<P> Modern Family is an American family mockumentary comedy series that airs on ABC . It was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan . The show follows the family lives of Jay Pritchett ( Ed O'Neill ) , his daughter Claire Dunphy ( Julie Bowen ) , and his son Mitchell Pritchett ( Jesse Tyler Ferguson ) , who all live in Los Angeles . Claire is married to Phil Dunphy ( Ty Burrell ) . They have three children : Haley ( Sarah Hyland ) , Alex ( Ariel Winter ) and Luke ( Nolan Gould ) . Jay is married to a much younger Colombian woman , Gloria ( Sofía Vergara ) , and is helping her raise her teenage son , Manny ( Rico Rodriguez ) along with their new baby Fulgencio `` Joe '' Pritchett ( Jeremy Maguire ) . Mitchell and his husband Cameron Tucker ( Eric Stonestreet ) have an adopted Vietnamese child , Lily Tucker - Pritchett ( Aubrey Anderson - Emmons ) . The series premiered on September 23 , 2009 . The series has been renewed for two additional seasons , with 22 episodes each , bringing the total amount of episodes up to 232 . </P>
how many episodes are there in modern family
232