Modern Family
I'm Going to Miss This
TV Flash files “I'm Going to Miss This” as hour 248 of 250 in the TV Flash guide — Modern Family (2009–2020) on ABC, season 11, episode 16, aired 2020-04-01, 31 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E16: listed hour 248 of 250 in the Modern Family guide, hour 16 of 18 in season 11. It aired 2020-04-01 (31 min). The listed hour before it is “Baby Steps” (S11E15). Next is “Finale Part 1” (S11E17).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mitchell is having a hard time letting go of his old life and Gloria steps in to help him say goodbye. Meanwhile, Haley, Luke and Alex decide to throw a party at the Dunphy house when Claire and Phil leave for a trip, and Dylan's mom takes the twins for the night.
Viewer FAQ
Where does I'm Going to Miss This sit in the Modern Family guide?
S11E16 is listed hour 248 of 250 — hour 16 of 18 in season 11, season 11 episode 16.
When did Modern Family S11E16 air?
I'm Going to Miss This aired 2020-04-01 and is listed at 31 minutes.
Do I need all eleven seasons of Modern Family?
It ran 2009–2020 as ABC's comedy flagship. The three-household mockumentary is clear from the premiere; later years are more of the blended-family machine.
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Why this series still plays
Talking-head confessionals, three households, and a joke speed that made ABC's comedy wing look current again. Modern Family swept Emmys on blended-family logistics: Phil Dunphy's dad Olympics, Gloria's comic voltage, and warmth that never parked the punchlines.
2009, ABC drops a three-household mockumentary into the comedy grid and **quickly sweeps the comedy Emmys** — late-decade launch that made the network's comedy wing look current again without waiting for a nostalgia panel to explain family sitcom. Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan braid marriages, kids, and cultural collisions through talking-head confessionals: Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell's Phil Dunphy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet. Warmth without losing joke speed. Phil…
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- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
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- Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
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- Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
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