Modern Family: Best new sitcom? Emmy voters think so!

Kyougu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDu5s309Ouw


Man, this was a surprise. I had been seeing these previews forever and I thought they were okay, amusing at best. Then the show started to get tons of hype, and I decided to check it out. Glad I did. The show is good. Really good. Great cast too. It has Al Bundy!

emnmnme

It's good to see Ed O'Neil back on primetime TV. I thought he faded away after he starred in a few episodes of a Dragnet remake.

Buttcleft

Ed O'Neil means that I will watch this.

Because he is a god.

reVerse

Ed O'Neil you say?

This has my interest.

Improvolone

He's a very talented dramatic actor, but Married With Children seems to have really defined him.
On the other hand it probably made him filthy rich.

Element Brian

This is going to be pretty great.

Taramoor

emnmnme wrote: »

It's good to see Ed O'Neil back on primetime TV. I thought he faded away after he starred in a few episodes of a Dragnet remake.

The Dragnet remake was fan-fucking-tastic until they ruined it by pushing Ed O'Neil behind a desk and letting "the team" do the legwork.

InHuman

Fantastic show.

I loved it.

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Richard_Dastardly

Up until yesterday I was under the impression this was a reality show. Does that make me retarded?

I think it's up on Hulu today. I believe that I will watch it.

Selner

Up until yesterday I was under the impression this was a reality show. Does that make me retarded?

I read in the paper that it is filmed in "reality style", kind of like The Office. Where it is like a fake documentary or something. So I don't think your impression was completely crazy.

SyphonBlue

This show was pretty good. Like a mashup of Arrested Development and The Office.

Kyougu

Improvolone wrote: »

He's a very talented dramatic actor, but Married With Children seems to have really defined him.
On the other hand it probably made him filthy rich.

I been watching reruns of Married with Children and Ed Oneil deserves way more respect for that show that's he's given. His facial expressions alone made the character of Al.

Hoz

This is good stuff.

Preacher

Taramoor wrote: »

emnmnme wrote: »

It's good to see Ed O'Neil back on primetime TV. I thought he faded away after he starred in a few episodes of a Dragnet remake.

The Dragnet remake was fan-fucking-tastic until they ruined it by pushing Ed O'Neil behind a desk and letting "the team" do the legwork.

Your opinions are the best opinions.

HadjiQuest

I'm very surprised this already had a thread.

Also, it did better than expected in the ratings last night, which is very good news.

Hulu link to the pilot.

Tomanta

I was fairly ambivalent about it until the end "reveal". It does have potential, though, and cracked up at the father having to "shoot" his son scene.

cr0w

Just finished watching it. Loved it.

I almost choked during the air pistol scene.

Also

"Lily? Isn't that gonna be be hard for her to say?"

Thane

i lost my shit when they revealed the baby

using the Broadway version of Circle of Life clenched it for me

Magus`

I came in for Al Bundy and stayed for the family.

kfrooster

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started watching the first episode. What really hooked it for me was the cool Dad.

Thane

why the face?

projectmayhem

The circle of life scene was the greatest thing modern television has ever done.

The greatest.

emnmnme

I don't like this handy-cam perspective popping up in all comedies these days. Yes, The Office is popular. But please stop interviewing people and pretending a camera crew is following all the characters. Use a damn tripod before I get motion sickness!

emnmnme

kfrooster wrote: »

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started watching the first episode. What really hooked it for me was the cool Dad.

Wasn't he the ass who owned the yacht in the Dawn of the Dead remake a few years back?

Hoz

projectmayhem wrote: »

The circle of life scene was the greatest thing modern television has ever done.

The greatest.

Yeah, the light turning on at the end made me choke on a grape.

Romero Zombie

emnmnme wrote: »

kfrooster wrote: »

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started watching the first episode. What really hooked it for me was the cool Dad.

Wasn't he the ass who owned the yacht in the Dawn of the Dead remake a few years back?

