news|last=Poniewozik|first=James|title=Yes, We Kin|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924499,00.html|publisher=Time|access-date=December 11, 2012|date=September 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404055415/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924499,00.html|archive-date=April 4, 2010|url-status=dead}} It has also been compared to the 1970s series Soap because of the multiple-family aspect. Some have made comparisons to The Office and Parks and Recreation because of their mockumentary formats.{{cite web|title= Fall TV Preview 2009: Modern Family |date=September 9, 2009 |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/143276/fall-tv-preview-2009-modern-family|publisher=E!|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403183819/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b143257_fall_tv_preview_2009_modern_family.html|archive-date=April 3, 2011|url-status=live}} BuddyTV named the show the second best show in 2009, saying, "Every actor is fantastic, every family is interesting, and unlike many shows, there isn't a weak link."{{cite web |date=December 2009 |title=Top 9 of '09: Best Shows of the Year: #2 Modern Family |url=https://www.buddytv.com/top-9-of-09-best-shows-of-the-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021032411/https://www.buddytv.com/top-9-of-09-best-shows-of-the-year/ |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2012 |publisher=Buddy TV }} Robert Canning of IGN gave the season an 8.9 calling it "Great" and saying "Simply put, Modern Family was one of the best new comedies of the season." He also praised the ensemble cast and the characters, calling them lovable.{{cite web |first=Robert|last=Canning |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/26/modern-family-season-1-review|title=Modern Family: Season 1 Review|publisher=IGN |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529175108/http://tv.ign.com/articles/109/1092984p1.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |url-status=live }} According to Metacritic, the first season was the best reviewed new broadcast television series.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-and-worst-tv-shows-2009-2010-season |title=2009–10 TV Scorecard: The Best and Worst Shows and Networks |author=Dietz, Jason |date=May 3, 2010 |work=Metacritic |access-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131045839/http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-and-worst-tv-shows-2009-2010-season |archive-date=January 31, 2013
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Modern Family drew criticism from the LGBT community for its portrayal of Cameron and Mitchell as not being physically affectionate with each other. The criticism spawned a Facebook campaign to demand that Mitchell and Cameron be allowed to kiss. In response to the controversy, producers released a statement that a season two episode would address Mitchell's discomfort with public displays of affection. Executive producer Levitan has said that it was unfortunate that the issue had arisen, since the show's writers had always planned on such a scene "as part of the natural development of the show."{{cite web | last = Guider | first = Elizabeth | title = Modern Family actors practicing gay kiss | work = The Hollywood Reportwe | date = August 28, 2010 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/modern-family-actors-practicing-gay-27186/|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830063615/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3idbe87d2389f4477cb3cc6054ed5e5e4d | archive-date = August 30, 2010 | url-status = live }} The episode "The Kiss" eventually aired with the kiss scene in the background, which drew praise from multiple critics.{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2010/09/30/modern-family-watch-lips-service/|title=Modern Family Watch: Lips Service |last=Poniewozik|first=James |date=September 30, 2010 |magazine=Time |access-date=September 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002071716/http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/09/30/modern-family-watch-lips-service/ |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/modern-family-the-kiss-pdas-are-a-ok/ |title='Modern Family' – 'The Kiss': PDA's are A-OK |last=Sepinwall|first=Alan |date=September 30, 2010 |work=HitFix |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004094249/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/modern-family-the-kiss-pdas-are-a-ok |archive-date=October 4, 2010 |url-status=live }}
==Season 2==
The show's second season received mostly positive reviews from critics. Season two has a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews, with an average score of 8.11/10 and the consensus: "Modern Family{{'}}s sophomore season sings with ingenious sitcom structure and an ensemble in perfect comedic harmony – even if the tunes are a little familiar".{{cite web|title=Modern Family: Season 2|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s02|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203123938/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s02/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Robert Bianco of USA Today gave the second season four out of four stars, saying "Not since Frasier has a sitcom offered such an ideal blend of heart and smarts, or proven itself so effortlessly adept at so many comic variations, from subtle wordplay to big-laugh slapstick to everything in between."{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-10-06-returnees06_ST_N.htm |title=These TV series are back, but are they better than ever? |author=Bianco, Robert |date=October 6, 2010 |work=USA Today |access-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124233247/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-10-06-returnees06_ST_N.htm |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |url-status=live }} In a later review Bianco stated "as good as it was in its first year, is even better in its second", positively comparing the characters to the characters from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, and Friends.{{cite news |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-11-24-modern24_ST_N.htm |title=We have a lot of love for ABC's 'Modern Family' |author=Bianco, Robert |date=November 23, 2010 |work=USA Today |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116082159/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2010-11-24-modern24_ST_N.htm |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=live }} During the second season, Adweek named the show one of the 100 Most Influential TV Shows (98th chronologically).