Modern Family Is Going to Kill a "Significant Character" in Season 10

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Modern Family is entering its tenth season, so what's left to do with the Pritchett and Dunphy clans? Kill one of them, apparently. Yes, death is coming to Modern Family. The ABC sitcom returns on Wednesday, Sept. 26 and this season somebody kicks the bucket.

"We're handling some bigger life events in this season," co-creator Christopher Lloyd told EW. "We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families have to deal with, and on television, it's not easy to do because that's a heavy subject. But at the same time, it would seem unusual for a family not to go through it."

And not just any death, Lloyd said it's a "significant character on the series," and the death will be a "moving event" and ripple effects will be felt for several episodes.

Death on TV is nothing new. The plot device is used regularly, whether it's in order to shake up the status quo and create drama and conflict, or when actor wants off a show.

https://www.eonline.com/news/968356/modern-family-is-going-to-kill-a-significant-character-in-season-10-but-who-can-it-really-be

[Shrike47]

1. Perhaps they will have him/her eaten by a shark while trying to jump over it on water skis?

[Zoonart]

3. LOL!

Yep.

[ghostsinthemachine]

2. Married With Children reboot

Says its Jay. I have no idea why anyone thinks a reboot is necessary, but that's the deal.

[stopbush]

4. My wife loves that series. I can't get past the horribly annoying theme "song."

Real garbage.

[dem4decades]

5. Haven't seen it is years but it used to make me laugh.

[underpants]

6. Great show. Ariel Winter has announced she's leaving the show

https://okmagazine.com/photos/ariel-winter-announces-departure-series/

[Blue_Adept]

9. She left Sofia the First

It does help to read the articles:

While it remains to be seen who will pass away on Modern Family, Ariel did in fact reveal that she has departed another show that the 20-year-old has been with for almost as much time as the ABC sitcom.

She discussed the end of Disney Channel's Sofia the First, where she played the show's titular star for 107 episodes between 2013 and 2018.

[underpants]

10. Interesting choice of word there

titular

[GeorgeGist]

7. Stupid stupid stupid.

Way to ruin the show.

[dhill926]

8. Show ran out of steam a few years ago.:.

this seems like an attempt to get folks watching again...