Modern Family 

Three different but related families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.

Creators:

Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd

Stars:

Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen

Top Rated TV #224 | Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 116 wins & 351 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ed O'Neill	...	Jay Pritchett 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Sofía Vergara	...	Gloria Delgado-Pritchett 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Julie Bowen	...	Claire Dunphy 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Ty Burrell	...	Phil Dunphy 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Jesse Tyler Ferguson	...	Mitchell Pritchett 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Eric Stonestreet	...	Cameron Tucker 232 episodes, 2009-2019
Rico Rodriguez	...	Manny Delgado 230 episodes, 2009-2019
Nolan Gould	...	Luke Dunphy 229 episodes, 2009-2019
Sarah Hyland	...	Haley Dunphy 227 episodes, 2009-2019
Ariel Winter	...	Alex Dunphy 224 episodes, 2009-2019
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons	...	Lily Tucker-Pritchett 182 episodes, 2011-2019
Jeremy Maguire	...	Joe Pritchett 88 episodes, 2015-2019

Storyline

Told from the perspective of an unseen documentary filmmaker, the series offers an honest, often-hilarious perspective of family life. Parents Phil and Claire yearn for an honest, open relationship with their three kids. But a daughter who is trying to grow up too fast, another who is too smart for her own good, and a rambunctious young son make it challenging. Claire's dad, Jay, and his Latina wife, Gloria, are raising two sons together, but people sometimes believe Jay to be Gloria's father. Jay's gay son, Mitchell, and his partner, Cameron, have adopted a little Asian girl, completing one big -- straight, gay, multicultural, traditional -- happy family.

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Plot Keywords:

ensemble cast | gay relationship | blended family | older man younger woman relationship | mockumentary | 

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Taglines:

The Gold Standard

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

An American Family

Filming Locations:

2211 Fox Hills Dr, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Levitan / Lloyd,20th Century Fox Television,Steven Levitan Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 490 min (Season average)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The creators purposely decided to create a relationship-driven and heart-warming show so that families could watch together. They were huge fans on Cheers (1982), and wanted to aim for a show that could make the audience laugh and cry.

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Goofs

Mitchell and Cameron adopted a child from Vietnam. This is legally impossible as Vietnam's laws forbid a child to be adopted by single parents or same sex couples. They could still adopt the child illegally but then it would be impossible to bring it back to the States.

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Quotes

Claire Dunphy: The way he looked at me, it was like I wore a tube top in church.

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning of each episode, the actors' names appear on screen in order of their character's ages. (Oldest to youngest)

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Connections

Spoofed in BoJack Horseman: Hank After Dark (2015)

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Soundtracks

We're All In This Together
(uncredited)
Written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil
Performed by Ty Burrell

User Reviews

getting worse by the episode

I'm just gonna say that this show has gotten so bad lately that i started literally hating all characters. Each and every single one. Well, just about...

After pretty good first few seasons, everything that followed was getting harder and harder to watch. Jokes are so lame that elicit more and more facepalms.

The only character i still respect in this show is Ed O'Neill, and that is just because he used to be a women's shoe salesman... I will never forget Al Bundy.