Modern Family: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Modern Family revolves around three different types of families (nuclear, step- and same-sex) living in the Los Angeles area, who are interrelated through Jay Pritchett and his children, Claire Dunphy (née Pritchett) and Mitchell Pritchett. Patriarch Jay is remarried to a much younger woman, Gloria Delgado Pritchett (née Ramirez), a passionate Colombian with whom he has an infant son, Fulgencio (Joe) Pritchett, and a son from Gloria's previous marriage, Manny Delgado.

Jay's daughter Claire was a homemaker, but has returned to the business world. She is now the chief executive of her father's previous business, Pritchett's Closets and Blinds. She is married to Phil Dunphy, a realtor and self-professed "cool dad". They have three children: Haley Dunphy, a stereotypical ditzy teenage girl; Alex Dunphy, a nerdy, smart middle child; and Luke Dunphy, the off-beat only son.

Jay's lawyer son Mitchell and his husband Cameron Tucker have one daughter, Lily Tucker-Pritchett. As the name suggests, this family represents a modern-day family, and episodes are comically based on situations which many families encounter in real life.

Series details

• Title: Modern Family
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 2009-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-04-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 80

Cast and credited roles

• Ed O'Neill — Jay Pritchett
• Sofía Vergara — Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
• Julie Bowen — Claire Dunphy
• Ty Burrell — Phil Dunphy
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson — Mitchell Pritchett
• Eric Stonestreet — Cameron Tucker
• Rico Rodriguez — Manny Delgado
• Nolan Gould — Luke Dunphy
• Sarah Hyland — Haley Dunphy
• Ariel Winter — Alex Dunphy
• Frances Anderson — Lily Tucker-Pritchett
• Jeremy Maguire — Joe Pritchett

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-09-23; final listed air date 2010-05-19; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-09-22; final listed air date 2011-05-25; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 2011-09-21; final listed air date 2012-05-23; episode order: 24.
• Season 4: premiered 2012-09-26; final listed air date 2013-05-22; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 2013-09-25; final listed air date 2014-05-21; episode order: 24.
• Season 6: premiered 2014-09-24; final listed air date 2015-05-20; episode order: 24.
• Season 7: premiered 2015-09-23; final listed air date 2016-05-18; episode order: 22.
• Season 8: premiered 2016-09-21; final listed air date 2017-05-17; episode order: 22.
• Season 9: premiered 2017-09-27; final listed air date 2018-05-16; episode order: 22.
• Season 10: premiered 2018-09-26; final listed air date 2019-05-08; episode order: 22.
• Season 11: premiered 2019-09-25; final listed air date 2020-04-08; episode order: 18.

Source and licence

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