Modern Family wins Best Comedy Series for the 5th year in a row

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last updated 8 January 2015

For the fifth consecutive year, Modern Family took home the Best Comedy Series Emmy Award.

Executive producer and co-creator Steven Levitan shared a personal anecdote about his daughter that sounded suspiciously like something Lily would say — after telling her dad she was excited to know what he did for a living, she told her mother, "It's a wonder we have a roof over our heads" — and then started thanking people.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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