List of awards and nominations received by Modern Family
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Modern Family is an American television sitcom created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd and aired by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The show premiered on September 23, 2009, and ended on April 8, 2020, after 250 episodes spanning eleven seasons. It stars Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, and Rico Rodriguez, with Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Jeremy Maguire, and Reid Ewing joining the main cast in later seasons.[1] The show uses a mockumentary format to follow three related families: the nuclear family of Phil, Claire, and their children Haley, Alex, and Luke; Jay and Gloria, a blended family with Gloria's son Manny; and gay partners Mitchell and Cameron, who adopt a daughter, Lily.[2][3][4]
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Wins92
Nominations374
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Modern Family was acclaimed during its run for its humor and portrayal of gay relationships, and it was credited with a resurgence in network sitcoms after its debut.[5][6][7][8] The show won twenty-two Primetime Emmy Awards from eighty-five nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series five consecutive times from 2010 to 2014, tied with Frasier for most wins in the category.[9] It also won four Producers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy and two GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. From critics' organizations, the show received a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series, and two TCA Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Modern Family was named one of the top television programs of the year four times by the American Film Institute and received a Peabody Award in 2010.
O'Neill, Vergara, Bowen, Burrell, Ferguson, and Stonestreet were each nominated for multiple Emmys for their performances. They ultimately won a combined six Emmys – four for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (two for Stonestreet and two for Burrell) and two for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (for Bowen). In addition, the cast won five Screen Actors Guild Awards – four for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and one for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (for Burrell). The show's directors received four Emmys and two Directors Guild of America Awards, while its writers received six Writers Guild of America Awards as well as two Emmys.
Awards and nominations
Total awards and nominations for the main cast
| Actor | Character | Nominations | Awards |
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| Sofía Vergara | Gloria Delgado-Pritchett | 37 | 8 |
| Ty Burrell | Phil Dunphy | 24 | 7 |
| Julie Bowen | Claire Dunphy | 19 | 7 |
| Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | 19 | 6 |
| Rico Rodriguez | Manny Delgado | 17 | 9 |
| Sarah Hyland | Haley Dunphy | 15 | 5 |
| Ed O'Neill | Jay Pritchett | 15 | 4 |
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Mitchell Pritchett | 14 | 4 |
| Nolan Gould | Luke Dunphy | 13 | 7 |
| Ariel Winter | Alex Dunphy | 10 | 5 |
| Aubrey Anderson-Emmons | Lily Tucker-Pritchett | 6 | 3 |
| Jeremy Maguire | Joe Pritchett | 2 | 0 |
| Reid Ewing | Dylan Marshall | 0 | 0 |
Emmy awards and nominations for the cast
| Actor | Character | Seasons | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Ed O'Neill | Jay Pritchett | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||||||
| Sofía Vergara | Gloria Delgado-Pritchett | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||||||
| Julie Bowen | Claire Dunphy | Nominated | Won | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||||
| Ty Burrell | Phil Dunphy | Nominated | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||
| Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Mitchell Pritchett | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | |||||
| Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | Won | Nominated | Won | N/a | |||||||
| Fred Willard | Frank Dunphy | Nominated | N/a | Nominated | ||||||||
| Nathan Lane | Pepper Saltzman | N/a | Nominated | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | |||||
| Greg Kinnear | Tad | N/a | Nominated | N/a | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Banks | Sal | N/a | Nominated | N/a | ||||||||
Screen Actors Guild awards and nominations for the cast
| Actor | Character | Years | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Ed O'Neill | Jay Pritchett | N/a | Nominated | N/a | ||||||||
| Sofía Vergara | Gloria Delgado-Pritchett | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||||||
| Julie Bowen | Claire Dunphy | N/a | Nominated | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | |||||
| Ty Burrell | Phil Dunphy | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||
| Eric Stonestreet | Cameron Tucker | N/a | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | Nominated | N/a | |||||
Major guild awards and nominations
| Guild | Award | Years | ||||||||||
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series | Won | Won (two nominations) | Nominated (twice) | Nominated | Nominated (twice) | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | |||
| Producers Guild of America | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy | N/a | Won | Won | Won | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||
| Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | Won | Won | Won | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | ||
| Writers Guild of America | Television: Comedy Series | Nominated | Won | Won | Nominated | Nominated | N/a | |||||
