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Indeed, ABC’S Modern Family  has been renewed for a fourth season which is currently set to debut this Fall. The Emmy award swimming series with top ratings was one along four series which were given early renewals back in March, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter.

A full synopsis of the series which I only recently  had the chance to view has been placed below. The show will be covered extensively on the blog and will be one of the site’s prominent elements in the coming months.

Modern  Family  examines what it means  to be a family in  modern day  America by portraying a diverse American familythrough the form of momentary type  storytelling.  The patriarch  of the family, Jay Pritchett is a wealthy, old aged  yet highly uptight  business, man who remarried a passionate, assertive  and much younger Columbian women named Gloria, after a failed marriage.  Jay must now try to keep  up with the energy which  his much younger wife has   while trying to help her raise her preteen son, Manny, a  11 year old boy who is  highly intelligent  for his  age yet  a person who is a romantic. All the while Jay tries to do his best to respect his wife’s  Columbian  heritage which  often clashes in this unique type of interracial  marriage.

Meanwhile, there is  Claire Dunphy,  who is  Jay’s uptight and highly anxious daughter . She is married to  Phill Dumphy a successful yet klutzy   real estate agent and   a  recognized cool dad .Together the two have raised three children. The eldest is Haley , a  highly independent and sociable 17 year old  girl ,  Alex,   a 15 year old  girl who  is socially awkward but   a very bright student  and Luke, a highly  inattentive yet  innocent and adorable 11 year old.

The final  tree to the family is  Mitchell ,Jay’s  gay son who is an uptight yet brilliant  lawyer. He  has been  involved in a long term relationship  with Cameron  Tucker for the past five years, a man who was raised  in  a farm in Missouri. Together the two have adapted  a Vietnamese baby, Lilly and must navigate through   the challenges  of being first time   parents  while coping with the additional challenge  of interacting  with  others  who can be critical of  their unconventional  yet passionate relationship.

With   themes such as homosexual  relationships, interracial  marriage, awkward  teenagers , raising  children , parenting, some obsessive compulsive  characters  and more the series definitely resonates with a diverse group of audiences who have  often  experienced the highly  comedic yet common  experiences in the portrayals  on the show. Indeed there are many intriguing yet increasingly  relatable situations on the show, from  Claire’s disapproval  towards Haley’s boyfriend, Dylan and her  consequent  desire to control her   daughter’s life to issues such as Gloria’s conflict with Jay  about having fireworks at Christmas as per Columbian tradition  as well as issues such  Cam’s insecurity about being treated as a woman by Mitchell as a result of his[Cam’s] more  feminine behaviour. Such situations  allow for the show to convey  the strength of family even when there is such a  range in diversity which strikes highly  amusing yet  simultaneously  sensitive  conflicts. The award winning  sitcom  has truly witty writing  which   brings about exceptional performances  from the ensemble cast , which each member in the family can resonate with  in some way and  thus enjoy a few laughs.

With the show having  just finished airing its  third season on ABC, viewers discovered that Mitch and Cam were unsuccessful in adapting a baby as a result of  an unexpected surprise   , but it turns out that  Gloria has now found herself pregnant. Meanwhile, Haley revealed her surprising plans to move in with Dylan  now that she had secured a part time job at the Gap, but  was surprised with the sudden turn of events which changed  when she discovers that Luke had  been hiding her letter of acceptance  to  college.

Below, is a slideshow which essentially  , briefly summarizes the major development s and plotlines  as well as other notable moments which occurred in the show  throughout  the previous third season. A great way  to  way to reflect on the developments of the past seasons we await for the  impending fourth season.

Share  your predictions and/ or aspirations for the fourth season as well as your favorite parts of the slideshow in the comments section, below.

Thank you to Zaynab 29, the blog ‘s General Project  Assistant  for performing the captions on the  official cast photo.

Thank you to the Youtube group @ Supportfire 115 for its assistance in locating  various photos used in the slideshow. Visit the Youtube group@http://www.youtube.com/user/supportfire115 for gamers  of popular games such as Mine Craft , Shooters and more!

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