Watch Modern Family episodes for free: goo.gl To watch other great TV shows for free, go here: goo.gl Modern Family is an American family sitcom that airs on ABC. It is created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. 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 and his partner Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) have adopted a Vietnamese baby, Lily. The first season and the series premiered on September 23, 2009 with the pilot episode after it tested high with focus groups, resulting in the network ordering 13 episodes and adding it to the 2009--2010 fall lineup days ahead of ABC's official schedule announcement.. The series was soon given a full season pickup of 11 extra episodes on October 8, 2009. On January 12, 2010, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson announced that Modern Family had been renewed for a second season. The second season began airing in the same timeslot starting September 22, 2010. On January 10, 2011, Modern Family was renewed for a third season