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‘Modern Family’ Will Get an 11th and Final Season at ABC

February 5, 2019

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‘Modern Family’ Will Get an 11th and Final Season at ABC

Without question, Modern Family is one of those era defining sitcoms and, as such, its exit after this 11th season might signal the end of an era. What’s interesting is that if you think about the pilot of Modern Family all those years ago, it seems to be kind of like The Office set within a multi-generational family. In a few ways, it got to be a multi-cam and single camera comedy at the same time, a very rare feat to pull off.

Of course, it became its own beloved show and garnered critical and commercial success over several seasons, but we’d be curious to see what sort of lasting impression it will leave on the next generation of sitcoms that will have a similar run.

Maybe that next long-running show will end up being The Good Place and it’ll be a new era of extremely high concept comedy with heart. Unfortunately, only time will tell, but you will at least get one more season of Modern Family in the meantime.

ABC Renews Modern Family and black-ish, Orders The Mayor and The Gospel of Kevin to Series

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(via Deadline)

ABC is sticking with its bread and butter by giving Modern Family a 9th and 10th season and black-ish a 4th season.

With that main part of the comedy brand covered, ABC will now be taking on some more high-concept comedies with The Mayor and The Gospel of Kevin that both pit unlikely, selfish lead characters into having save the people around them. To peak your interest, The Gospel of Kevin has Jason Ritter starring and The Mayor has Daveed Diggs, who you probably know from Hamilton, on board as an executive producer.

Interestingly enough, this does seem like ABC likes to have a white and black version of certain TV comedy formulas.

Modern Family’s Danny Zuker Imagines What a Trump White House Correspondents Dinner Speech Might Be Like

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Modern Family’s Danny Zuker Imagines What a Trump White House Correspondents Dinner Speech Might Be Like

Since Trump will not be attending this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner probably because he gets his ego and feelings hurt enough on a daily basis, Danny Zuker, writer and EP on Modern Family, has done us all a favor and whipped up a version of Trump’s speech might be like.

Here’s a fun excerpt:

“Melania couldn’t be here tonight because she’s already been in the same room with me this month and a deal’s a deal! I’m kidding. We’re very much in love. Thank you. It’s very physical and tender. (Hold for the audience to say “awwww” for five minutes.)”

When reading it, you might think it might be overdoing it, but then we’d urge you to revisit Trump’s “performance” at the Al Smith Dinner and see how potentially close to reality this piece could have been.

2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

December 14, 2016

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2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

*comedy nominees in italics

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Emily Blunt, “The Girl on the Train”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Ellie Kemper, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Black-ish”
“Modern Family”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Veep”

The rundown of comedy nominees in this year’s awards season have many notable differences between the nominations for a few awards ceremonies that have been announced so far.

Still, Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish seem to be holding consistently throughout as they just picked up multiple nominations for the 2017 SAG Awards. Netflix has plenty to be proud of here too, especially since they got all but one nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category.

Get the full list of 2017 SAG Awards nominees here and see who wins on January 29th on either TBS or TNT (or you’ll be able to stream it) at 5PM PST..

The Goldbergs, Speechless, Modern Family, and Black-ish All Return/Premiere Tonight on ABC

September 21, 2016

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The Goldbergs (Season 4 Premiere) 8PM
Speechless (Series Premiere) 8:30PM
Modern Family (Season 8 Premiere) 9PM
Black-ish (Season 3) 9:30PM

Looks like ABC has their own version of NBC’s old comedy block Must See TV and it looks pretty formidable.

It looks especially more stout for all the positive reception that Speechless has been receiving.

A Bunch of Shows Got Renewed Today Including Fresh Off The Boat, Black-Ish, The Goldbergs, The Middle, Modern Family, and Teachers

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(via Variety/@teachersseries)

ABC seems pretty happy with their comedy slate.

Save for The Muppets, Dr. Ken, Galavant, and Last Man Standing, ABC has announced the renewal of the rest entire comedy line-up today. That includes Modern Family for its 8th season, The Middle, also for its 8th season, Fresh Off the Boat for its 3rd season, Black-ish, also for its 3rd season, and The Goldbergs for its 4th season.

Considering how quick the ax is brought down on series at other networks these days, this is a pretty big milestone for the broadcast network.

Also, TV Land’s freshman series Teachers will live to see a sophomore season.

Maybe this is a sign of the tides of cancelling new comedy series is changing? We certainly hope so.

