'Modern Family' trivia and fun facts

At one point, the creators discussed having the show animated because they were concerned it wasn't going to appeal to children.

The concept of the serie was influenced by the French mockumentary serie "Fais pas ci, fais pas ça" created in 2007.

Rob Huebel turned down the role of Phil Dunphy and in later interviews expressed regret over this decision. He would later go on to appear as a nemesis of Phil.

Sarah Hyland has had two of her boyfriends appear on the show, and they both have played Alex's (Ariel Winter) love interest. Hyland's boyfriend at the time, Matt Prokop appeared in the third season and her current boyfriend, Dominic Sherwood appears in the seventh season.

All the actors made a pact since season 1 to always submit themselves to the awards as Supporting actor/actress, never Leading.

The only non-family member that appears in every season is Dylan.

For the first two seasons, Cam and Mitchell's daughter, Lily, is played by a set of twin girls named Ella Hiller and Jaden Hiller. They are not given an on-screen credit.

While still living in her native Colombia, Sofía Vergara used to watch the Spanish-dubbed version of Matrimonio con hijos (1987) featuring her co-star-to-be Ed O'Neill. After she landed the role as Ed's wife Gloria on Modern Family, she was disappointed to learn that Ed spoke no Spanish.

The first ABC series to win the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 22 years since 'The Wonder Years'.