"Modern Family" Creator Warns That a "Significant" Character will Die this Season
by Dan Snierson
Sept. 13, 2018


"Modern Family" will return for its 10th season later this month, and the creators of ABC’s veteran family comedy are hoping that the laughs aren’t the only thing that draw tears from viewers.

Yes, the grim reaper will visit the show in an episode airing in the first half of this season, co-creator Christopher Lloyd tells EW.



“We’re handling some bigger life events in this season,” he says.

“We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families have to deal with, and on television, it’s not easy to do because that’s a heavy subject. But at the same time, it would seem unusual for a family not to go through it.”



Not surprisingly, Lloyd isn’t revealing who is headed six feet under — or if it’s one of the main family members — but he promises that he/she is a “significant character on the series” and the death “will be a moving event — and an event that has repercussions across several episodes.”

https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/13/modern-family-character-death-season-10/

http://www.agcwebpages.com/BLINDITEMS/2018/SEPT.html

185. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 09/13 (https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/13/modern-family-character-death-season-10/)
Modern Family will return for its 10th season later this month, and the creators of ABC’s veteran family comedy are hoping that the laughs aren’t the only thing that draw tears from viewers. Yes, the grim reaper will visit the show in an episode airing in the first half of this season, co-creator Christopher Lloyd tells EW. "We’re handling some bigger life events in this season," he says. "We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families have to deal with, and on television, it’s not easy to do because that’s a heavy subject. But at the same time, it would seem unusual for a family not to go through it." Not surprisingly, Lloyd isn’t revealing who is headed six feet under — or if it’s one of the main family members — but he promises that he/she is a "significant character on the series" and the death "will be a moving event — and an event that has repercussions across several episodes." Modern Family — which features Ed O’Neill as the grand patriarch of the family and stars Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sofia Vergara, Eric Stonestreet, Ariel Winter, Sarah Hyland, Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire — is entering the last season of its contract. Will this be the last-ever season for the veteran comedy that won a record-tying five consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys (and has been nominated every year but this one)? Lloyd remains optimistic that there will be Dunphy doofiness beyond this season. "There’s goodwill on both sides to make it happen, but there’s also complicated matters that have to get worked through, and there’s a time constraint on it, because we can’t have it take too long," he shares. "I’m hoping that that doesn’t make the whole thing go away, but I think there’s a decent chance we’ll see it happen. I hope there is. From our standpoint creatively we’ve gotten excited writing this season and changing the lives of the characters — some in a significant way — and it’s made us think, ‘Wow, there’s a lot to explore in the lives of these characters.’ They’re in many ways such different characters than they were five or 10 years ago when we started and they’re just as interesting and just as funny. So our standpoint was, ‘Well, if we can do another season, we may as well. I’m hoping that we have some news on that [soon], and if it winds up that we tried and just couldn’t make it work, we will have a great final season for sure." Asked for an overall hint about season 10, Lloyd says, "There is a significant change in the dynamics of the family that people maybe thought was going to happen at some point down the line that is happening sooner than expected." Is that clue related or unrelated to the aforementioned death? Well, that’ll be the joy of discovery that awaits you when Modern Family kicks off season 10 on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Stella is the French Bulldog of the Pritchett family

Julie Bowen: Modern Family hasn't killed anybody "yet" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/julie-bowen-status-modern-family-character-death-1144220)

Bowen doesn't know who's dying in Modern Family's final season. She told Ralph Garman at a live taping of The Ralph Report on Saturday, "we’re finishing episode 5 — maybe starting 6 — and we haven’t killed anybody yet. It’s still just good, clean, semi-gay fun."

What Character do you think will pass away this season that will impact the entire family?

-Jay
-Gloria
-Manny
-Joe
-Stella
-Phil
-Clair
-Haylie
-Alex
-Luke
-Mitch
-Cam
-Lily
-Larry The Cat
-Pam’s Son

-Dylan
-Dee Dee
-Havaire
-Frank
-Andy
-Pam
-Or a ratings ploy to get Viewers to tune in.

My guess is either...

Jay or Dee Dee Or Mitch or Clair Cause that would effect All 3 Families.

It could be Hailey because of her love triangle maybe Dylan or the other guy would go off on the deep end.

It could be Alex she might have a mental break down I believe I heard (Airel Winter wants to be done after this season).

It could be Lily due to the fact she is the one that brought the family together during the pilot and if this is indeed Modern Family’s last season that might be the way they want to go. In addition Aubrey has hardly been on Modern Family the last few seasons maybe this way they can dismiss her.

Or the entire thing might be a ratings ploy to ratings that have been sinking.The ones that are passing away maybe are the viewers because we the Viewers are dying of laughter. It’s effecting the main cast because they don’t know if they should stay on for another season or not. Or the ones dying is abc and the entire cast and crew laughing at the viewers who tuned into see nobody is dying.

Who knows though. What’s your thoughts?

Ariel Winter says Modern Family death is "probably not an older character that you think is going to go" (https://www.etonline.com/ariel-winter-reveals-modern-family-death-isnt-who-youd-think-exclusive-111634)

"It's a character that we'll all be sad to see go, but it's probably not an older character that you think is going to go," the actress tells ET. "We haven't ever really had a death on the show. It definitely impacts the family, as I think it impacts any family."

Jay’s ex-wife DeDe (Shelley Long)

https://tvline.com/2018/10/24/modern-family-dede-dies-dead-death-season-10-episode-5-shelley-long-good-grief/

Modern Family reveals which "significant" character died (https://tvline.com/2018/10/24/modern-family-dede-dies-dead-death-season-10-episode-5-shelley-long-good-grief/)

As co-creator Christopher Lloyd promised, a "significant character" died on Wednesday's episode (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/75156-s10e05-good-grief/?tab=comments#comment-4780708). Co-creator Steve Levitan explained the death, saying: "We’re just trying to, at this point, put our characters through something new and interesting and challenging for us (http://ew.com/tv/2018/10/24/modern-family-death-good-grief-halloween-episode/)..."