{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/28/glee-modern-family-jersey-shore-the-walking-dead-are-most-recent-among-adweeks-100-most-influential-tv-shows/87285 |title='Glee,' 'Modern Family,' 'Jersey Shore,' 'The Walking Dead' Among AdWeek's 100 Most Influential TV Shows |work=TV by the Numbers |date=March 15, 2011 |access-date=March 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630041358/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/cable/glee-modern-family-jersey-shore-the-walking-dead-are-most-recent-among-adweeks-100-most-influential-tv-shows/87285/ |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/aw/photos/stylus/1230248-100.pdf |title=Layout 1 |access-date=March 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409032055/http://www.adweek.com/aw/photos/stylus/1230248-100.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2011 |url-status=live }} Despite this, some critics were less favorable toward the season and described it as a sophomore slump.{{cite web |last=Maddux |first=Rachael |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/modern_family_recap_alarmed.html|title=Modern Family Recap: Alarmed|publisher=Vulture |date=November 4, 2010 |access-date=February 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626182045/https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/modern_family_recap_alarmed.html |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Emily VanDerWerff |url=https://www.avclub.com/modern-family-two-monkeys-and-a-panda-1798167485|title=Modern Family: "Two Monkeys and a Panda" |date=March 3, 2011 |publisher=The A.V. Club |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142350/https://tv.avclub.com/modern-family-two-monkeys-and-a-panda-1798167485 |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |url-status=live }} Eric Stonestreet's acting was widely praised throughout the first season, but criticized during season two for being too contrived and "over-the-top";{{cite web |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |url=https://uproxx.com/sepinwall/modern-family-the-one-that-got-away-birthday-magic/ |title=Season finale review: Modern Family – The One That Got Away: Birthday magic |publisher=Uproxx |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529090448/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/modern-family-the-one-that-got-away-birthday-magic |archive-date=May 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2010/11/18/modern-family-season-2-episode-8-recap/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913235356/http://www.aoltv.com/2010/11/18/modern-family-season-2-episode-8-recap/ |title='Modern Family' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap |author=Keller, Joel |date=November 18, 2010 |work=HuffPost TV |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=live }} Alan Sepinwall called Cameron Tucker a "whiny, overly-sensitive diva". On the other hand, the praise for Ty Burrell's performance (as Phil Dunphy) continued.{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/modern_family_recap_missed_con.html|title=Modern Family Recap: Missed Connections |last=Maddux|first=Rachael |date=February 10, 2011 |work=Vulture |access-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213222300/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/02/modern_family_recap_missed_con.html |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/modern-family/modern-family-review-good-cop-bad-dog-episode-222/ |title=Modern Family Review: "Good Cop Bad Dog" (Episode 2.22) |publisher=Paste Magazine|date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020153054/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/modern-family-review-good-cop-bad-dog-episode-222.html |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=live }}
==Season 3==
The third season was met with critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, season three has a rating of 92% based on 13 reviews, with an average score of 8.33/10 and the consensus: "Modern Family settles into a well-oiled groove, consistently delivering inspired farce and making it look effortless."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s03|title=Modern Family: Season 3|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203124346/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s03/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Slant Magazine reviewer Peter Swanson wrote that while the first episode was "the type of wacky-location stunt that's usually reserved for the fifth or sixth season of a dying sitcom," the following episodes "have been better... but they're still uneven".{{cite web |last=Swanson |first=Peter |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/modern-family-season-three/ |title=Modern Family: Season Three|publisher=Slant Magazine |date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122055418/http://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/review/modern-family-season-three/289 |archive-date=November 22, 2011 |url-status=live }} He also criticized the writers for relying too much on "stunt episodes and celebrity cameos, like David Cross". He ultimately gave the season 3 out of 4 stars. James Parker of The Atlantic said, at the beginning of the third season that "Modern Family is very, very funny, almost ruthlessly so. It's a bit of a master class in pace and brevity. The writing is Vorsprung durch Technik: hectically compressed but dramatically elegant, prodigal in its zingers and snorters but austere in its construction." He found it an exception to his dislike for sitcoms that do not use a laugh track.{{cite journal|last=Parker|first=James|title=Family Portrait|journal=The Atlantic|date=November 2011|volume=308|issue=4|pages=42–44|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/family-portrait/8685/|access-date=October 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827044025/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/family-portrait/308685/|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}} During the third season, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni argued that gay criticism of Cameron and Mitchell actually showed the progress gays have made toward social acceptance. "A decade ago," he wrote, "[gays] would have balked—and balked loudly—at how frequently Cameron in particular tips into limp-wristed, high-voiced caricature." But now, "most gay people trust that the television audience knows we're a diverse tribe, not easily pigeonholed. Modern Family endows us with a sort of comic banality. It's an odd kind of progress. But it's progress nonetheless."{{cite news|last=Bruni|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Bruni|title=ABC's Gay Wednesdays|url=https://bruni.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/abcs-gay-wednesdays/|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 8, 2012|access-date=March 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310105033/http://bruni.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/abcs-gay-wednesdays/|archive-date=March 10, 2012}}
