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Modern Family: Created by Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. Three different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.
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Sep 25, 2024 · Modern Family has given its audience some hilarious and highly memorable moments over the years, from watching Phil and Claire Dunphy stumble down the hill to Alex’s graduation in "See You Next...
- Kathryn Morris
- Contributor
- 11 Seasons. No Clunkers.
- Funny, Funny Funny
- Progressive and Anti-Woke
- Jay Pritchett
- Limited Soapbox Sermons
- Brilliant Slapstick
- Phil and Claire
- Subverting Expectations
- The Hot Latina Stereotype, Deconstructed
- Nuclear Families Matter
The “Modern Family” pilot didn’t have the show’s formula all worked out quite yet. It came close, though. And the following seasons delivered on the show’s promise. Big time. Only in season 11 did we see signs of distress. Some character tics became too pronounced during that final lap. The laugh out loud jokes slowed. The mediocre, two-part finale...
It’s the prime directive of any sitcom, and “Modern Family” made us howl over and again. Pratfalls. Puns. Miscommunications. Deadpan reactions. Playing to the faux documentary camera for tenths of a second at a time. It all combined for a rigorously funny show. Even when the jokes got scatological, like when the children walked in on Phil and Clair...
“Modern Family” straddled the line between the pre- and uber-woke eras. The show bowed in 2009, a time when comedies could still muck around with topics without fear of cancellation (the cultural kind). The final seasons ran head first into the woke mindset, and at times the series allowed it to infiltrate the stories. Except we weren’t treated to ...
Ed O’Neill said he had little interest in starring in another half-hour sitcom prior to “Modern Family.” Been there, made history with “Married … with Children,” another classic show that ran out of steam in its later years. Then O’Neill read the “Modern Family” pilot and realized what it might mean to bring patriarch Jay Pritchett to life. He did ...
You’d think a sitcom featuring a committed gay couple who adopted a child and later married would be brimming with lectures, talking points and/or sloganeering. And you’d be mostly wrong. Stonestreet and Ferguson brought Cam and Mitchell to life in ways that likely aren’t possible today. We’ll start with Stonestreet, a straight actor playing a flam...
“Modern Family” boasted some of the best sitcom writing of its era, or any era, for that matter. The laughs didn’t stop there. The show’s physical humor, never overplayed and judiciously applied, made its presence felt in nearly every episode. Burrell led the charge, his wiry frame a perfect conduit for the slapstick glee. Co-star Julie Bowen gave ...
Most sitcom couples either fight or flirt, but rarely excel at both. Bowen and Burrell, given 11 full seasons to flesh out their marital connections, did both brilliantly.Perhaps their funniest recurring bit was playing “Clive” and “Juliana,” their alter egos deployed in the annual Valentine’s Day episodes. Still, this pair proved to be hopelessly ...
A single season 7 episode showcased how “Modern Family” shrewdly kept viewers off guard and in stitches. Cam and Mitchell think the drummer of the Christian rock group renting their upstairs apartment is gay, but the musician is too afraid to come out of the closet. Why? Well, his fellow Christians will judge him harshly if he does. Cam insists Chr...
You could probably predict how Gloria, played to perfection by Sofia Vergara, would be like after watching the pilot episode. Loud, brassy and unapologetically in your face. And, yes, at times the character lived right up to that stereotype. Gloria proved far more than that, though. She understood the male ego better than most men, gave Manny all t...
The gimmick behind “Modern Family” out of the gate was clear. Families today come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional types to committed gay couples and May/December romances. It’s not a one-size-fits-all proposition. And yet family matters most to the core characters. They gather for meals, both as individual families and as the collective w...
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Modern Family is an American television sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. It aired on ABC from September 23, 2009 to April 8, 2020 for 11 seasons and 250 episodes. [2] [3] The series follows the lives of three diverse family set-ups living in suburban Los Angeles, who are interrelated through their patriarch, Jay Pritchett.
- Las Vegas. Season 5, Episode 18. In season 5's "Las Vegas," the whole clan got together for a weekend in the city of sin. Jay trying and consistently failing to flex his connections is one of the great moments of the patriarch of the family showing vulnerability.
- Pilot. Season 1, Episode 1. While many sitcoms can struggle to find their footing early on, Modern Family's first episode was a terrific introduction. After Luke shoots Alex with a BB gun, Claire insists that Phil has to shoot Luke in return — as they all agreed upon when Phil got the gun for Luke.
- Family Portrait. Season 1, Episode 24. From a mud fight to Phil and Gloria's kiss cam, there were plenty of highlights in Modern Family's season 1 finale.
- Little Bo Bleep. Season 3, Episode 13. While the Dunphys were usually the stars of the episodes, season 3 began to give Cam, Lily, and Mitchell some hilarious storylines.
Oct 8, 2024 · From family dramas to animated comedies about growing up, these series are a Modern Family fan's next binge-watch. Life is sad, funny, mundane, and even absurd, and seeing an encapsulation of someone's journey through it all can make viewers feel seen and understood, as well as properly entertained.
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Oct 24, 2022 · Modern Family. Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy, shot from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker. Modern Family takes a modern look at the complications that come with being a...
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