Introduction: In 2009, ABC aired the first episode of Modern Family, a show about three related families. Since then, the series has become a huge hit as audiences enjoy watching the characters face daily trials and tribulations. Each episode is half an hour long and takes place in a Californian suburb. The producer centers the plot on a specific controversial issue in which the characters are forced to confront and deal with, as well as resolve and give their reactions before the end of the series. For the purposes of this analysis, a narrative methodological approach will be used. Narrative methodological criticism is effective because mass media stories play a central role in how society understands itself, other people with whom it comes into 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 as well as a visual approach, to argue that the show is popular with many different types of audiences due to the producer's ability to use stories as a means of constructing their understanding of themselves and their lives, their immediate surroundings, and even worlds outside their direct experiences. The examples from the episode will serve as a representation for the entire series and will be used to help show how the audience is able to take this understood world and apply it as a guide in their own world. The visual story concepts used are color, framing, icons and interactions of/with others. According to semiotic-structural analysis, concepts such as time discourse, narrative...... middle of paper...... between the two along this spectrum, they are always a family and what that means to each person is different. The show goes against many beliefs and values ​​that society considers conventional, but that's what really makes the families depicted different from many others on air. Audiences are drawn to the series because the characters face and work on real-life issues, which sends a heartwarming message to the audience that they too will overcome whatever life throws at them. All of this analysis has been described through the use of narrative methodologies with the help of the structuralist theory of internal balance.Works CitedLloyd, Christopher, dir. “Coal digger.” Modern family. ABC: October 21, 2009. TelevisionVande Berg, L., L. Wenner and B. Gronbeck. Critical approaches to television. 2. Allyn & Bacon, Inc., 2004. 56-201. print.