As Modern Family ended its phenomenal 11-season run, fans wondered: What will become of the beloved couple Mitch and Cam?
As played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, the couple helped usher in a new level of visibility and acceptance for ordinary families. The couple adopted baby Lily from Vietnam and, in season four, cat Larry after they failed to adopt a second child. The couple, with their opposite personalities creating hilarious disagreements but a strong sense of loyalty, were deeply integrated into an extended cast of friends and family in a way TV had not seen before.
Now series co-creators Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd say that while a new show is not in active development, a spinoff revolving around the couple could actually happen.
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“I think that there are a couple of writers who are thinking about well, is there a Mitch and Cam spin-off, but they’re literally just thinking about it,” Levitan told Deadline, careful to emphasize that the show is not in active development. “They’re using this time that we have now to think about it, if there’s something there. I’m not driving this but I’m a huge fan of Jesse and Eric, and those characters are of course near and dear to me, and I certainly think that they’re strong enough to carry a show. For me, I really felt that what I needed creatively was to work on something new after working on Modern Family for 12 years and pretty much exclusively.”
“It does present a possibility for us,” Lloyd added. “Will that happen? I’m not sure but we would be probably dumb to not explore it. However, doing a spin-off is fraught in a lot of ways and we won’t do it unless we feel confident there’s something there, I don’t want to say it’s a long shot, it’s under discussion but we’ll see. We don’t want to jump into something like that, particularly because Modern Family is a tough act to follow, but that is a possibility.”
The finale of Modern Family aired April 8, and saw Mitch & Cam move their family to Missouri.
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I was pretty satisfied with the finale…….Not exactly sure all Mitch/Cam all the time would not be too much. The show still had good ratings and it didn’t seem anyone was looking to leave a cushy paycheck. Why even bother to end in the first place?
All the characters were perfectly cast in the beginning and they all aged and grew up perfectly into their roles
On many occasions we would be watching the show a friend’s house. His father who to put it politely actually didn’t approve of Gay marriage. After watching Cam and Mitchell, he commented “you guys drive each other crazy also just like me and my wife”. ?
Nolan Gould grew crazy hot. After seeing openly out and proud Reid Ewing in his boxers, it’s hard to believe that he had body dysmorphia and thought he was very unattractive and ugly….
Thanks for 11 years of great entertainment…
Cam
So the most offensive stereotype on TV would get his own show? Ugh, Mitch is fine, but Jeez. I’d rather have a show with Claire and Phil.
Jim A
Mitch and Cam were the best thing about Modern Family in the same way that Karen and Jack had the best parts in Will and Grace, but the two men are FAR less caustic.
Sounds like a winner to me.
sfhairy
FFS, let it go. We don’t need a spin-off.
dinard38
Amen to that. I loved the show, but they should have ended the show two seasons ago. I continued to watch until the end because I’ve been there from the beginning, but the last two seasons have not been that funny; actually it was almost unbearable to watch. The show had a good run, now it’s time to move on. I like Cam and Mitch, but I don’t see those characters leading a show.
Prax07
I hated Mitch & Cam when I first started watching a few years ago, but I kinda grew to really like them. Hope a spin-off happens since there’s really nothing else I look forward to on tv like I looked forward to Modern Family each week. It’s just a happy TV show, which we really need more of today.
jackscott
Please, NO! I can’t stand the Cam character. In addition, I can’t even imagine what it would be like to see these down south and I have no desire to find out!
Ricanthony
I will miss The hell out of this show. But, please, no spin offs.
chase_boston
the “success” of the show is worry some on so many different levels, not only for the obvious stereotype but this neutered version and incredible illogical combination of the two that some how the public has fallen in love with. Yes, I want you to imagine these two having sex. Who is that public ?
Toofie
So you can picture Gloria and Jay having sex?
Prax07
Umm why does anyone need to imagine Any popular fictional tv couple having sex? Fred & Ethel? Hyacinth & Richard? Dorothy & Stan? Sex, sex appeal doesn’t matter when they’re written right and funny. Do you imagine your parents having sex for that couple to work for you? Or your grandparents? Sex isn’t everything in tv that works.
chase_boston
both my parents where both highly sexual, I had a threesome with them, now talk to your Freud. (kidding about the threesome)
Joshooeerr
Eric Stonestreet’s flaming turn as Cam is one of the most offensive examples of a straight guy essaying a condescending two-dimensional gay stereotype in film/television history. Please consign him to history.
Jerry
It was funny, cam was funny, stop sayIng stereotype… there are all kinds of gay people and some are just like the character Cam. It did good.
Cam
Sorry, but no, his character was over the top and insulting, combine that with the fact that they refused to let the couple show affection until the show got boycotted, and then in an interview the actor playing Cam said that gays should be happy that the show was even representing them.
Additionally, the other couples liked each other, where in almost every episode Cam and Mitch acted like enemies. i.e. Mitchell would get attention for something and Cam would become enraged he wasn’t the center of attention.
Ugh,
Josh447
I watched the show one time only as I found the atypical faye swishy stereotype repulsive demeaning and has been way overdone en mass. Was over it long ago. No to a spin off.
dinard38
@Jerry I find it hilarious when I read all of these comments about Cam’s character being offensive and over the top. I’ve come across so many gay dudes that act just like Cam. They’re just upset that it was a straight actor playing this over the top character. I doubt they would have had the same reaction if it was a gay actor playing that role.