and the consensus: " Modern Family settles into a well-oiled groove, consistently delivering inspired farce and making it look effortless. Nathan Lane appears as Cameron and Mitchell's flamboyant friend Pepper Saltzman; he has been nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. But now, "most gay people trust that the television audience knows we're a diverse tribe, not easily pigeonholed.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson received five consecutive nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In its first season, the show became the sixth-highest rated scripted show in America and the third-highest rated new show.Arianna Reiche from Gawker commented on the episode "Game Changer" in which Gloria hides her skill at chess so her husband will not be upset at losing: "This moment is at best a sappy quip about compromise in an often heavy-handed series, and at worst, it's a moment in a show with 9.

In a later review Bianco stated "as good as it was in its first year, is even better in its second", positively comparing the characters to the characters from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, and Friends. The series was made available for streaming on Hulu and Peacock in its entirety on February 3, 2021.In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that Modern Family 's "audience pattern is the prototypical example of a city show — most popular in liberal, urban clusters in Boston, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara, California, and least popular in the more rural parts of Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas". Rotten Tomatoes currently gives the season an approval rating of 73% based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 7.

TV Ratings Wednesday: 'X Factor' No 'Idol'; 'Modern Family' Premieres Big; 'Revenge' Gets Nice Start; CSI > SVU". Adam DeVine appeared as Andy Bailey, Jay and Gloria's "manny" (male nanny), Phil's assistant and Haley's ex-boyfriend.

He also went on to say that the show had "turned into a shrill pastiche of stereotypical characterizations and superficial banter lacking both feeling and wit", assigning it a rating of 1. Nathan Lane received three nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Needless to say, no one is thrilled to see her and everything comes to a head when the whole family shows up to dinner at Claire's house. Modern Family employs an ensemble cast and is presented in a mockumentary style, with the characters frequently speaking directly to the camera in confessional interview segments. Only gripe is that it's a bit difficult to close the plastic case once you open it, for all the discs inside!