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...what, if any, is the difference between “Modern Family?? and “Parenthood?” After all, you only need to watch a single ad for each to know that their fundamental plot similarity is striking: both series follow multiple generations of one family...
...fact, “Parenthood” would have premiered on the same night as “Modern Family??—September 23 of last year—if actress Maura Tierney’s breast cancer diagnosis hadn’t delayed its debut until March 2. Ed O’Neill and Craig T. Nelson, the shows’ respective patriarchs, even vaguely resemble one another. However, by straining to be emotionally hard-hitting, “Parenthood” falls flat...
...Modern Family?? is a twenty-two minute mockumentary-style sitcom that follows three arms of the same family. There’s Jay (Ed O’Neill), remarried to a much younger Colombian beauty, Gloria (Sofía Vergara), with a sensitive preteen son; his daughter Claire (Julie Bowen), a stay-at-home mom with three kids and a well-meaning man-child husband, Phil (Ty Burrell); and his son Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), a gay man who has just adopted a Vietnamese baby with his partner Cameron (Eric Stonestreet...
...sense, it’s an easier task for a quirky half-hour comedy like “Modern Family?? to fulfill its potential than for “Parenthood,” a longer and more dramatic program with lofty ambitions...
...Parenthood” is a well-made show. I’d have to say that, in spite of its flaws, I really like it. The subplots are consistent (if unoriginal), the dialogue is snappy, and the show is downright cinematic in terms of visual appeal—the family??s Berkeley, California home slaps a relaxed hippie veneer on Nancy Meyers upper-middle-class opulence...