Behind-the-scenes Production of Modern Family

Modern Family was originally inspired by the creators christopher lloyd and Steven Levitan when they shared their family stories with each other. They thought that sharing family stories could be the basis of a new TV series, so they began to conceive a story about a family in the form of Mockumentary, and then changed it into a TV series about three family experiences.

The original name of this drama series is My American Family. The script was originally about an exchange student living in Jay's house, one of the main characters. He is a photographer and likes Jay's daughter Claire (Claire's younger brother Mitchell also likes him), but this concept was finally overthrown.

The two creators initially tried to sell the concept of Modern Family to any of the largest free television stations in the United States, such as CBS, NBC and ABC. The reason why they didn't negotiate with Fox was that one of the creators in the "Back to You" series had a dispute with Fox.

Because CBS is not ready to try single-shot shooting, the two single-shot series "Welcome to the Captain" and "The Son-in-Law of the Dragon" that CBS once had could not bear the fate of the end of the season, so they were not ready to put into large-scale production, so they rejected this series. NBC, on the other hand, has two similar mockumentary series, namely The Office and Parks and Recreation, so it is unwilling to add another series of the same kind before these two programs decline. So finally ABC bought this series and ordered it for a whole quarter.