| Modern Family | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 DVD cover | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 23, 2009 – May 19, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of the television comedy series Modern Family aired on ABC from September 23, 2009, to May 19, 2010. The season was produced by Lloyd-Levitan Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television, with series creators Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan serving as executive producers. The series was picked up on April 29, 2009, and finished production in August 2009.
The series is set in Los Angeles and focuses on the family lives of Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), his daughter Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), and his son Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson). Claire is a homemaker mom married to Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell); they have three children, Haley (Sarah Hyland), the typical teenager,[1] Alex (Ariel Winter), the smart middle child,[2] and Luke (Nolan Gould), the offbeat only son.[3] Jay is married to a much younger Colombian woman, Gloria (Sofía Vergara), and is helping her raise her pre-teen son, Manny (Rico Rodriguez). Mitchell and his partner Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) have adopted a Vietnamese baby, Lily (twins Ella Hiller and Jaden Hiller). Season one of Modern Family aired on Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. and consisted of 24 episodes.
The season received critical acclaim from most critics, many of whom named it the best new show of 2009. The episode "Fizbo" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, with BuddyTV naming it the second best show of 2009. It was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards; eight Primetime Emmy Awards and six Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the most nominations for a comedy series after Glee and 30 Rock. The series was also a ratings success and the first season averaged 9.39 million viewers for all 24 episodes.[4] The ratings led to ABC renewing the series for a second season midway through the first. The first season DVD and Blu-ray Disc box set was released on September 21, 2010.[5]
- ^ "Haley (Sarah Hyland) Bio". ABC.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ "Alex (Ariel Winter) Bio". ABC.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ "Luke (Nolan Gould) Bio". ABC.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 27, 2010). "Full Series Rankings For The 2009–10 Broadcast Season –". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
- ^ McCutcheon, David (July 7, 2010). "Modern Family Waltzing In". IGN. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2020.