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Julie Bowen | ... |
Claire Dunphy
(189 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Ty Burrell | ... |
Phil Dunphy
(189 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Ed O'Neill | ... |
Jay Pritchett
(188 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Sofía Vergara | ... |
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
(188 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson | ... |
Mitchell Pritchett
(188 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Eric Stonestreet | ... |
Cameron Tucker
(188 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Rico Rodriguez | ... |
Manny Delgado
(186 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Nolan Gould | ... |
Luke Dunphy
(185 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Sarah Hyland | ... |
Haley Dunphy
(183 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Ariel Winter | ... |
Alex Dunphy
(180 episodes, 2009-2017)
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Aubrey Anderson-Emmons | ... |
Lily Tucker-Pritchett
(138 episodes, 2011-2017)
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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. Written by Jwelch5742
Because I have not one, but two, DVRs I'm able to give all the new shows a chance, which I did with "Modern Family". Am I ever glad I did!! I have found that everything about this show is believable. Though the situations that occur during any given half-hour show would obviously never all happen in that short a stretch, I have no difficulty in believing that they would all happen. I never feel that anyone's exaggerating to draw a laugh or milking a laugh. It's just the only "laugh out loud for the whole show" on TV today. It is, IMHO, the funniest show since MASH, and that's saying some.
There are some parallels to another of my favorites, the little appreciated "Arrested Development", "Modern Family" has its own unique flavor; and the flavor is . . . hilarious!!!