"Modern Family" airs on Wednesdays on ABC. "Modern Family" follows what you think is three different families: an older man who has recently married a younger woman and adopted her son, a family with three kids, and a gay couple who have recently adopted a baby girl from Vietnam. I thought the show was great. I was laughing the whole time. One family followed is a mom named Claire, her husband, and three kids. She deals with her teenage daughter who is bringing a boy over for the first time. It brought a lot of laughs, especially when her mom races her daughter to answer the front door and then tries to nonchalantly burst in on her daughter and the boy. My only thought was "What mother lets their 15-year-old daughter have a boy in their room with the door closed?" Maybe it does happen, but not a lot. Claire's husband, meanwhile, tries to act like the cool dad and is very lenient on the kids. He tries to act like he knows all the current trends, but just ends up embarrassing his kids.
Jay Pritchett is an older man who recently married a younger woman named Gloria and adopted her son, Manny. My favorite part was when Jay and Gloria were at Manny's soccer game and someone asked if Jay was Gloria's father. The whole plotline around this storyline involves the age difference between Jay and Gloria and the antics of Manny. Jay sees things different from Gloria, since he is so much older than her and toward the end of the episode he tries to look younger by dressing in baggy clothes. Meanwhile, Manny is trying to woo an older girl while getting differing advice from Jay and Gloria.
Mitchell and Cameron are a gay couple who have just adopted a baby from Vietnam. They were just really entertaining together. For example, when they were on the plane back from Vietnam, a woman says " Oh, look at that baby with those creampuffs." Mitchell stands up and gives a whole speech about how gay men aren't creampuffs, but Cameron nudges him and shows the baby holding creampuff pastries. The big thing is that Mitchell hasn't told his family that they adopted a baby. When Mitchell's family shows up for dinner, Claire and Jay's families walk in the door. I guess I should have suspected that they were one big family, but I totally did not. When the families finally come together, you see that no matter how different they are, they really love each other. They are a really close family who enjoy each other's company no matter what their individual lives are like.
"Cougar Town" was a show that I wasn't sure I would enjoy. I ended up really enjoying it though. I thought it was hysterical. Courtney Cox-Arquette portrays a newly divorced woman named Jules Cobb, who is taking care of her teenage son. She is dealing with her younger co-worker who is trying to get her to start dating again, but is taking her to places with younger men. It is hilarious when she actually hooks up with a younger man and then her co-worker puts up signs for Jules' real estate business with a suggestive picture of Jules. Jules' son is embarrassed by the fact that his mom is out dating younger men and by the fact that guys he goes to school with are stealing his mom's real estate signs. I really feel bad for him, especially when his dad also comes into the picture and gets a job at his high school. Jules also wonders why it is so easy for her neighbor to get younger women when it is so hard for her to date. I am thinking "Possible couple in the future?" Who knows, but I am going to tune it to find out.
I thought both "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" were highly entertaining. I suggest you tune in or set your DVR because I think these ones are here to stay for a while.
Also, here's a great article that I found on both shows from Entertainment Weekly.
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