Transparent, Veep, Key & Peele, Bill Murray, and More Get Nominations for 22nd SAG Awards

December 9, 2015

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Most of these nominations are, by now, the usual awards season suspects.

The nominees for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, coming up on Jan. 30th, have just been announced. As far as comedy is concerned, the perennial favorites are around again: Veep, Modern Family, Louis C.K., Key & Peele, Transparent, The Big Bang Theory. Some inclusions of note among the field are Bill Murray for his special that was just released very recently, Kristen Wiig for The Spoils Before Dying, and Carol Burnett receiving a lifetime achievement award.

See the rest of the comedy nominees below and the full list here.

Unlike The Emmys thought, The SAG Awards have put Orange Is The New Black and Shameless into consideration in the comedy category and both garner nominations.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
BILL MURRAY “A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KRISTEN WIIG “THE SPOILS BEFORE DYING” (IFC)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy – “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC)
LOUIS C.K. / Louie – “LOUIE” (FX Networks)
WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime)
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper – “THE BIG BANG THEORY” (CBS)
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman – “TRANSPARENT” (Amazon)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren – “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” (Netflix)
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton – “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime)
ELLIE KEMPER / Kimmy Schmidt – “UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT” (Netflix)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / President Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO)
AMY POEHLER / Leslie Knope – “PARKS AND RECREATION” (NBC)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)
MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler
KALEY CUOCO / Penny
JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter
SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz
KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali
JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper
MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz

KEY & PEELE (Comedy Central)
KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY / Various Characters
JORDAN PEELE / Various Characters

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy
TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy
AUBREY ANDERSON EMMONS / Lily Tucker-Pritchett
JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett
NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy
SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy
ED O’NEILL / Jay Pritchett
RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado
ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker
SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
UZO ADUBA / Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren
MIKE BIRBIGLIA / Danny Pearson
MARSHA STEPHANIE BLAKE / Berdie Rogers
DANIELLE BROOKS / Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson
LAVERNE COX / Sophia Burset
JACKIE CRUZ / Marisol “Flaca” Gonzales
CATHERINE CURTIN / Wanda Bell
LEA DELARIA / Carrie “Big Boo” Black
BETH FOWLER / Sister Jane Ingalls
JOEL MARSH GARLAND / Scott O’Neill
KIMIKO GLENN / Brook Soso
ANNIE GOLDEN / Norma Romano
DIANE GUERRERO / Maritza Ramos
MICHAEL J. HARNEY / Sam Healy
VICKY JEUDY / Janae Watson
SELENIS LEYVA / Gloria Mendoza
TARYN MANNING / Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett
ADRIENNE C. MOORE / Black Cindy
KATE MULGREW / Galina “Red” Reznikov
EMMA MYLES / Leanne Taylor
MATT PETERS / Joel Luschek
LORI PETTY / Lolly Whitehill
JESSICA PIMENTEL / Maria Ruiz
DASCHA POLANCO / Dayanara Diaz
LAURA PREPON / Alex Vause
ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ / Aleida Diaz
RUBY ROSE / Stella Carlin
NICK SANDOW / Joe Caputo
ABIGAIL SAVAGE / Gina
TAYLOR SCHILLING / Piper Chapman
CONSTANCE SHULMAN / Yoga Jones
DALE SOULES / Frieda
YAEL STONE / Lorna Morello
SAMIRA WILEY / Poussey Washington

TRANSPARENT (Amazon)
ALEXANDRA BILLINGS / Davina Rejennae
CARRIE BROWNSTEIN / Syd Feldman
JAY DUPLASS / Josh Pfefferman
KATHRYN HAHN / Raquel Fein
GABY HOFFMANN / Ali Pfefferman
CHERRY JONES / Leslie Mackinaw
AMY LANDECKER / Sarah Pfefferman
JUDITH LIGHT / Shelly Pfefferman
HARI NEF / Gittel/Gerson
EMILY ROBINSON / Rose Boymelgreen
JEFFREY TAMBOR / Maura Pfefferman

VEEP (HBO)
DIEDRICH BADER / Bill Ericsson
SUFE BRADSHAW / Sue Wilson
ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer
GARY COLE / Kent Davidson
KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty
TONY HALE / Gary Walsh
HUGH LAURIE / Tom James
PHIL REEVES / Doyle
SAM RICHARDSON / Richard
REID SCOTT / Dan Egan
TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan
SARAH SUTHERLAND / Catherine
MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock

52nd Annual SAG Life Achievement Award
CAROL BURNETT

ABC Is Developing a Meta Family Sitcom from Modern Family’s Danny Zuker

October 14, 2015

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It’s being touted as a Larry Sanders Show for family sitcoms, which is a welcome change of pace.