| Television: Episodic Comedy | Won | Nominated (twice) | Won (two nominations) | Won (three nominations) | Nominated (twice) | Nominated (twice) | Nominated | N/a | ||||
Notes
Nominees for awards
- Additional nominees: Robert Vukasovich (art director); Mick Cukurs (set designer); Christopher Carlson (set decorator)
- Additional nominees: Claire Bennett (assistant art director); Amber Haley (set decorator)
- Additional nominees: Claire Bennett (assistant art director); Tara Stephenson (set decorator)
- Additional nominees: Claire Bennett (art director); Brian Kasch (set decorator)
- Additional nominees: Sam Kramer (art director); Michael Voelker (set decorator)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd
- Additional nominees: Howard Griffith (unit production manager); Lisa Statman (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director); Shannon Speaker (second second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Alisa Statman (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director); Matthew W. Heffernan (second second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Jim Hensz (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director); Matthew W. Heffernan (second second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Jim Hensz (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director); Matthew W. Heffernan (second second assistant director); Patrick Richmond (additional second second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Jim Hensz (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Alisa Statman (first assistant director); Helena Lamb (second assistant director)
- Additional nominees: Sally Young (unit production manager); Jim Hensz (first assistant director); Jason Z. Kemp (second assistant director); Matt Baker (second second assistant director)
- Presented to 20th Century Fox Television in association with Levitan Lloyd Productions
- Nominees: Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd (executive producers); Jason Winer, Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, and Brad Walsh (co-executive producers); Jeff Morton (producer)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd (executive producers); Jeff Morton, Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Jeffrey Richman, and Abraham Higginbotham (co-executive producers)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, and Brad Walsh (executive producers); Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Abraham Higginbotham, and Cindy Chupack (co-executive producers); Chris Smirnoff (producer)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Jeffrey Richman, Abraham Higginbotham, and Jeff Morton (executive producers); Ben Karlin (co-executive producer); Elaine Ko and Chris Smirnoff (producers)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker, Jeffrey Richman, Abraham Higginbotham, and Jeff Morton (executive producers); Ben Karlin (co-executive producer); Elaine Ko and Megan Ganz (supervising producers); Chris Smirnoff and Sally Young (producers)
- Nominees: Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Abraham Higginbotham, Jeffrey Richman, and Jeff Morton (executive producers); Elaine Ko, Megan Ganz, Vali Chandrasekaran, Stephen Lloyd, Rick Wiener, Kenny Schwartz, and Chuck Tatham (co-executive producers); Chris Smirnoff and Sally Young (producers)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Abraham Higginbotham, Jeffrey Richman, Elaine Ko, Stephen Lloyd, and Jeff Morton (executive producers); Vali Chandrasekaran, Chuck Tatham, Andy Gordon, Jon Pollack, and Vanessa McCarthy (co-executive producers); Chris Smirnoff and Sally Young (producers)
- Nominees: Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Danny Zuker, Abraham Higginbotham, Jeffrey Richman, Elaine Ko, Stephen Lloyd, Vali Chandrasekaran, Chuck Tatham, and Jeff Morton (executive producers); Andy Gordon and Jon Pollack (co-executive producers); Sally Young (producer); Christy Stratton (consulting producer)
- Nominees: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jason Winer, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Paul Corrigan, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Sally Young, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Vali Chandrasekaran, Paul Corrigan, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Kenny Schwartz, Chris Smirnoff, Chuck Tatham, Brad Walsh, Rick Wiener, Sally Young, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Vali Chandrasekaran, Paul Corrigan, Andy Gordon, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Jon Pollack, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Chuck Tatham, Brad Walsh, Sally Young, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd
- Nominees: Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Jerry Collins, Paul Corrigan, Alex Herschlag, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
- Nominees: Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Becky Mann, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker
Other
- The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.
- One of ten official selections
- Tied with The New Normal
- Shared with Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Stargate Universe, and Traffic Light
- Tied with Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem, and Evan Dunsky for "Pilot" from Nurse Jackie
- Also awarded to Tom Stasinis, Dennis Kirk, Alec St. John, and Todd Orr for "One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car" from Entourage
- Tied with Nick Offerman for Parks and Recreation
- Tied with Robert Carlock for "Apollo, Apollo" from 30 Rock