<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Modern Family episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The first season of the television comedy series Modern Family aired between September 23, 2009, and May 19, 2010, on ABC in the United States . The season was produced by Lloyd - Levitan Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television, with series creators Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan as executive producers . </P> <P> The series focuses on Jay Pritchett (Ed O'Neill), his daughter Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), and his son Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who live in Los Angeles . Claire is a homemaker mom married to Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell); they have three children . Jay is married to a much younger Colombian woman, Gloria (Sofía Vergara), and is helping her raise her pre-teen son, Manny . Mitchell and his partner Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) have adopted a Vietnamese baby, Lily (twins Ella Hiller and Jaden Hiller). Season one of Modern Family aired Wednesdays in the United States at 9 p.m. and consisted of 24 episodes . </P> <P> The season received critical acclaim from most critics, many of whom named it the best new show of 2009 . The episode "Fizbo" received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, with BuddyTV naming it the second best show of 2009 . It was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards; eight Primetime Emmy Awards and six Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the most nominations for a comedy series after Glee and 30 Rock . The series was also a ratings success and the first season averaged 9.39 million viewers for all 24 episodes . The ratings led to ABC renewing the series for a second season midway through the first . The first season DVD and Blu - ray Disc box set was released on September 21, 2010 . </P>

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