Modern Family co-creator and executive producer Steven Levitan will be a keynote speaker at Mip-TV next month in Cannes. The speech will be followed by a Comedy Masterclass with Amazon Head of Comedy Joe Lewis; Jill Offman, MD of Comedy Central UK, and SVP Comedy at Viacom International Media Networks; and Ash Atalla…
EXCLUSIVE: ABC‘s flagship comedy Modern Family, which is coming off a fourth consecutive best series Emmy win, may be getting a spinoff. I’ve learned that the network and producer 20th Century Fox TV have met to discuss potentially spinning off the hit comedy. Details are sketchy as conversations are in very early…
Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.Without revealing any plot spoilers, the first episode of Modern Family's upcoming fifth season will take on the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in California. At tonight's onstage “table read” of the episode for an audience of Emmy voters at Fox Studios…
Diane Haithman is an AwardsLine contributor.How many writer-producers does it take to make an Emmy-winning comedy? In the case of Modern Family, it's a staff of 12 including co-creators/executive producers Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd. Like many series creators, Levitan and Lloyd mostly tapped colleagues from…
How would hit ABC comedy Modern Family look and sound like if it aired on cable? The show’s writers offer a peek in a promo for the Emmy-winning series’ upcoming off-network launch on USA Network in September. The video was a highlight at today’s USA upfront presentation, where Modern Family, its cast and co-creator St…
When a show creator thinks about distribution methods “then you’re not doing your job,” the executive producer told Bloomberg Television’s Trish Regan on Street Smart. “At the end of the day you have to be truthful to the characters and the story.” But Steven Levitan recognizes that platforms have different demands…
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's 2011 Emmy coverage. Here's his scorecard assessing the Outstanding Comedy Series Writer race.Greg Daniels, The Office (NBC)“Goodbye Michael”Why He Was Nominated: Being nominated for Emmys is simply what Daniels does. He's reeled in 19 Emmy nominations all told…
Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline's Emmy coverage. Here's his scorecard assessing the Outstanding Comedy Series Director race.Beth McCarthy-Miller, 30 Rock (NBC)
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Why She Was Nominated: Because the trick that McCarthy-Miller turned here in handling a pair of live performances (one for the East…
Christopher Lloyd is co-creator and co-showrunner with Steven Levitan (his Q&A here) of last year's Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series, Modern Family. But Lloyd didn't go onstage to accept the accolade. This recipient of eight Emmys for his work on comedy series including Frasier and The Golden Girls prefers…
