Modern Family Win at Writers Guild Awards
Mad Men won the Writers Guild award for best dramatic TV series, and Modern Family for best TV comedy series.
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Hitting New Replay Highs, ABC’s Modern Family is Wednesday’s #1 Scripted TV Show
At 9pm, ABC’s repeat Modern Family won its half-hour by 17% in Adults 18-49, dominating Fox’s original Idol-fueled Human Target. In factABC’s encore Modern Family stood as the #1 scripted television program on Wednesday in the key young adult sales demo, finishing as the #2 TV show overall on the night to Idol.
- For the 2nd week running, Modern Family put up the series’ best-ever repeat numbers, eclipsing the prior week’s results by 26% in Total Viewers and by 35% in Adults 18-49.
Source: TV by the numbers
SAG Awards: ‘Modern Family’ so happy together
The cast of “Modern Family” walked through the backstage corridors of the Shrine with the breezy, loose-limbed cheer of an ensemble that truly enjoys one another’s company.
Source: LA Times
The Modern Family Cast Celebrates Their SAG Win and the Compliments They Get From Their Audience
The cast of Modern Family hit the press room after grabbing the SAG award for outstanding performance by an ensemble. They talked about the different reactions they’ve gotten from families who watch the show, and joked about their gorgeous costar Sofia Vergara.
Stonestreet, on being overwhelmed by costar Vergara’s assets: “We passed that in week two. We got all the lurid comments out of the way, at least I did. I just can barely not stare at her. Am I looking now?”
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Craig T. Nelson Passed On Modern Family Over Money

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TV veteran Craig T. Nelson admits passing on the role of Jay, played by Ed O’Neill, in ABC’s hit show Modern Family.
“I’m old enough to say it, I guess. That was it. I really wanted to do Modern Family and I really liked the script and I liked the people. I just said, ‘You know what? I’ve been doing this too long.’ We’re in the middle of a cutback here, ladies and gentlemen, in Hollywood and salaries have gone way, way down. I just felt disrespected to tell you the truth.”
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‘Modern Family’ Gets Early Renewal
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Six ABC shows are getting early renewals for next season. And no surprise here: Top-rated hit Modern Family is coming back next fall.
Great start for the new year!
Source: EW
VIDEO: Modern Family’s Steamy Hot Tub Three-Way
In a first look at an upcoming episode, the show’s loveable gay dads, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet), are terrified when they see a stranger in their hot tub one night – but they suddenly calm down when it turns out to be a hunky gentleman played by James Marsden.
Source: People.com
Boardwalk Empire And Modern Family Lead Golden Globe Nominees
The Golden Globe Award nominees were announced this morning– you can find the full list here– and as far as the TV Awards go, they managed to spread the love across a lot of different well-loved comedies and dramas.
The comedy category expanded to six for some reason, managing to include the under-the-radar Showtime hit The Big C alongside five more expected nominees– 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Glee, Modern Family and Nurse Jackie.
Source: Cinema Blend
BEST TV SERIES, COMEDY
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O
Chris Colfer, Glee
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Straithairn, Temple Grandin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch, Glee
Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
It’s National Adoption Day! Look Back at TV’s Most Memorable Adopted Characters
Lily Pritchett-Tucker, ‘Modern Family’
Lucky Lily has two doting daddies, couple Cameron and Mitchell, who adopted her from Vietnam in the series pilot. They sometimes argue over how best to raise her — Cam, for example, has a tough time letting her cry in the night, as the Ferber method of baby-raising suggests, and likes to watch ‘Scarface’ with her (the colors of the movie calm her, he says — but they both love and care for Lily (Ella and Jaden Hiller), as does the rest of the Pritchett/Tucker/Dunphy clan.
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Modern Family – TV.com Best of 2010 Nominee!
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The year is coming to an end – it’s time to vote for the best TV shows and characters of the year in TV.com’s Best of 2010, and Modern Family has been nominated for Best Comedy!
Vote for Modern Family on www.tv.com/bestof2010
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