- Title: The 'Modern Family' cast premiere their season finale
- Date: 5th May 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 3, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CAST AND CREW OF 'MODERN FAMILY' AT PHOTOCALL
- Embargoed: 19th May 2017 02:13
- Keywords: season finale comedy Ariel Winter Julie Bowen Ty Burrell Sofia Vergara Modern Family
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Television
- Reuters ID: LVA0016FK87KD
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hit American television show 'Modern Family', which is widely distributed globally, held the season finale of its eighth season at a special screening in North Hollywood on Wednesday (May 3).
Cast members Sofia Vergara, Eric Stonestreet, Ariel Winter, Ty Burrell all turned out on the red carpet with confidence, despite not knowing whether the program would be brought back for a ninth season.
However, the show's co-creator Steven Levitan admitted on the carpet he was "confident" the show would return as all parties involved wanted it to happen.
'Modern Family' is a fly-on-the-wall comedy and follows the intertwined eccentric members of the Dunphy and Pritchett families. The series is part documentary with characters talking to the camera and part straight comedy.
The show has been syndicated internationally and has even been remade in territories like Chile and Greece.
Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cameron, one half of the gay couple offshoot of the family, said the show's success had a lot to do with the casting.
"We all just like each other. There's no drama," he said. "You'll notice they've never been able to say 'There's drama on the 'Modern Family' set' and there's the reason because there is nothing because we just go to work and do our best to make people laugh."
The season 8 finale hits US television screens on May 17. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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