Introduction: In 2009, ABC aired the first episode of Modern Family, a show about three families who are all related. The show has since become a huge success as audiences find pleasure in watching the characters face daily trials and tribulations. Each episode is half an hour long and takes place in a California suburb. The producer focuses the plot on a specific controversial issue that the characters are forced to confront and deal with, as well as resolve and give their reactions before the end of the show. For the purposes of this analysis a narrative methodological approach will be used. Narrative methodological criticism is effective because mass-mediated stories play a central role in how society understands itself, other people with whom it has contact, as well as the rest of the world and beyond. Through the analysis of a specific episode of Modern Family the use of elements from narrative methodologies will be used in the form of a semiotic-structuralist vision and a visual approach, to argue that the show is popular among many different audiences a because of the producer's ability to use stories as a way to build their understanding of themselves and their lives, their surroundings, and even worlds outside of their direct experiences. The examples from the episode will serve as a representation of the entire series and will be used to show how the audience is able to take that understood world and apply it as a guide to their own worlds. The visual narrative concepts used are color, framing, icons, and interactions of/with others. From the semiotic-structural analysis concepts such as time discourse, narrative… middle of the paper… in the middle along that spectrum, are still familiar and what it means for each person is different. The show goes against many of the beliefs and values ​​that society deems conventional, however this is what truly makes the families depicted different from many others on the air. The audience is attracted to the show due to the fact that the characters face real-life problems and work on them, sending the comforting message to the audience that they too will overcome whatever life throws at them. All this analysis was represented through the use of narrative methodologies with the help of the structuralist theory of internal balance. Works Cited Lloyd, Christopher, dir. "Coal prospector." Modern family. ABC: October 21, 2009. Television Vande Berg, L., L. Wenner, and B. Gronbeck. Critical approaches to television. 2. Allyn & Bacon, Inc., 2004. 56-201. press.