"Modern Family's" Season 2 was a mixed but always entertaining mixed bag

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http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/0...year-in-review

"'Modern Family's' second season has been a mixed bag," says James Poniewozik, "but in retrospect its faults have not been that it's not funny, well-written or well-acted, but simply that it hasn't always challenged itself. Seeing the number of flashbacks and references to previous episodes, though–handled especially deftly through Luke's video editing–it's a reminder that this has remained a damn entertaining show that has built on its characters over the year, and given many members of a big cast room to shine."