Modern Family is an American television sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the network ABC. It is shot in a mockumentary style, with characters speaking to the camera, and follows three related households in the Los Angeles area: the Pritchetts, the Dunphys and the Pritchett-Tuckers. The cast included Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet. The series was praised for its writing and for its portrayal of a gay couple raising an adopted daughter. It won the Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series five years in a row, from 2010 to 2014, and ended after eleven seasons.
Before and after
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- from 22 September 2009 to 21 May 2023Premiere of NCIS: Los Angeles
- from 23 September 2009 to 8 April 2020Premiere of Modern Family
- 27 September 20092009 German federal election
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- 3 October 2009Founding of Organization of Turkic States
- 27 October 2009Release of League of Legends
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