Veteran sitcom writer Danny Zuker not only works on Modern Family, one of the most critically and commercially successful comedies on TV right now, but is now developing his own sitcom that shows a TV family and the not-so-rosy underbelly of that same family in real life called Family Show.

While you get to see a bit of that on shows like BoJack Horseman, seeing a high concept like that at ABC, where Modern Family happens to also be, is very intriguing to see.

Luckily, it has a put pilot commitment and we’ll get to see what Zuker is cooking up.

Watch THR’s Roundtable Discussion with Showrunners of Transparent, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish, Silicon Valley, Togetherness, and Modern Family

You can not only get into the headspace of many today’s top comedy showrunners, but what their headspace is like when they’re all in a room together.

Jill Soloway of Transparent, Robert Carlock of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kenya Barris of Black-ish, Alec Berg of Silicon Valley, Jay Duplass of Togetherness, and Steve Levitan of Modern Family all came together to sit and chat at The Hollywood Reporter’s fascinating roundtable discussions about their shows and how they fit into the booming and constantly evolving landscape of television.

As you’ll see, there are plenty of the reasons that each one of these shows with these folks at the helm are successful.

Watch the hour long discussion here.

Birdman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, More Get Nominated for SAG Awards

December 11, 2014

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We’re in the thick of awards seasons and more and more nominations get announced every day. The nominees for The Screen Actors Guild Awards were revealed this week and we’re happy to hear that Birdman is getting its due with getting in four categories as well as the presence of perennial favorites Louie, Veep, and Modern Family.

Here are the rest of the comedy nominees for this year’s SAG Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Michael Keaton-Birdman

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Edward Norton-Birdman

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Emma Stone-Birdman
Naomi Watts-St. Vincent

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell-Modern Family
Louis C.K.-Louie
William H. Macy-Shameless
Jim Parsons-The Big Bang Theory
Eric Stonesteer-Modern Family

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba-Orange Is The New Black
Julie Bowen-Modern Family
Edie Falco-Veep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Amy Poehler-Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Modern Family
Orange Is The New Black
Veep

Here is the list for the full nominees. The SAG Awards will be televised live on Sun. Jan. 25th on TNT/TBS.

Modern Family, Louie, Veep, and Colbert Win Again at The Emmys

August 26, 2014

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It’s become routine to expect that Modern Family, ABC’s powerhouse sitcom, FX’s groundbreaking Louie, the brilliant Veep, and the supremely well-crafted Colbert Report win during awards season. Last night, at The Emmys they didn’t break with those expectations at all unlike a lot of the new winners at this year’s Creative Arts Emmys.

Here’s what they and more won at The Primetime Emmys.

Modern Family-Outstanding Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy
Ty Burrell in Modern Family-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Jimmy Fallon hosting SNL-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K. for Louie-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Gail Mancuso for Modern Family-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
The Colbert Report-Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series
Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live-Outstanding Directing for Variety Series
Sarah Silverman for We Are Miracles-Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Read the complete list of Primetime Emmy winners here.

EW Readers Pick Parks and Recreation and Drunk History as EWwy Winners

August 18, 2014

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(via Entertainment Weekly)

In the midst of all of the awards dedicated to entertainment on a screen, Entertainment Weekly has put forth their own EWwy Awards based on votes from their readers on what’s best on their TVs.

So, Parks and Recreation took Best Comedy Series, Best Actor [Adam Scott], Best Supporting Actor [Nick Offerman] while Drunk History took Best Variety Series. Of course, perennial award winner Modern Family had to sneak in a win as well with Best Guest Actress [Elizabeth Banks].

The Primetime Emmys Announced Their 2014 Nominees

The Primetime Emmys Announced Their 2014 Nominees

Among the comedy nominees were:

Louie, Silicon Valley, Veep, Modern Family, Orange Is The New Black, Spoils of Babylon, Derek, Episodes, Girls, Parks and Recreation, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, SNL, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Key & Peele, Portlandia, Sarah Silverman, Billy Crystal, Inside Amy Schumer, Between Two Ferns, Children’s Hospital, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, “@midnight”, Archer, Futurama, Bob’s Burgers, South Park, Adventure Time, Phineas & Ferb, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Community, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

While not all of these shows got Outstanding Comedy Series, it’s great to see Silicon Valley get nominations in its first season (one of them being Outstanding Comedy Series), Key & Peele get the respect it deserves, and have things like Between Two Ferns also get nominated for an Emmy.

