Jordin Althaus/ABC Ty Burrell, left, and Nolan Gould in a scene from “Modern Family.â€In 2009 Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd bet they could freshen the musty old family sitcom genre with a looser, mockumentary shooting style and broader, more inclusive ideas about what comprises a family.
They were correct, to put it mildly. “Modern Family†made its debut that year to critical huzzahs and has become one of the most popular sitcoms on television as well as the most acclaimed. It has been named the top comedy at the Emmy Awards for three years running, and several of its adult cast members have won acting statues of their own.
Mr. Levitan and Mr. Lloyd, the show's co-creators, are taking your questions about the show. They have credited their own families and an awkward writing staff - their description - for inspiring enough domestic high jinks to fill 20-plus episodes each season, but acknowledge that the possibility of running out of silly-yet-resonant stories “keeps me awake at night,†Mr. Levitan said in an interview last summer.
What else frightens or inspires them as they create “Modern Family� Here's your chance to find out - please post your questions about the show in the comments below. We'll pose some of them to Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Levitan and post their answers here at a later date.
