Disney-owned ABC TV has handed full-season pickups to the single-camera half-hour situation comedies "Modern Family," "Cougar Town" and "The Middle." 
The 'mockumentary' "Modern Family" debuting September 23, 2009 was created by Christopher Lloyd/Steven Levitan, produced by Fox Television Studios.
Premise follows the families of 'Jay Pritchett' (Ed "Married With Children" O'Neill), his daughter 'Claire Dunphy' (Julie Bowen) and his son 'Mitchell Pritchett' (Jesse Tyler Ferguson).
Claire is a homemaker mom in a traditional family, Jay is married to a younger woman, raising a pre-teen stepson, while gay Mitchell and his partner adopt an Asian baby.
"Cougar Town", also premiering September 23, focuses on a recently divorced woman (Courteney Cox) who re-enters the 'dating scene', embarking on a journey to self-discovery surrounded by fellow divorcees.
Created by Bill Lawrence/Kevin Biegel, produced by Coquette Productions, in association with ABC Studios, broadcast of the "Cougar Town" pilot garnered 11.28 million viewers.
"The Middle" premiered September 30, starring actress Patricia Heaton as a middle-class, Midwestern mother of three.
"...'Frankie' and her husband 'Mike' have lived in Indiana their whole lives. Mike is a manager at the town quarry and has a sarcastic streak and tendency towards brutal honesty. Frankie is the third-best used car salesman at the local dealership. She may not be a high-powered career woman, but when it comes to her family, she'll go to just about any length. With kids like hers, she often needs to. 'Axl', her semi-nudist teenage son was conceived with 'Guns N' Roses' playing a significant role, 'Sue', the awkward teenage daughter fails at everything she attempts with great gusto and seven year old son 'Brick' counts his backpack as his best friend..."