Indeed he was. He's a pretty funny guy.

DarkWarrior

ED O MOTHERFUCKIN'EIL?

Sold.

DarkWarrior

Wait, wait, he doesn't play a guy who can beat the crap out of anyone else?

Oh well I'm still gonna give it a try.

DarkWarrior

Man Ed has aged horribly

Ticaldfjam

Buttcleft wrote: »

Ed O'Neil means that I will watch this.Because he is a god.

This.



Also, Married with Children was the greatest thing ever!

TheScruple

Man, forget Ed O'Neil! Look who he's married to!

mmmmmm.... Sofia Vergara.

Magus`

Blasphemer.

Hexmage-PA

I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on this series.

Thane

He did age kinda badly, but the dude is so talented, after the first 2 minutes i couldn't notice over my girlish giggles

MrMister

The redhead dad is super cute.

The 'cool' dad is painfully awkward and might kill the show for me.

Kyougu

I think they're going for a Michael Scott-like dad, but I wasn't digging it too much until the shooting the kid part.

MrMister

Kyougu wrote: »

I think they're going for a Michael Scott-like dad

I think they definitely are.

I just hate Michael-Scott.

Gigaton

I watched all of ABC's new lineup and was overall pretty let down by it. I wasn't expecting too much but I still feel like something was...missing. I'm not really sure how to explain it, but I just thought the new shows (this one in particular) would be, I dunno...different. Out of the three of them I think Modern Family has the most potential for growth and possible plotlines and I did really enjoy the characters since they felt real to me. I actually like the "mockumentary" style since it offers more versatility then it would have had it been more traditional. The other shows Cougartown and Eastwick were also not what I thought they would be. Cougartown is an absolute shit-fest. Seriously, that show is so unbelievably cliche that I'm suprised it doesn't have a laugh track or group-hug moments. Eastwick however was alot better then what I gathered from the previews. It was a good intro episode and I though I think it also has potential, I can't help but wonder how they're going to keep it fresh. It's almost inevitable that a supernatural themed show will get more and more outlandish the longer it's dragged on, simply because you can write almost anything happening in fantasy or sci-fi shows since you can change the "rules" on the fly to allow for new plot development.

BloodySloth

I thought the promos for this looked like absolute garbage, but the first episode just got better and better as it went on. A few laugh out loud moments. Will watch again.

Cervetus

Gigaton wrote: »

Cougartown is an absolute shit-fest. Seriously, that show is so unbelievably cliche that I'm suprised it doesn't have a laugh track or group-hug moments.

I knew all that just from the title.

Taramoor

Gigaton wrote: »

I watched all of ABC's new lineup and was overall pretty let down by it. I wasn't expecting too much but I still feel like something was...missing. I'm not really sure how to explain it, but I just thought the new shows (this one in particular) would be, I dunno...different. Out of the three of them I think Modern Family has the most potential for growth and possible plotlines and I did really enjoy the characters since they felt real to me. I actually like the "mockumentary" style since it offers more versatility then it would have had it been more traditional. The other shows Cougartown and Eastwick were also not what I thought they would be. Cougartown is an absolute shit-fest. Seriously, that show is so unbelievably cliche that I'm suprised it doesn't have a laugh track or group-hug moments. Eastwick however was alot better then what I gathered from the previews. It was a good intro episode and I though I think it also has potential, I can't help but wonder how they're going to keep it fresh. It's almost inevitable that a supernatural themed show will get more and more outlandish the longer it's dragged on, simply because you can write almost anything happening in fantasy or sci-fi shows since you can change the "rules" on the fly to allow for new plot development.

The big concern I have with Eastwick and Vampire Diaries is that they're both based on very well known books. You can't really stretch them out too much, or it feels untrue to the characters and like they're spinning their wheels. But if you advance the plot too rapidly you reach the end of the story and then you're fucked.

Cougartown I thought was fine, just kind of blah.