==Season 4==
The fourth season of Modern Family received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the season an approval rating of 67% based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 7.75/10 and the consensus: "Modern Family still has charm to burn and boasts a uniformly excellent cast, but the series' subversive edge has dulled".{{cite web|title=Modern Family: Season 4|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s04|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203075853/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s04/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Halfway through the season, Rachel Stein of Television Without Pity wrote, "much as I liked the pairings and some of the dialogue, ["New Year's Eve"] is just another contrived episode of Modern Family we can cite when we talk later about how a different show should have won the 2013 Emmy for Best Comedy."{{cite web|last=Stein|first=Rachel|title=Modern Family: The Best Lines of the Week |date=January 10, 2013 |url=http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/telefile/2013/01/modern-family-new-years-eve-episode-review/|work=Television Without Pitty|publisher=Bravo Media|access-date=May 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124916/http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/telefile/2013/01/modern-family-new-years-eve-episode-review/|archive-date=May 31, 2014|url-status=dead}} Dalene Rovenstein of Paste Magazine gave the season a positive review, but said a better season was possible.{{cite web|last1=Rovenstein|first1=Dalene|title=Modern Family: "Bringing Up Baby" (Episode 4.01) |date=September 27, 2012 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/modern-family/modern-family-review-bringing-up-baby-episode-401/|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127121152/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/09/modern-family-review-bringing-up-baby-episode-401.html|archive-date=November 27, 2017|url-status=live}}
==Season 5==
The fifth season of Modern Family also received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, season five has a rating of 90% based on 10 reviews, with an average score of 7.57/10 and the consensus: "Modern Family returns to its conventional roots with grace in a fifth season that delights in providing reliable laughs and rekindles the show's trademark warmth".{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s05|title=Modern Family: Season 5|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203124008/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s05/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Reviewing the season's first eight episodes, Matthew Wolfson of Slant Magazine wrote that the show "appear[ed] to have finally arrived at the depressing and predictable low point toward which it [had] been trending for the past two years." He also went on to say that the show had "turned into a shrill pastiche of stereotypical characterizations and superficial banter lacking both feeling and wit", assigning it a rating of 1.5/4 stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/modern-family-season-five/|title=Modern Family: Season Five|publisher=Slant Magazine|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111215922/http://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/review/modern-family-season-five|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}} Different writers for The A.V. Club rated, in total, a majority of the former-half episodes with a "B−" grade or less. One writer for the magazine, Joshua Alston, gave "ClosetCon '13" a "C+" and remarked that "Modern Family becomes a high-wire act when it separates its characters into three storylines with no overlap between them."{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/modern-family-closetcon-13-1798178766|title=Modern Family: "Closet Con '13"|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907032703/http://tv.avclub.com/modern-family-closetcon-13-1798178766|archive-date=September 7, 2017|url-status=live}} The second half was more warmly received, with three episodes rated an "A−" or higher.
==Season 6==
The show's sixth season received highly positive reviews from TV critics, with some claiming that it was an improvement over the last few seasons.{{cite web|url=http://fourthmic.com/2014/11/20/modern-family-three-turkeys/|title=Modern Family: Three Turkeys|work=fourthmic|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205105317/http://fourthmic.com/2014/11/20/modern-family-three-turkeys/|archive-date=December 5, 2014|url-status=dead}} This season has a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 7 reviews, with an average score of 7.67/10.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s06|title=Modern Family: Season 6|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203070042/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s06/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} Joshua Alston and Gwen Ihnat The A.V. Club have awarded the majority of episodes a "B" grade or higher – with particular praise for "The Day We Almost Died" and "Closet? You'll Love It!" – marking an improvement over the repeated "C" grade given throughout the previous season's former half.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/modern-family-queer-eyes-full-hearts-1798181911|title=Modern Family: "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts" |website=The A.V. Club|date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075327/https://tv.avclub.com/modern-family-queer-eyes-full-hearts-1798181911|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}} "Connection Lost" received high critical acclaim, with many praising the episode's writing, originality and "success in transcending what could have been a gimicky episode".{{cite web|url=http://www.tvbuzer.com/tv-shows/Modern-Family/Season-6/episode-16/reviews/Connection-Lost|title=Modern Family|work=TVBuzer.com|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150157/http://www.tvbuzer.com/tv-shows/Modern-Family/Season-6/episode-16/reviews/Connection-Lost|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://theconstantreviewer.