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Modern Family is an American mockumentary comedy TV series. The half-hour series, which was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, is produced by Fox Television Studios. The mockumentary follows the families of Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), his daughter Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), and his son Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who live in Los Angeles. Claire is a homemaker mom married to Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell); they have three children. Jay is married to a much younger Colombian woman, Gloria (Sofía Vergara), and is helping her raise her pre-teen son, Manny. Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and his partner Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) have adopted a Vietnamese baby, Lily. The show premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009 to critical acclaim. It has been named as a big contender for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Also at a poll by the Los Angeles Times to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and beat three year in a row winner 30 Rock. - Source: Wikipedia

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This combination photo shows award winning cast members of &quot;Modern Family&quot;, from left, Ty Burrell with the Emmy for supporting actor in a comedy series at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 2014, Eric Stonestreet with his award for best supporting actor in a comedy series at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012 and Julie Bowen with her award for best supporting actress in a comedy series at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012. Each actor has won two supporting awards during the series' 11-season run. The two-hour finale airs at 9 p.m. EDT on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

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This image released by ABC shows, from left, executive producer Christopher Lloyd, and actors Ed O'Neill and Ty Burrell on the set of &quot;Modern Family.&quot; ABC’s “Modern Family” ends its 11-season run with a two-hour finale on Wednesday. (Tony Rivetti/ABC via AP)

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This image released by ABC shows the cast of the ABC sitcom &quot;Modern Family,&quot; from left, Reid Ewing, Ariel Winter, Ty Burrell Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet, Nolan Gould, standing left center, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, standing center right, Jeremy Maguire, Sarah Hyland, seated holding baby, Sofía Vergara, Rico Rodriguez and Ed O'Neill. The comedy will air its series finale after 11 seasons on April 8, the network announced on Wednesday. (Jill Greenberg/ABC via AP)

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This TV publicity image released by ABC shows Eric Stonestreet, as Cameron, right, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell in a scene from the comedy &quot;Modern Family.&quot; Qantas airline is partnering with the show’s production company, 20th Century Fox, to fly the cast to Australia next month for a two week shoot of an upcoming vacation episode of the ABC comedy. The comedy, now in its fifth season, has aired previous vacation episodes that were filmed in Hawaii and Wyoming. (AP Photo/ABC, Peter &quot;Hopper&quot; Stone)

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