Some Versions of ‘Modern Family’ Around the World Have A Few Big Differences From The Original

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Some Versions of ‘Modern Family’ Around the World Have A Few Big Differences From The Original

Currently, Iran, Chile, and Greece have or are working on their own versions of ABC’s hit sitcom and perennial award winning series Modern Family.

In Iran and Chile however, same-sex marriage is not legal and thus, Cam and Mitchell are not adapted into the Iranian and Chilean versions of the show titled as “Haft Sang” and “Familia Moderna” respectively. Even more perturbing is the idea that producers for Haft Sang have not gotten rights to adapt Modern Family.

Amy Poehler, Louis C.K., Maria Bamford, The Daily Show Are American Comedy Awards Winners

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It shouldn’t surprise any of you, but Will Ferrell, Bill Hader, Key & Peele, Maria Bamford, Amy Poehler, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Jim Gaffigan, Parks and Recreation, This Is The End, Modern Family, and Louis C.K. all went home with last night’s American Comedy Awards.

You can watch the whole special here.

Two Modern Family Executive Producers Just Signed Overall Deals

February 11, 2014

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Dan O’Shannon and Bill Wrubel, both executive producers at the wildly successful Modern Family, just signed overall deals respectively CBS and Warner Bros. Television.

This means that Modern Family has become such a hit that you could be seeing a title card that says “from the people that brought you Modern Family” often for other TV shows, really soon.

‘Modern Family’s Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh Ink Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV

January 24, 2014

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‘Modern Family’s Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh Ink Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV

The latest overall network deal (Amy Poehler and Louis C.K. have gotten them recently at NBC and FX respectively) goes to Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh from Modern Family.

However, it’s not at ABC, but rather 20th Century Fox, which, again is amassing a nice set of projects and people for their current development slate.

Patton Oswalt and Fred Armisen To Be in Vegas Episode of Modern Family

January 21, 2014

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Patton Oswalt and Fred Armisen To Be in Vegas Episode of Modern Family

Patton Oswalt and Fred Armisen will be guest starring on Modern Family later this season when the show takes a trip to Vegas.

Oswalt probably won’t get to do another improvised Star Wars filibuster/pitch, but let’s hope something like that happens.

The Colbert Report and Modern Family Win at The PGA Awards

January 20, 2014

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The Colbert Report and Modern Family Win at The PGA Awards

The Producers Guild of America gives Modern Family another win this awards season as well as The Colbert Report.

We wonder if handling Daft Punk last year helped Colbert for this win.

Modern Family and Veep Win at SAG Awards

January 20, 2014

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Modern Family and Veep Win at SAG Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards gave statues to Modern Family and Veep, who both continue to rack up awards wins and nominations and will no doubt have a great sticker to note that on their DVD box sets.

Louis C.K., Modern Family, The Colbert Report and More Get DGA Awards TV Nominations

January 9, 2014

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Louis C.K., Modern Family, The Colbert Report and More Get DGA Awards TV Nominations

Along with 30 Rock, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, all the above got DGA Awards nominations for television and their respective directors.

Interesting to note: One of those Modern Family nominations is for Bryan Cranston.

30 Rock, Arrested Development, Veep and More Grab SAG Awards Nominations

December 11, 2013

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30 Rock, Arrested Development, Veep and More Grab SAG Awards Nominations

The SAG Awards just announced their nominations and you might be not surprised that 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Modern Family, and Veep got nominations.

However, it was nice to see Bruce Dern and James Gandolfini get nominated for Nebraska and Enough Said, respectively.

Veep & Colbert Report Do Nicely at 2013 Emmys

September 23, 2013

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Veep & Colbert Report Do Nicely at 2013 Emmys

Congratulations to:

Veep (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series-Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series-Tony Hale
The Colbert Report (Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series & Outstanding Variety Series)
Modern Family (Outstanding Comedy Series & Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series-Gail Mancuso)
30 Rock (Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series-Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield)

for taking home Emmys for comedy last night.

See entire list of winners at link.

Modern Family Renewed For Season 5

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Modern Family Renewed For Season 5

Amidst the torrent of series orders over these past few days, we almost forgot about the series that is deserving, yet unsurprising in getting another season, Modern Family.