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/modern-family-season-6-episode-16-review-connection-lost/|title=Modern Family, Season 6 Episode 16 Review: "Connection Lost"|work=The Constant Reviewer|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150423/https://theconstantreviewer.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/modern-family-season-6-episode-16-review-connection-lost/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfanatic.com/2015/02/modern-family-season-6-episode-16-review-connection-lost/|title=Modern Family|author=ME|work=TV Fanatic|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826183715/https://www.tvfanatic.com/2015/02/modern-family-season-6-episode-16-review-connection-lost/|archive-date=August 26, 2018|url-status=dead}} In her review for "Closet? You'll Love It!" Gwen Ihnat of The A.V. Club stated that the episode represents "all the reasons why we still watch Modern Family" and awarded the episode an A−.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/modern-family-closet-you-ll-love-it-1798183086|title=Modern Family: "Closet? You'll Love It!" |website=The A.V. Club|date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142437/https://tv.avclub.com/modern-family-closet-you-ll-love-it-1798183086|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}} On the same site, David Kallison reviewed "Grill, Interrupted", saying: "This season proves that sitcoms can survive on solid characters and solid jokes."{{cite web|last=Kallison|first=David|title=Review: Modern Family "Grill, Interrupted"|url=https://www.avclub.com/modern-family-grill-interrupted-1798183300|website=The A.V. Club|date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142405/https://tv.avclub.com/modern-family-grill-interrupted-1798183300|archive-date=August 27, 2018|url-status=live}}
==Season 7==
The seventh season received positive reviews from critics with many critics calling it similar to the fourth and fifth seasons. On Rotten Tomatoes, this season is rated 67% with 6 reviews and an average rating of 6.5/10.{{Citation|title=Modern Family: Season 7 – Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s07|access-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129081026/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/modern_family/s07/|archive-date=November 29, 2017|url-status=live}} Kyle Fowle from The A.V. Club had a very mixed reaction to the season, only giving one episode an A− or higher.{{cite web|title=Modern Family Season 7 Reviews|website=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/modern-family/|access-date=April 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224132540/http://www.avclub.com/tv/modern-family/|archive-date=February 24, 2016|url-status=live}} Fowle felt the season was frustrating, believing the season would be defined "by its lack of character progress and overstuffed episodes."{{cite web|title=A messy finale caps off a frustrating season of Modern Family|website=The A.V. Club|date=May 19, 2016 |url=https://www.avclub.com/a-messy-finale-caps-off-a-frustrating-season-of-modern-1798187822|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622231644/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/messy-finale-caps-frustrating-season-modern-family-237003|archive-date=June 22, 2016|url-status=live}}
==Later seasons==
The series was renewed for a 9th and 10th season on May 10, 2017.{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=May 10, 2017 |title='Modern Family' Renewed for Seasons 9 and 10 as Cast Inks Rich New Deals to Return |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/modern-family-renewed-seasons-9-10-as-cast-inks-rich-new-deals-return-999973/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910231928/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/modern-family-renewed-seasons-9-10-as-cast-inks-rich-new-deals-return-999973 |archive-date=September 10, 2017}} Season 9 premiered on September 27, 2017, while season 10 premiered on September 26, 2018.{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Andy |date=July 24, 2018 |title=ABC Fall Premiere Dates: XL Grey's, Nathan Fillion's Rookie, The Conners (Minus Roseanne) and More |url=https://tvline.com/2018/07/24/abc-premiere-dates-fall-2018-greys-anatomy-the-conners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724212649/https://tvline.com/2018/07/24/abc-premiere-dates-fall-2018-greys-anatomy-the-conners/ |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=TVLine}}
Seasons 8 and 9 received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with main criticisms directed at the lack of character development, overstuffing of episodes, and too many filler episodes per season. While the show continued to be praised for its charm, witty writing, and the cast's performances, criticism grew in these seasons, particularly from reviewers such as those at The A.V. Club.
In January 2018, Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd announced that season 10 would most likely be the final season, during the Television Critics Association's winter press tour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/modern-family-showrunners-on-series-finale/|title=Modern Family Showrunners Are Already Plotting the Series Finale — and It's Soon!|date=January 10, 2018|work=TVGuide.com|access-date=January 11, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110225400/http://www.tvguide.com/news/modern-family-showrunners-on-series-finale/|archive-date=January 10, 2018|url-status=live}} However, in August 2018, reports indicated that ABC was in discussions to renew the series for a potential eleventh season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/modern-family-abc-in-talks-for-season-11-of-comedy-series-tca-1202442138/|title='Modern Family': ABC In Talks For Season 11 Of Comedy Series – TCA|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916103311/https://deadline.com/2018/08/modern-family-abc-in-talks-for-season-11-of-comedy-series-tca-1202442138/|archive-date=September 16, 2018|url-status=live}}
Season 10 received positive reviews from critics, citing the season as a significant improvement over the last two. The series was praised for its tackling of Haley's pregnancy, the humor of Mitch and Cam looking after Cal, and its dealing with change in a positive way. Episodes "Torn Between Two Lovers", "Good Grief", and "A Year Of Birthdays" were particularly praised.
