sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...
''
Modern Family
''Modern Family'' is an American television sitcom, created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, that aired on ABC for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The series follows the lives of three diverse but interrelated fa ...
'' aired on
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting
* Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
from September 23, 2015 to May 18, 2016.
This season was ordered on May 7, 2015. The season was produced by
Steven Levitan Productions
Steven Levitan Productions (also known as Levitan Productions) is an American television production company founded in 1994 by television producer and writer Steven Levitan. The company is known for producing the series ''Modern Family''.
Histor ...
and Picador Productions in association with
20th Century Fox Television
20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Di ...
, with creators
Steven Levitan
Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created many television series such as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', '' Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', a ...
and
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future (franchise), ''B ...
as
showrunners
A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...
.
Cast
Main cast
*
Ed O'Neill
Edward Leonard O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor, comedian, and former football player. Over his career, he has earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe ...
as Jay Pritchett
*
Sofía Vergara
Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (; born July 10, 1972) is a Colombian and American actress and television personality who received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the highest-paid a ...
as Gloria Pritchett
*
Julie Bowen
Julie Bowen (born Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer; March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She starred as Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she received widespread critical acclaim. She won the Primetime Emmy A ...
as Claire Dunphy
*
Ty Burrell
Tyler Gerald Burrell (born August 22, 1967) is an American actor. Burrell is best known for playing Phil Dunphy on the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in ...
as Phil Dunphy
*
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed List of Modern Family characters#Mitchell Pritchett, Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he earned five consecutive nomin ...
as Mitchell Pritchett
*
Eric Stonestreet
Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Com ...
as
Cameron Tucker Cameron Tucker may refer to:
* Cameron Tucker (soccer) (born 1999), American soccer player
* Cameron Tucker (Modern Family), a fictional character on American TV comedy series ''Modern Family''
{{hndis, Tucker, Cameron ...
*
Sarah Hyland
Sarah Jane Hyland (born November 24, 1990) is an American actress. Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School before having minor roles in the films '' Private Parts'' (1997), '' Annie'' (1999) and '' Blind Date'' ...
as Haley Dunphy
*
Ariel Winter
Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Alex Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she and her several costars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Ou ...
as Alex Dunphy
*
Nolan Gould
Nolan Gould (born October 28, 1998) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020).
Early life and education
Gould was born in New York City, to Angela and Edwin Gould. Shortly ...
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
Aubrey Frances Anderson-Emmons (born June 2007) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lily Tucker-Pritchett on ABC's ''Modern Family'' (2011–2020).
Early life
Anderson-Emmons is the daughter of Amy Anderson and Kent Emmons, w ...
as Lily Tucker-Pritchett
*
Jeremy Maguire
Jeremy Maguire (born August 10, 2011) is an American child actor. He is most known for playing Joe Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'' from 2015 to 2020. In 2017, Maguire made his film debut in the drama film '' I'm Not Here''.
Career ...
as Joe Pritchett
Recurring cast
*
Adam DeVine
Adam Patrick DeVine (born November 7, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series '' Workaholics'' and '' Adam DeVine's House Party''.
H ...
as Andy Bailey
*
Reid Ewing
Reid Ewing (born November 7, 1988) is an American actor and musician widely known for his role as Dylan Marshall in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), and as Charlie Plunk in the TV series '' Zeke and Luther'' (2009–2011).
Early ...
as Dylan Marshall
* Spenser McNeil as Reuben Rand
*
Joe Mande
Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American comedian and script writer.
Early life
Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of ten and gradu ...
as Ben
Guest cast
*
Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk (born May 28, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Prior Walter in the HBO miniseries ''Angels in America'' (2003), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Ac ...
as Charlie Bingham
*
Laura Ashley Samuels
Laura Ashley Samuels is an American actress. She is best known for playing Courtney on '' Awkward'', Beth on ''Modern Family'' and Pfeiffer on '' Lopez''.
