For a long time, 'Modern Family' was my favourite show on TV. I would watch an episode and it would crack me up. Each of the characters was hilarious in their own way, and the situations that they were in always made for good viewing. Seasons 1-6 are some of my favourite TV comedy, and season 7 is good enough. From that point onwards it just gets so boring.

Maybe it's just the actual passage of time rather than the material going stale. As the show has gone on new characters have been born and the children have grown up. In the more recent seasons all of the characters that were children when the show started airing have just become insufferable. Lily has become an annoying hormonal teenager, Alex is an bad, Manny is irritating and both Luke and Haley are dull.

The remainder of other characters have largely stayed the same, but on their own they cannot right the ship. Phil is consistently the most entertaining character, and everyone else is fine. I would argue that the show has grown stale because audiences have grown tired of seeing these same characters over and over again. The jokes just don't land like they used to.

While we're here, can we mention the tease of a 'main character's death' that turned out to be a complete and utter waste of time. Now credit where credit is due: season 10 does mark something of an improvement over the previous season. That's hardly an achievement, but it's better than nothing.

The later seasons have killed the series for me. I cannot be bothered to watch anymore. But don't let the negativity of this review deceive you, I really did enjoy this show for a while, but everything after season 7 isn't worth anyone's time.