The series was renewed for an eleventh season on January 7, 2019, which was confirmed as the final season on February 5. The last season premiered on September 25, 2019, and aired its last episode on April 8, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/02/05/abc-comedy-modern-family-end-2020-final-season/2778039002/|title=Hit comedy 'Modern Family' to end in 2020 after 11 seasons on ABC|date=February 5, 2019|work=USA Today|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716144150/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/02/05/abc-comedy-modern-family-end-2020-final-season/2778039002/|archive-date=July 16, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://tvline.com/2019/02/05/modern-family-renewed-final-season-11-abc/ |title=Modern Family Renewed for 11th and (Yes) Final Season at ABC |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |work=TVLine |date=February 5, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709212854/https://tvline.com/2019/02/05/modern-family-renewed-final-season-11-abc/ |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/abc-fall-premiere-dates-modern-family-final-season-1203257991/ |title=ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 'Black-ish,' 'Modern Family' Final Season |last=Thorne |first=Will |work=Variety |date=July 2, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731084119/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/abc-fall-premiere-dates-modern-family-final-season-1203257991/ |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}
Season 11 similarly received positive reviews. The season was praised for its themes of change and ending, and the improved humor upon the last seasons, with particular attention to episodes "The Prescott", "Legacy", "Spuds" and "Finale".
=Accolades=
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Modern Family}}
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Modern Family has won 22 Primetime Emmy Awards and 6 Writers Guild of America Awards. The show also later received a GLSEN Respect Award for its portrayal of "positive images and storylines that reflect a diverse America, including the depiction of a family headed by a gay couple." In 2010, Modern Family was nominated for five Television Critics Association Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/tca-award-nominations-1019206/|title=Modern Family Tops Nominations for TV Critics Association Awards|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013937/http://www.tvguide.com/news/tca-award-nominations-1019206/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}} To reinforce the idea of an ensemble cast, the cast all submitted themselves in the Supporting Actor and Actress categories instead of Lead Actor and Actress for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.Melillo, Amanda (April 13, 2010) {{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2010/04/13/modern-family-cast-united-in-approach-to-emmy-nominations/ |title='Modern Family' cast united in approach to Emmy nominations |date=April 13, 2010 |work=New York Post |access-date=February 8, 2022 |first=Amanda |last=Melillo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416165827/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/fam_united_stand_SbuCBeGiCcv9B8x7oxNRpL |archive-date=April 16, 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |title=17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ® Nominations Announcement | Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher=Sagawards.org |access-date=December 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420042452/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards-%C2%AE-nominations-announcement |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |url-status=live }} The series has also been put on multiple critics' lists. In 2010, the series was listed 2nd on Time's Top Ten Best Shows of 2009,{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1945379,00.html |title=The Top 10 Everything of 2009 |author=Poniewozik, James |date=December 8, 2009 |magazine=Time |access-date=February 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325161924/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1944142_1944146,00.html |archive-date=March 25, 2016 }} 2nd on BuddyTV's Top Ten Best Shows of 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/modern-family/top-9-of-09-best-shows-of-the-year-4795.aspx |title=Top 9 of '09: Best Shows of the Year |date=December 2009 |publisher=BuddyTV |access-date=June 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135501/http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/modern-family/top-9-of-09-best-shows-of-the-year-4795.aspx |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |url-status=live }} Jason Hughes Best TV of 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2009/12/21/best-and-worst-tv-of-2009-jasons-list/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111110454/http://www.aoltv.com/2009/12/21/best-and-worst-tv-of-2009-jasons-list/ |title=Best and Worst TV of 2009: Jason's List |publisher=HuffPost TV |access-date=November 28, 2010 |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |url-status=live }} Modern Family was awarded a Peabody Award in 2009.[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/modern-family69th Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020201353/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/modern-family69th |date=October 20, 2014 }}, May 2010. In 2012, the show won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/it-was-big-night-big-names-golden-globes-wbna46007126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117032311/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46007126/ns/today-entertainment/ |url-status=live |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |title=It was a big night for big names at Golden Globes |publisher=Today|date=January 16, 2012 |access-date=June 11, 2020}} and was nominated for a British Academy Television Award. Every season of the show was also named one of the top 10 TV seasons of the year (from 2009 to 2012) by the American Film Institute.{{cite web |author=American Film Institute |url=http://www.afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards09.aspx |title=AFI AWARDS 2009 |publisher=Afi.com |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119103422/http://afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards09.aspx |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}
During the 2012 US presidential election, both First Lady Michelle Obama, in an interview with Kal Penn at the 2012 Democratic National Convention,{{cite web|last=Bierly|first=Mandy|title=Democratic National Convention, Day 3: 10 lessons learned|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/09/07/dnc-barack-obama-joe-biden/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118043609/http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/09/07/dnc-barack-obama-joe-biden/|archive-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=live}} and Ann Romney, in an interview with The Insider,{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Michael|title=Ann Romney's Favorite Show Is Modern Family|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20625208,00.html|publisher=People|access-date=December 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023131956/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20625208,00.html|archive-date=October 23, 2012}} cited Modern Family as their favorite TV show.
