The seventh season of '' Modern Family'' was ordered on May 7, 2015, by

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. The season premiered on September 23, 2015. The season was produced by

Steven Levitan Productions Steven Levitan Productions (also known as Levitan Productions) is an American television production company founded by television producer and writer Steven Levitan. It is known for producing the long-running series ''Modern Family''. In July 2 ...

and Picador Productions in association with

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, with creators Steven Levitan and

Christopher Lloyd Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''Back to the Future'' tril ...

as showrunners. On March 3, 2016, ABC renewed the show for an eighth season.

Cast

Main cast

Ed O'Neill Edward Leonard O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Al Bundy on the Fox Network sitcom '' Married... with Children'', for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes, and Jay Pritchett on the awar ...

as Jay Pritchett * Sofía Vergara as Gloria Pritchett *

Julie Bowen Julie Bowen Luetkemeyer (born March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Claire Dunphy in the ABC sitcom ''Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she received critical acclaim and six nominations for the Primetim ...

as Claire Dunphy * Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy *

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he earned five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...

as Mitchell Pritchett *

Eric Stonestreet Eric Allen Stonestreet (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC mockumentary sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting ...

as Cameron Tucker *

Sarah Hyland Sarah Jane Hyland (born November 24, 1990) is an American actress and singer. Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School before having small roles in the films '' Private Parts'' (1997), '' Annie'' (1999) and ''Blin ...

as Haley Dunphy *

Ariel Winter Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She starred as Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series ''Modern Family'', for which she and her co-stars won four consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble ...

as Alex Dunphy * Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy * Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado * Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett *

Jeremy Maguire Jeremy Maguire (born August 10, 2011) is an American child actor. He is most known for playing Joe Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'' from 2015 to 2020. In 2017, Maguire made his film debut in the drama film ''I'm Not Here''. Career Ma ...

as Joe Pritchett

Recurring cast

Adam DeVine Adam Patrick Devine (born November 7, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series ''Workaholics'' and '' Adam Devine's House Par ...

as Andy Bailey * Reid Ewing as Dylan Marshall * Spenser McNeil as Reuben Rand *

Joe Mande Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. Early life Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of te ...

as Ben

Guest cast

* Justin Kirk as Charlie Bingham *

Laura Ashley Samuels Laura Ashley Samuels is an American actress. She is best known for playing List of Awkward characters#Courtney, Courtney on ''Awkward (TV series), Awkward'', List of Modern Family characters#Beth, Beth on ''Modern Family'' and Pfeiffer on ''Lope ...

as Beth * Suraj Partha as Sanjay Patel *

Jon Polito Jon Raymond Polito (December 29, 1950 – September 1, 2016) was an American character actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the fi ...

as Earl Chambers * Brooke Sorenson as Tammy LaFontaine *

Catherine O'Hara Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her comedy work on ''Second City Television'' (1976–84) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020) and in films such as '' After Hours'' (1985), ''Beetleju ...

as Debra Radcliffe * Andrea Martin as Fig * Ray Liotta as himself *

Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List ...

as herself (voice only) * Keegan-Michael Key as Tom *

June Squibb June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. In 2013, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Nebraska''. Squibb has appeared in the films ''Alice'', '' In & Out'', ''About Schm ...

as Auntie Alice * Ernie Hudson as Miles * Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman * Christian Barillas as Ronaldo * Kevin Daniels as Longines * Mekia Cox as Angie *

Dana Powell Dana Powell is an American comic actress best known for playing Pam Tucker, Cam's sister, on ''Modern Family'' (2013–2019). Early life and education Powell grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where she went to Hillcrest High School. She devel ...

as Pam Tucker *

Shelley Long Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Long portrayed Diane Chambers on the hit sitcom ''Cheers'' and received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Serie ...

as DeDe Pritchett * Simon Templeman as Simon Hastings *

Dominic Sherwood Dominic Anthony Sherwood (born 6 February 1990) is an English actor and model, best known for his roles as Christian Ozera in the teen vampire film ''Vampire Academy'' (2014), Jace Wayland on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016- ...

as James * Illeana Douglas as Janet *

Isabella Gomez Isabella Gomez (born February 9, 1998) is a Colombian-American actress, best known for starring in '' One Day at a Time''. Gomez has previously had minor roles in both ''Modern Family'' and ''Matador''. She was later cast in a starring role in ...

as Flavia

Production

''Modern Family'' was renewed for a seventh season on May 7, 2015, by ABC. It was announced that the show will be recasting Joe, the son of Jay and Gloria, who has been played by Pierce Wallace for the previous two seasons. On August 7, 2015, the role of Joe had been recast by actor

. The table read for the premiere happened on August 3, 2015, being confirmed by Sofia Vergara. Filming for the seventh season began shortly after the table read.

Episodes

Reception

The seventh season received mixed reviews from critics. Kyle Fowle from

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gave half of the season's episodes a B− or less. The middle third of the season was more warmly received, especially the episodes " Playdates," " Spread Your Wings," and " Clean for a Day." The three episodes received a B+, A- and B+, respectively.

Ratings

References

External links

* {{Modern Family, 7 2015 American television seasons 2016 American television seasons 7