Modern Family (tv program)

'American Horror Story,' 'Big Bang Theory' top Critics' Choice bids

2013-05-22 09:05:00

The critics have spoken: horror, geeks and HBO make for some good TV. The nominations for the third annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were announced Wednesday morning by the Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. -- and FX's "American Horror...

Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars

2013-05-17 06:00:00

� If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...

The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns. As "Modern Family" rolled to its third straight Emmy win for comedy series (after earlier pulling in prizes for...

The gestation of a sitcom, stretch marks and all

2013-05-16 12:10:00

No wonder sitcom creators liken getting a series on the air to creating a child; months or years of development need to combine with patience, love and the willingness to modify and tweak a concept until it hurts. Here, we talk with some of TV's top...

Critic's picks: It's fun to be stuck in 'The Middle'

2013-05-16 10:31:00

"The Middle" -- Too long have the hilarious and down-rent relatable Hecks lived in the shadow of their upscale-yet-seeming-unemployed neighbors on"Modern Family." Patricia Heaton's Frankie and Neil Flynn's Mike remind us on a weekly basis that fatigue and...

Emmy campaigning is more competitive than ever

2013-05-16 06:00:00

When the producers of "Modern Family" claimed in a full-page Variety ad two years ago that curvaceous star Sofia Vergara would run naked down Sunset Boulevard if the ABC sitcom won the Emmy (it did, and she didn't), it may have seemed as if award...

A 'Scandal' theme — and Joss Whedon — at ABC's upfront presentation

2013-05-15 04:00:00

— ABC is trying to get a handle on things, Olivia Pope-style. As with the Washington, D.C. fixer at the center of its surprise sophomore Twitter-friendly hit "Scandal," the Disney-owned network Tuesday was eager to put on a good show at its annual...

2013 TV upfronts: ABC unveils fall schedule

2013-05-14 09:12:00

ABC announced its fall prime-time schedule on Tuesday, whittling "Dancing With the Stars" down to one night, slotting Rebel Wilson's "Super Fun Night" in the coveted post-"Modern Family" slot and placing the much-anticipated "Marvel’s Agents of S.H....

Watch trailers for ABC's new comedies: 'Mixology,' 'Trophy wife' and more

2013-05-14 15:35:00

ABC released trailers for its new comedies on Tuesday afternoon. They are: "Back in the Game," "The Goldbergs," "Mixology," "Super Fun Night" and "Trophy Wife." "Super Fun Night" is getting top billing by nabbing the prime post-"Modern Family" slot on...

HBO sees the light in Liberace biopic 'Behind the Candelabra'

2013-05-10 09:00:00

NEW YORK — When the news broke in 1987 that Liberace, the famously flamboyant pianist, was dead at age 67 with what his manager had claimed was anemia brought on by a watermelon diet but was, in fact, AIDS, it made front-page headlines around the...

Why 'Modern Family's' Sofia Vergara won't wear a backless gown

2013-05-01 07:52:00

Sofia Vergara is Cosmo's June cover girl, and inside she talks about her success on "Modern Family," setting a date with her fiance, Nick Loeb, her thoughts about whether she'll have another child and, on a fashion note, why she won't wear backless gowns:...

ABC cancels 'Red Widow' and 'How to Live...'

2013-05-11 08:00:00

ABC is clearly seeing red, axing two more shows: “Red Widow” and “How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life.”� Based on the Dutch format, “Red Widow” had a lackluster midseason launch, averaging a 1.1...

Season 4 of the ABC hit comedy wrapped up with a funeral for a character the audience had never met, but that proved to be a blessing in disguise.

2013-05-22 19:27:00

Chris Colfer, "Glee" Jake Johnson, "New Girl" Ashton Kutcher, "Two And a Half Men" Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory" (pictured) Eric Stonestreet, "Modern Family"

2013-05-22 18:38:00

"The Big Bang Theory" (pictured) "Glee" "Modern Family" "New Girl" "Suburgatory"

2013-05-22 18:37:00