tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310224605699723947.post1010264681357268434..comments2024-02-02T15:11:31.214-05:00Comments on TV with Abe: What I'm Watching: Modern Family (Season Premiere)Movies with Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18131694123939904629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310224605699723947.post-61207824067166377802010-09-26T15:48:55.018-04:002010-09-26T15:48:55.018-04:00That's a great sentiment, and I really do hope...That's a great sentiment, and I really do hope that you're right, and next year Burrell gets it, followed by O'Neill and Ferguson in the future. The show certainly has fans on its side, and at this point there aren't any new comedies to threaten its chance to repeat.Movies with Abehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18131694123939904629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310224605699723947.post-20727427030211819772010-09-26T14:51:49.507-04:002010-09-26T14:51:49.507-04:00I love this show, and this premiere reminded me wh...I love this show, and this premiere reminded me why. As much as I laughed throughout the episode, my favorite moment was not a comedic one, but one that made me fall in love with Phil and Claire as a couple (not that I didn't already love them). It's that scene after Claire breaks down about the car and Phil comes into the house to console her. It includes that line "I love you when you're human". What a beautiful line. Yes, Ty Burrell is hilarious, but he's also very endearing, and he has such sweet chemistry with Julie Bowen. <br /><br />To me, that's what sets this show aside from most sitcoms on TV. In most sitcoms, I laugh at the characters and enjoy the situations, but I don't love most of them as people. Not in Arrested Development, not in 30 Rock, a few of them maybe in The Office, but in Modern Family I don't just find the characters funny, but I love them as people (flawed as they may be). These are people I wouldn't mind spending time with, because underneath all their quirkiness, they are a loving family.<br /><br />As for Emmys, I'm hoping this show has an Emmy track record similar to The Golden Girls and The West Wing, in which a different cast member wins every year. Eric Stonestreet won this year, so next year it should be Ty Burrell (that would be my first choice) or Jesse Tyler Ferguson, or Ed O'Neill, and I also want both Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara to eventually win (I would also include the kids, but that's too much to ask). I know it's way too early to think about that, but I would love for this show to earn Emmys for every cast member in the years it will be on (I'm pretty sure it will be on a while).Richter Scalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09820925728032551527noreply@blogger.com