There’s no better reset button for a show than a season finale. Even for a sitcom, which is largely episodic, the…

About halfway through this week’s episode of Modern Family, Jay is doing everything he can to steal a family fishing…

Cam and Mitchell must have a bevy of dark secrets in their past, because karma just keeps coming for them. They’ve been…

Every now and then, Modern Family remembers that its characters have jobs, life goals, and a number of decisions that…

The last few episodes of Modern Family have largely succeeded because of some sort of theme connecting all the stories.…

This week’s Modern Family, “Royal Visit,” does the rare thing of building around a central idea. Every single…

For the most part, Modern Family has two approaches to its episodes: there’s either a dominant A story complemented by…

Before every single review of Modern Family I log into the ABC press site and find the press photos I want to accompany…

It’s not often, especially these days, that Modern Family gets to really dig into its central relationships. Every now…

Maybe it’s the fact that there’s a bit of the old Modern Family poking through lately, or perhaps it’s just a welcome…

There’s a lot of potential in “Dear Beloved Family,” an episode that, early on, sees Phil Dunphy rushed to the hospital…

As Modern Family ages and relies more and more on comedic situations where, quite frankly, the characters aren’t…

After last week’s relatively pleasant, harmless episode, the Modern Family winter finale, “No Small Feet,” begins with…

Early on in “Tough Love,” Pam, Cam’s sister, wanders into Cam and Mitchell’s house with her baby. She’s barely moving…

When a sitcom spends most of its marketing time promoting the numerous guest stars set to appear in its next episode,…

Last season’s Thanksgiving episode saw Modern Family dig into the little details of interpersonal, familial…

One of the more fascinating things about sticking with a sitcom as it ages is that you can watch it cycle through…

Tradition and routine plays a role in our daily lives, but it’s never more apparent than it is during the holidays.…

A common theme in some of these Modern Family reviews, at least in the last few seasons, is how the show has struggled…

We all have things, be they rituals or physical things or some sort of mantra, that keeps us grounded during the day.…