In June 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked Modern Family number 34 on a list of the 101 most well-written television series ever made.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/wgas-101-best-written-tv-series-of-all-time-complete-list-512061/ |title='101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time' From WGA/TV Guide: Complete List |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607063617/http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/wgas-101-best-written-tv-series-of-all-time-complete-list/ |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |url-status=live }} In December 2013, TV Guide ranked it number 43 on its list of the 60 Best Series of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-guide-magazine-60-best-series-1074962/|title=TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time|work=TV Guide|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150408224726/http://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-guide-magazine-60-best-series-1074962/|archive-date=April 8, 2015|url-status=live}}
==Emmy Awards received by cast==
The following is a list of Emmy nominations received by the cast of the series. Wins are highlighted in boldface.
- Ed O'Neill earned three consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
- Sofía Vergara earned four consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
- Julie Bowen earned six consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
- Ty Burrell, the most nominated actor in the series, received eight consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson received five consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
- Eric Stonestreet received three consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
- Nathan Lane received three nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
- Fred Willard received two nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011 and 2020.
- Greg Kinnear was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012.
- Elizabeth Banks was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015.
=Criticism=
Michelle Haimoff of the Christian Science Monitor criticized the show during its third season for only casting the women as stay-at-home moms while the husbands have highly successful careers: "There is a difference between quirky, flawed characters and ones who are incapable of professional success. And when the latter is reliably female, it makes for sexist television. It also makes for unrealistic television."{{cite journal|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0127/Not-so-Modern-Family-Top-sitcoms-make-for-sexist-inaccurate-television|title=Not so Modern Family: Top sitcoms make for sexist, inaccurate television|publisher=CSMonitor.com|author=Michelle Haimoff|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204153553/http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0127/Not-so-Modern-Family-Top-sitcoms-make-for-sexist-inaccurate-television|archive-date=February 4, 2012|url-status=live}} Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Ali Waller asked her Twitter followers in 2013 "If Modern Family is so 'modern' then why don't any of the women have jobs?"{{cite web|url=http://www.wetpaint.com/modern-family/articles/is-modern-family-sexist-women-take-issue-with-lack-of-working-moms-on-show|title=Is Modern Family Sexist? Women Take Issue With Lack of Working Moms on Show – Modern Family|work=Wetpaint |date=February 8, 2012 |publisher=Wetpaint.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205329/http://www.wetpaint.com/modern-family/articles/is-modern-family-sexist-women-take-issue-with-lack-of-working-moms-on-show|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-date=October 29, 2013}} Other authors reinforced this criticism, claiming that stay-at-home mothers are no longer the norm in modern society.{{cite web|url=http://www.tressugar.com/Modern-Familys-Gender-Stereotypes-7873760|title=Modern Family's Gender Stereotypes|publisher=Tressugar.com|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418010228/http://www.tressugar.com/Modern-Familys-Gender-Stereotypes-7873760|archive-date=April 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Claire later went to work in season five.