Samuels has also appeared in films such as '' The Final'' (2010), ''In Time'' (2011), ' ...
as Beth
* Suraj Partha as Sanjay Patel
*
Jon Polito
Jon Raymond Polito (December 29, 1950 – September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits. His television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons ...
as Earl Chambers
* Brooke Sorenson as Tammy LaFontaine
*
Catherine O'Hara
Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian and American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She started her career in sketch comedy, sketch and improvisational comedy in film and television before expanding her career taking dra ...
as Debra Radcliffe
*
Andrea Martin
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American and Canadian actress, best known for her work in the television series '' SCTV'' and '' Great News''. She has appeared in films such as '' Black Christmas'' (1974), '' Wag the Dog'' (1 ...
as Fig
*
Ray Liotta
Raymond Allen Liotta (; December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor. He first gained attention for his role in the film '' Something Wild'' (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He was best known for his portray ...
as himself
*
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand ( ; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being the ...
as herself (voice only)
*
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ...
as Tom
*
June Squibb
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. She began her career by making her Broadway (theatre), Broadway debut in the musical ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'' (1959). Her film debut was in Woody Allen's romantic comedy ''Alice ...
as Auntie Alice
*
Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films ''Leviathan'' (1989), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (19 ...
as Miles
*
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been Nathan Lane on screen and stage, on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Na ...
as Pepper Saltzman
* Christian Barillas as Ronaldo
*
Kevin Daniels
Kevin Dwight Daniels Jr. (born December 9, 1976, in San Diego, California), is an American actor who started his career with a supporting role in the 1998 film ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' by director Nicholas Hytner. He has appeared in ...
as Longines
*
Mekia Cox
Mekia Cox is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second & third seasons of The CW drama '' 90210'', Dr. Robin Charles in the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' and her role as a dancer in the Michael Jack ...
as Angie
*
Dana Powell
Dana Powell is an American comic actress best known for playing Pam Tucker, Cam's sister, on ''Modern Family'' (2013–2019).
Early life and education
Powell grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where she went to Hillcrest High School. She devel ...
as Pam Tucker
*
Shelley Long
Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom ''Cheers'', Long received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. S ...
as DeDe Pritchett
*
Simon Templeman
Simon Templeman (born 28 January 1954) is an English actor.
Career
Templeman is known for his video game roles as Kain in '' Legacy of Kain'', Gabriel Roman in the ''Uncharted'' series, Loghain in ''Dragon Age,'' and Admiral Han'Gerrel vas N ...
as Simon Hastings
*
Dominic Sherwood
Dominic Anthony Sherwood is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film ''Vampire Academy'' (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019), Kurt in the ...
as James
*
Illeana Douglas
Illeana Hesselberg ( ; born July 25, 1961), known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. She appeared in three episodes of '' Six Feet Under'', for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outsta ...
''Modern Family'' was renewed for a seventh season on May 7, 2015, by ABC. It was announced that the show will be recasting Joe, the son of Jay and Gloria, who has been played by
Pierce Wallace
Pierce Wallace, also known as the Georgia Joker, is an American sports fan, television personality and actor best known for being inducted into ESPN's Fan Hall of Fame for portraying the Joker at University of Georgia football games. Wallace was ...
for the previous two seasons. On August 7, 2015, the role of Joe had been recast by actor
Jeremy Maguire
Jeremy Maguire (born August 10, 2011) is an American child actor. He is most known for playing Joe Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'' from 2015 to 2020. In 2017, Maguire made his film debut in the drama film '' I'm Not Here''.
Career ...
. The table read for the premiere happened on August 3, 2015, being confirmed by
Sofia Vergara
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the ...
. Filming for the seventh season began shortly after the table read.
Episodes
Reception
The seventh season received mixed reviews from critics. Kyle Fowle from
The A.V. Club
''The A.V. Club'' is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was created in ...
gave half of the season's episodes a B− or less. The middle third of the season was more warmly received, especially the episodes " Playdates," "
Spread Your Wings
"Spread Your Wings" is a power ballad by British rock band Queen, from their 1977 album ''News of the World''.Clean for a Day." The three episodes received a B+, A- and B+, respectively.