“Modern Family” creator Steven Levitan talks about gay couple Mitchell and Cameron on hit comedy
As the gay marriage debate continues to rage in the United States, two gay dads played by Jesse Tyler Fergusonand Eric Stonestreet on ABC’s hit comedy Modern Family could be doing a lot to change hearts and minds.
Greg in Hollywood has an interview with “Modern Family” creator Steven Levitan that talks about this subject. Here are some of the interview highlights:
“I think once people watch the show, those are two characters who are very, very hard not to like and I think that has probably diffused any of the negative energy that people were feeling”.
“We haven’t had much pushback on it,” Levitan said. “There’s always a fringe element that before the show came out, you know, ‘let’s boycott ABC,” and it was probably like 20 guys in a cellar someplace.
Said Levitan: “We have an episode that will air in January in which Jay is with a bunch of his buddies and he runs into Cameron and he introduces him as a friend of my son and Mitchell takes great offense at that. And through dealing with that issue, I think they come to a better understanding. It’s a very funny episode that’s really about something.”
Ferguson is an openly gay actor who previously played a straight character on the CBS comedy The Class while Stonestreet is straight and among his many roles was a recurring part on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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Fox Drops the ‘American Idol’ Bomb on ‘Modern Family’
Fox has decided to aim a missile directly at heart of ABC’s young comedy hit “Modern Family.”
The network Friday confirmed that it will move new drama “Human Target” from its originally announced 9 p.m. Wednesday time slot to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Its replacement: The “American Idol” results show, which had been set to air at 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
The shift could make it tougher for “Modern Family” — which is produced by Fox sibling 20th Century Fox TV– to gain momentum in the winter. The same is true for ABC’s “Cougar Town”.
Idol vs. Modern Family – who will win?
Good thing we have a DVR.
Source: The Wrap.
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Photos – Modern 1.11 “Up All Night”
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Modern Family returns with all new episodes on January 6th and Benjamin Bratt will be making a guest appearance as Manny’s father.
“Up All Night” – Gloria is less than pleased with Jay’s reaction to the arrival of Javier, Manny’s infamously unreliable dad. Meanwhile, Phil is suffering from kidney stones and his dramatics leave Claire no other choice but to call for the hot firemen to rush him to the hospital, and Mitchell and Cameron have a harder time than Lily as they attempt to sleep train her, on “Modern Family,” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6
Source: TV Over Mind
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Familiar Faces in Fresh Formulas
What seemed in early fall a rare outbreak of inspired television writing has in recent months become something rarer—not an epidemic, exactly, but a season impressively stocked with creations drenched in wit and enterprise, all unmistakably reflective of a drive toward formula busting. These things are, of course, always relative. In television these days, one quality hit a season—especially in the impossibly snare-infested comedy genre—seems a lot; two is like breaking the bank.
Yet we’re now finishing a television year that has seen both the emergence of ABC’s uproarious“Modern Family” and its less dazzling but wonderfully mordant lead-in, “The Middle,” about another kind of modern family—a brew of consistent charm and character with a bracing hint of nightmarish reality underlying its sitcom fun. Add to these the most unexpected gem of all—NBC’s “Community,” a satire set in the unlikely precincts of a community college. Its creator, Dan Harmon, was, by his own account, inspired by the semester he once spent at one in pursuit of an effort to strengthen ties with his girlfriend. That relationship didn’t work out in the end, but, happily, the same can’t be said of this whip-smart series about an improbably compelling band of adults taking classes at a sunny academic hell called Greendale Community College.
These were comedies that lit out for new territory and that delivered, at least, persuasive approximations thereof. Of none was this truer than that creation of old “Frasier” hands Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, “Modern Family”—a hugely ambitious, hilarious and royally self-assured enterprise involving three family-connected couples. So seductive are each of these portraits, it’s become clear as the series runs on, that the show’s only problem is finding a way to fit all of them, and their delectable situations, into a satisfying share of what is, after all, only a half-hour format.
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Best Actors 2009
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Modern Family actors were some of the 18 actors who truly stand out in 2009 according to the SF Gate:
Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family,” ABC. Don’t look now, Alec Baldwin, but your Emmy streak is in danger. On this season’s best new sitcom, there are at least five people who may get nominated for their work, but these three are absolute, must-have nominees. Burrell’s clueless dad/friend plus Ferguson and Stonestreet as the gay couple are comic gold from episode to episode.
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Modern Family break through at SAG Awards
Freshman series made a good showing this morning when the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced.
The ensembles of Fox’s “Glee,” ABC’s “Modern Family” and CBS’ “Good Wife” received nominations. The guild also saluted Tony Shalhoub, who recently ended his run as the star of USA’s “Monk.” (The cast of “Glee” is pictured.)
The awards will be presented Jan. 23 in a simulcast on TNT and TBS.
Here are the nominees for Comedy ensemble: “30 Rock,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Glee,” “Modern Family” and “The Office.”
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Should Eric Stonestreet Got A Golden Globes Nomination?
We agree with The Guardian which said:
We were thrilled to see Modern Family get recognized in the Best Comedy category:It’s the funniest new show of the season, but the ABC sitcom didn’t get any love in the acting categories. Ignoring Eric Stonestreet is particularly egregious; he has mastered the delivery of lines such as, “I’ve wanted to be a clown ever since I found out clowns are just people wearing makeup.”
What do you think?
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Golden Globes – It’s Glee Vs. Modern Family
Historically, the Globes love picking the new kid on the block—America Ferrera, Jon Hamm, Mad Men—but this year that decision will be harder than usual since both new kids are in the same category. Glee and Modern Family have been the two most-revered new series of the fall and both scored nominations for Best Comedy Series. Which will wind up winning?
Source: The New York Observer (which sadly supports Glee)
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‘Modern Family’ Star Jesse Tyler Ferguson Returns as Dr. Farkus on ‘Ugly Betty’
Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly reports that the ABC comedy is bringing Jesse Tyler Ferguson back for an episode that marks Betty’s Wednesday move. We last saw the actor back in season 1 as our heroine’s orthodontist. Three seasons later, he’s here again and for good reason. Are Betty’s braces getting ready to come off?
Ugly Betty creator and executive producer Silvio Horta won’t spell out the answer for the audiences. However, he did say that Dr. Farkus and Betty are going to have quite an interesting encounter.
The Modern Family actor was also quite pleased about the news, updating his own Twitter account to announce such an occasion. “In NYC,” Ferguson wrote. “Here to check up on a certain patient I haven’t seen in a few years.”
Source: Buddy TV
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Writers Guild Sings Praises of Glee, Modern Family and All the Other Usual Suspects
Smack in the middle of the self-congratulatory lovefest that is awards season, Hollywood’s word-processing set has released its own would-be honorees, announcing the TV nominees for the 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards.
While the usual suspect contenders—Lost, House, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dexter and The Office—all once again scored nominations, the networks that risked taking their programming in some New Directions (yeah, we said it) did not go unrewarded.
ABC’s Modern Family and Fox’s Glee both scored multiple nods in their freshman year, not only as Best New Series but with a pair of nominations for top Comedy Series—which, lest we forget, is no vanity, thanks-for-playing nod.
The winners will be announced Feb. 20.
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