‘Modern Family’ is a show that has been consistently recognized as one of the best sitcoms of all time. The ABC show has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award 82 times! Moreover, it has gone on to win 22 of those awards.
The show revolves around members of a large, complicated family comprising of three smaller nuclear families.
Modern Family Filming Locations
While the quality writing of ‘Modern Family’ keeps the sitcom fresh, most of the show’s action takes place in multiple, recurring locations. These locations are generally the characters’ houses and a large chunk of the series is set there. This should not be surprising at all given the fact that the show is a sitcom and chronicles the routine conflicts of the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker family.
Los Angeles, California
‘Modern Family’ is almost entirely shot in the suburbs of Most of the show’s interior scenes are filmed on soundstages at the Formerly called the 20th Century Fox Studios, it was renamed by Disney after its acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
While most of the interior filming of ‘Modern Family’ takes place at 20th Century Studios, the exterior shots of the characters’ houses are filmed at actual properties in Los Angeles, California. We are sure that this is the information that you are most interested in.
To begin with, the Dunphys stay in a conventional, suburban home. The family of five consists of the head of the family, Phil, his wife Claire and their children, Alex, Haley and Luke.
The place where the exterior shots of their house are filmed is actually located on The house is two storeys high and is located just two miles away from 20th Century Studios. This proximity would have surely factored into the selection of the location.
"Modern Family" house in L.A. is up for sale. (Phil, Claire, and the kids not included.)
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Close to the Dunphy home, is the duplex that Mitchell and Cam are shown living in. The actual place where the exterior shots of the homosexual couple’s house are shot is located on As its street address suggests, the house is located a walk away from 20th Century Studios.
The actual house consists of four bedrooms and two bathrooms. Moreover, its estimated worth is $1.3 million.
Did some stalking while in LA lol we found Mitch & Cam's house from Modern Family!
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Furthermore, the prettiest house on the show certainly belongs to the head of the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker family, Jay. He stays with his dog, second wife and step-son. The house is depicted to have a pool and is quite spacious and elegantly designed.
In reality, the house is much bigger as an entire wing of the mansion is not shown on ‘Modern Family.’ The actual place where exterior shots of Jay’s mansion are filmed is located on The house has 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms and sprawls over 6,359 square feet. It is estimated to be worth more than $8 million.
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Apart from the houses, the show also makes use of several other locations in Los Angeles, California. However, these places are usually episode-specific and hardly reappear.
However, the football field where Cam often coaches his school football team has appeared multiple times. The actual place where the filming of these scenes takes place is the football field of the
Some of the other locations that have been made use of for filming ‘Modern Family’ include
Moreover, filming for the show has also been carried out at
Other Locations
Apart from filming in California, the show’s crew has also traveled to multiple places for filming the sitcom. This generally happens when a particular episode demands scenes to be filmed in a location outside California. This is usually seen when the family goes out of station on a vacation or for some other purpose.
Most recently, in the fifteenth episode of the eleventh season the family is seen going to Paris as Jay has to accept a lifetime achievement award there. Scenes set in the French capital have actually been filmed in
Other than that, the show has also been filmed at the Filming at the resort was carried out for the twenty-third episode of the first season where the family goes to Hawaii to celebrate Jay’s birthday. Moreover, filming was also conducted at for an episode in the third season.
Moreover, in the third season premiere, the family is seen traveling to Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Filming for the episode took place at
Moreover, for the episode titled ‘Crocodile Dunphy’ in the fifth season, filming was carried out in Australia. Down under, filming took place at the and in The iconic was also filmed.
Good morning from Hayman Island! Scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef for "work" today.
— Nolan Gould (@Nolan_Gould) February 25, 2014