According to a CNET staffer commenting on a first-season episode: "The wife and daughter are unable to learn how to use the remote and must be taught by the father, while the son is 'good with electronics,' even though he is thought of as the stupidest member of the family."{{cite web|url= https://www.cnet.com/news/cnet-gets-shout-out-on-abcs-modern-family/|title=CNET gets shout-out on ABC's 'Modern Family'|last=Falcone|first=John P.|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=CNET|access-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016071352/http://www.cnet.com/news/cnet-gets-shout-out-on-abcs-modern-family/|archive-date=October 16, 2014|url-status=live}} Arianna Reiche from Gawker commented on the episode "Game Changer" in which Gloria hides her skill at chess so her husband will not be upset at losing: "This moment is at best a sappy quip about compromise in an often heavy-handed series, and at worst, it's a moment in a show with 9.3 million viewers, on a network owned by Disney, which explicitly validates girls and women subduing their intellect."{{cite web|url=https://www.gawker.com/5516301/does-modern-family-preach-blatant-sexism|title=Does Modern Family Preach Blatant Sexism?|publisher=Gawker.com|author=Arianna Reiche|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728084557/http://gawker.com/5516301/does-modern-family-preach-blatant-sexism?tag=television|archive-date=July 28, 2012|url-status=dead}}
In popular culture
- In the first episode of the sixteenth season of Family Guy, titled "Emmy-Winning Episode," Modern Family is parodied along with other series.{{Cite web |last=Grimaldi |first=John |date=December 6, 2022 |title=10 Best 'Family Guy' Parody Episodes |url=https://collider.com/best-family-guy-parody-episodes/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Collider |language=en}} The characters of Family Guy attempt to win an Emmy by mimicking popular shows, including Modern Family.{{Cite web |last=Marrian |first=Lorinda |date=March 25, 2023 |title=25 Best Family Guy Episodes, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/family-guy-best-episodes-ranked/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} Actresses Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara also lend their voices as guest characters.{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Frazier |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Small Screen: Family Guy is back and gunning for an Emmy |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/small-screen-family-guy-is-back-and-gunning-for-an-emmy-4654642 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Times Colonist |language=en}}
- In the seventh episode of WandaVision, titled "Breaking the Fourth Wall," the sitcom elements serve as a tribute to Modern Family.{{Cite web |last=Epting |first=Claire |date=February 26, 2021 |title='WandaVision': The TV Sitcoms That Inspired The Show |url=https://screencrush.com/wandavision-tv-inspirations-list/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=ScreenCrush |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bagchi |first=Apeksha |date=February 21, 2021 |title=Latest WandaVision Episode Is the Perfect Tribute to Modern Family, Happy Endings & The Office |url=https://movieweb.com/wandavision-tribute-the-office-modern-family-happy-endings/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}} The episode reflects the setting, aesthetic, and mockumentary format of Modern Family, including a title card that closely resembles that of the original series.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Evan |date=February 19, 2021 |title=How 'WandaVision' Perfectly Spoofs 'Modern Family' In Episode 7 |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a35566552/what-show-wandavision-episode-7-modern-family/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wronski |first=Jill |date=February 20, 2021 |title=WandaVision's Office and Modern Family References Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/wandavision-office-modern-family-sitcom-references/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}} It also mirrors Modern Family by using brief flashbacks, notably during Wanda Maximoff's reference to the previous night's events.{{Cite web |last=Bojalad |first=Alec |date=February 19, 2021 |title=WandaVision: The Sitcom Influences of Episode 7 |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wandavision-episode-7-the-office/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}} Jacob Sarkisian of Business Insider remarked that Elizabeth Olsen channeled Julie Bowen's Claire Dunphy in her portrayal of Maximoff, closely resembling her and emulating her hand gestures and vocal intonations{{Cite web |last=Sarkisian |first=Jacob |date=March 5, 2021 |title=Every TV show 'WandaVision' is based on |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wandavision-what-tv-show-inspirations-disney-plus-marvel-2021-1 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} Actress Julie Bowen expressed her gratitude on Instagram for the homage to Modern Family. Her post included two images: one of a television paused on the WandaVision title sequence, which mimics the font and format of Modern Family, and another of Wanda Maximoff staring deadpan at the camera, reminiscent of Bowen's portrayal of Claire Dunphy. In her caption, Bowen conveyed her surprise and appreciation, extending her thanks to Marvel for the reference.{{Cite web |last=Hulina |first=Zoe |date=February 21, 2021 |title=Modern Family Star Speechless Over WandaVision Episode 7's Homage |url=https://screenrant.com/wandavision-modern-family-reference-julia-bowen-response/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Screen Rant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Adreon |date=February 23, 2021 |title=WandaVision's Modern Family Homage Got An Awesome Response From Julie Bowen |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2563291/wandavisions-modern-family-homage-got-an-awesome-response-from-julie-bowen |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=CinemaBlend |language=en}}
Adaptations
