ABC Greenlights 'MODERN FAMILY' Featuring Jesse Tyler Ferguson

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Broadway star Jesse Tyler Ferguson - who originated the role of Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - has reason to celebrate as the new comedy pilot he is featured in, "Modern Family", has been given a 13-episode order from ABC.

The comedy "Modern Family" on Thursday became the first ABC pilot to get a series order for next season.

The Ensemble cast also includes Ed O'Neill and current CHICAGO 'Mama Morton', Sofia Vergara.

Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd's docu-style single-camera comedy "Family," from 20th TV, reports HR "revolves around three families: one comprised of a working dad, stay-at-home mom and two kids; another that includes a 60-year-old man who becomes a stepfather after marrying a Latina who is 30 years his junior; and the third, a gay couple who have just adopted a Vietnamese baby".

Ferguson plays one of the gay dads. For more info click here.

Ferguson's other credits include On the Town, Little Fish and the Actors' Fund concert of On the Twentieth Century. He was also featured on the sitcom "The Class" and has appeared on "Ugly Betty".