re: Is Modern Family worth watching?

We've done this dance before. We'll tell you how great it is, you'll come back in a couple of weeks and tell us how stupid we are for liking, that it has no redeeming qualities, blah, blah, blah. Can't we just concede your superiority and save us all the effort of this excercise?

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We've done this dance before. We'll tell you how great it is, you'll come back in a couple of weeks and tell us how stupid we are for liking, that it has no redeeming qualities, blah, blah, blah. Can't we just concede your superiority and save us all the effort of this excercise?

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I really would be surprised if he doesn't like it. The show is smart with heart. I do think he might dislike Phil but I think he will like the show.

I like Phil but some of his plots are zany,some, most aren't. Jersey doesn't like zany.

There are a few on here that like the show but don't like Phil and have repeated that sentiment in episode threads.

The show doesn't have a laugh track. It respects your intelligence. It is the best comedy going on TV today.

This was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television. "Does the carpet match the drapes?"

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"Both? Sure! But I'll have them both a good scrubbing before I show them to you."

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2 1/2 men, middle-America hilarious or actually hilarious?

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please don't put these two together

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We've done this dance before. We'll tell you how great it is, you'll come back in a couple of weeks and tell us how stupid we are for liking, that it has no redeeming qualities, blah, blah, blah. Can't we just concede your superiority and save us all the effort of this excercise?

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You sure about that, chief? Check the OP again. I came here asking about Party Down, watched it on the advice of the board, and now I love it and am pissed it's already gone. (Of course, I've already been attacked for saying it's better than AD).

Ditto Spartacus. Ooooh, looky me and my high-brow, contrarian ways!

Actually, I'm not sure what you've posited has EVER happened with me. But feel free to live in a fantasy world.

Anyway, we checked out the first 3 episodes last night. Meh. I just really feel like every show suffers now if it's not on HBO or one of those stations.

I could see it having potential, but definitely at least a little too zany. Best characters are definitely Ed O'Neill and the main dad. The entire gay plotline is just too much and is mostly entirely unfunny.

I think I laughed outloud twice - both times at the extremely mild racist humor that was allowed on a network like ABC.

They flirted a bit with some Wonder Years/Doogie Howser type of serious endings. Does that increase or decrease?

What, in theory, is the reason they are sitting on couches talking to interviewers? (Or is it just like Parks and Rec and it's a 4th-wall device that is used without explanation?)

Phil is one of the best characters on TV.