All the Shades of Grey

[ This review covers Season One, Episode Six of Modern Family, entitled Run for Your Wife, which  originally aired on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 ] This week, we follow the extended Pritchett tribe backwards in time to cover the kids’ first day of school—or we could just not time-warp, and we could just ignore the [...]

[ This review covers Season One, Episode Five of Modern Family, entitled Coal Digger, which originally aired on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 ] In every family, there is conflict, people butting heads. In blended, extended families, there’s perhaps a little more of each. With the Pritchett clan, there’s some added confusion, as well. This week [...]

[ This review covers Season One, Episode Four of Modern Family, entitled The Incident, which originally aired on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 ] Momma Pritchett is back in town to make amends with the family, who apparently have not seen her since “the incident” at Jay and Gloria’s wedding. Why the sudden change of heart? [...]

[ This review covers Season One, Episode Three of Modern Family, entitled Come Fly With Me, which originally aired on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 ] On this week’s Modern Family, we got to witness the true family dynamic among the eccentric extended Pritchett clan. Jay finally warms up to children other than his own (with [...]

[ This review covers Season One, Episode Two of Modern Family, entitled The Bicycle Thief, which originally aired on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ] Note to parents: before you decide to teach your kid a lesson, make sure it’s your kid you’re teaching the lesson to. Who knew that “World’s Coolest Dad” Phil was actually [...]

I’m not sure if you guys have seen these on ABC’s site or elsewhere before, but I just found these on YouTube and I thought I’d share. Apparently ABC has been doing a lot of cross-over promos this season (none of which I’ve seen on television so far), and they are HI-LARIOUS! Here are a [...]

[ This review covers Season One, Episode One of Modern Family, entitled Pilot, which originally aired on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ] re·vue – (n) a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied: ABC’s Modern Family. Things you need to know about Modern Family: It plays out much like [...]

Modern Family was one of the shows I most looked forward to premiering this fall, and my excitement for it only continued to grow as more and more glowing reviews began to trickle in on my favorite television sites. My fear then became that my expectations would be so high for Modern Family that I’d [...]