Modern Family is a documentary-style comedy about three branches of the extended Pritchett family: Dad Jay has married a younger woman and is now raising a teenage stepson; his daughter Claire has a husband and three teenage kids of her own; and his gay son Mitchell has just adopted a Vietnamese baby with his partner.
Premiered:
September 23, 2009
See It:
Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.
Cast:
Ariel Winter as Alex
Ed O'Neill as Jay
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell
Julie Bowen as Claire
Nolan Gould as Luke
Rico Rodriguez as Manny
Sarah Hyland as Haley
Sofia Vergara as Gloria
Ty Burrell as Phil
Creators:
Modern Family was created and is executive-produced by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, who worked together as writers and producers on Frasier, and co-created the short-lived sitcom Back to You; Levitan was also the creator of Just Shoot Me.