- Chile: MEGA was the first in the world to buy the rights of Modern Family to produce their own version of the series, with the title Familia moderna, which premiered on December 3, 2015.{{cite web|last=Ulloa|first=Gabriela|title=Así luce el elenco de la versión chilena de "Modern Family"|url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/04/22/asi-luce-el-elenco-de-la-version-chilena-de-modern-family.shtml|publisher=Bio Bio Chile|date=April 22, 2013|access-date=October 7, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151212072312/http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/04/22/asi-luce-el-elenco-de-la-version-chilena-de-modern-family.shtml|archive-date=December 12, 2015|url-status=dead}} One difference in this is Mitchell and Cameron's counterparts in this version do not adopt, but instead one of them is the biological father of the child as a result of a drunken fling. They take custody of the child while the mother travels overseas.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/modern-family-goes-global-meet-chiles-familia-moderna-greeces-moderna-oikogeneia-20140630-zsqk1.html|title=Modern Family goes global: meet Chile's Familia Moderna, Greece's Moderna Oikogeneia|author=Michael Idato|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 30, 2014|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630190804/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/modern-family-goes-global-meet-chiles-familia-moderna-greeces-moderna-oikogeneia-20140630-zsqk1.html|archive-date=June 30, 2014|url-status=live}}
- Greece: Mega Channel bought the rights of Modern Family for Greece and Cyprus and announced a Greek language adaptation, under the name Moderna Oikogeneia, which premiered on March 20, 2014.{{cite web|last=Melas|first=Grigoris|title=Αυτή θα είναι η "Modern Family" αλά ελληνικά!|url=https://www.newsit.gr/media/ayti-tha-einai-i-modern-family-ala-ellinika/1640894/|publisher=News IT|date=February 5, 2014|access-date=February 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223115825/http://www.newsit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&art_id=267954&catid=12|archive-date=February 23, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Όλα όσα θα δούμε στην πρεμιέρα της σειράς "Μοντέρνα οικογένεια"|url=http://www.gossip-tv.gr/Media/story/308023/ola-osa-tha-doyme-stin-premiera-tis-seiras-monterna-oikogeneia|publisher=Gossip TV|date=March 11, 2014|access-date=March 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107114357/http://www.gossip-tv.gr/media-tv/story/308023/ola-osa-tha-doyme-stin-premiera-tis-seiras-monterna-oikogeneia|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}
- Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting produced a scene-by-scene remake of Modern Family, titled Haft Sang which premiered on June 30, 2014. However, in this version the same-sex relationship between Cam and Mitchell of the original series was replaced by a heterosexual relationship.{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=James|title=Iranian TV Remade 'Modern Family' Frame For Frame, Minus Gay Characters|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-tv-modern-family_n_5551488|work=HuffPost|date=July 2, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140709180826/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/02/iran-tv-modern-family_n_5551488.html|archive-date=July 9, 2014|url-status=live}} Also, Haley Dunphy's character is replaced by a teenage boy.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/iranian-modern-family-haft-sang-unauthorized-version-1201257925/|title=Iranian Version of 'Modern Family' Unauthorized By 20th Century Fox TV|author=Jordyn Holman|work=Variety|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=April 28, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141227202113/http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/iranian-modern-family-haft-sang-unauthorized-version-1201257925/|archive-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=live}} Due to this change, Haley's boyfriend Dylan is replaced by a close friend of the teenage boy.{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/modern-family-in-iran-the-story-behind-haft-sang-an-adaptation-of-the-u-s-sitcom-video.html|title=The Story Behind That Iranian Version of Modern Family|work=Slate Magazine|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140713221921/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/07/03/modern_family_in_iran_the_story_behind_haft_sang_an_adaptation_of_the_u.html|archive-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=live}}
Potential spinoffs
In early 2013, a spin-off series centered around Rob Riggle's character Gil Thorpe was revealed to be in early stages of development.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=ABC Eyes Potential 'Modern Family' Spinoff|url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/modern-family-spinoff-rob-riggle-gil-thorpe-595008/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 22, 2024|date=September 27, 2013}}
In June 2020, ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke discussed a spin-off of Modern Family centered around Mitch and Cam, inspired by an idea from series co-creator and executive producer, Steven Levitan.{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/fresh-off-the-boat-modern-family-spinoff-mad-about-you-abc-boss-acquisitions-1202961854/|title=ABC Boss On Potential 'Fresh Off the Boat', 'Modern Family' Spinoffs, 'Mad About You' & Acquisitions|date=June 17, 2020|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=Deadline|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617230045/https://deadline.com/2020/06/fresh-off-the-boat-modern-family-spinoff-mad-about-you-abc-boss-acquisitions-1202961854/|url-status=live}} In June 2022, star Jesse Tyler Ferguson confirmed that the script for the show's spinoff is completed. "The script's out there and it's very good," he told. "So you know, who knows? If someone wants to produce it, maybe."{{Cite web |title=Jesse Tyler Ferguson Reveals a 'Modern Family' Spinoff Script Is Written (Exclusive) {{!}} Entertainment Tonight |url=https://www.etonline.com/jesse-tyler-ferguson-reveals-a-modern-family-spinoff-script-is-written-exclusive-185653 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=www.etonline.com |date=June 13, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628040701/https://www.etonline.com/jesse-tyler-ferguson-reveals-a-modern-family-spinoff-script-is-written-exclusive-185653 |url-status=live }} In September 2024, Eric Stonestreet stated that the spin-off "[isn't] potential anymore" and that the time to produce it has passed, despite believing that the series would have been a "slam dunk".{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJVcy5CHQ50|title=Eric Stonestreet: Full interview|website=YouTube|publisher=Graham Bensinger|date=September 18, 2024|access-date=September 23, 2024}}
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