Modern Family has remained remarkably consistent during its five-season run, both in terms of ratings (Seasons 2 through 5 have all been somewhere between 11.79 and 12.93 million) and the episodes themselves. You can drop in at any point because there’s no continuity or even character growth; the recipe never changes. No wonder it’s a perfect non-challenging show for syndication, and why it wins the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy every single year.
Five in a row, in fact, dating back to 2009-10. The last time another show won, the third season of 30 Rock bested Weeds, Flight of the Conchords, and, somehow, Entourage. That was a long time ago, and on Sept. 20, 2015, Modern Family will try to win its sixth consecutive Comedy trophy, something no show has ever done (Frasier also had a five-peat, from 1994 through 1998).
Co-creator Christopher Lloyd would very much enjoy that.
“I’m sure it sounds like a cliche, but there wasn’t a possibility that we thought we would be in this position when we started the series, so it all seems like a wonderful situation to be in, that we’re even in line potentially to do this. Having said that, it matters to us, it matters a lot. We work hard and we do have certain things that spur us on, and the Emmys happens to be one of them. And it would be disingenuous to say we’ve won and we don’t care about that. We care about it…Let’s keep at it, because it would really be cool if we did something so historic like that.” (Via Gold Derby)
The series that lost to Modern Family in 2014 were The Big Bang Theory, Louie, Veep, Silicon Valley, and Orange Is the New Black, which will probably submit as a drama this year. In its place should be Parks and Recreation, but I’m not optimistic. The only show that has a shot at breaking Modern‘s streak is Silicon Valley, which recently won Best Comedy Series at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Hopefully Emmy voters can appreciate a masturbating monkey as much as we do.
(Via Gold Derby)
