Modern Family is going to be sticking around at ABC for a bit. The family comedy has been renewed for season 9 & 10 by the network.
Producing studio 20th Century Fox TV has closed new two-year deals with the main actors on the show, Ed O’Neill, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara. They landed significant salary increases, from around $350,000 an episode for the current eighth season to about $500,000 an episode for Season 9 (they also have a little piece of the series’ back end). The studio will next negotiate new contracts with the series’ younger cast.
With the two-season, 44-episode pickup, Modern Family, created/executive produced by Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd, will extend its run to 10 seasons and 232 episodes, with the door left open for more. Modern Family, in its eighth season, remains ABC’s highest-rated comedy series and the second highest-rated overall among adults 18-49 in Live+7. The show also is a five-time Best Comedy Series Emmy winner.
