10 TV Comedies That Dared To Try An 11th Season

10. Modern Family

Airing its eleventh and final season in early 2020, Modern Family was one of the most popular and critically praised sitcoms on TV during its run, picking up an impressive twenty-two Emmy wins out of seventy-five nominations, and completing over 250 episodes.

The twisting, awkwardly funny exploits of an enormous family linked together by Ed O'Neill's patriarch Jay Pritchett, the series is split into three distinct families (nuclear, blended, and same-sex), and takes a look at the complex themes of the modern family set-up, marriage, childhood, sexuality and unconditional love.

Though it admittedly loses some of its steam during its final leg, Modern Family was nonetheless a striking achievement in ensemble TV comedy throughout its run, and very effectively captured the hilarity, tragedy and awkwardness of family life better than most sitcoms before or since.