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Ty Burrell Sells Sitcom to ABC

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Modern Family star Ty Burrell and his brother Duncan have sold a sitcom inspired by their lives to ABC. According to Deadline, the show is about two families who run the only store in a small town in Oregon. (The Burrells indeed ran a store in Applegate, Oregon, for many years.) Man, ABC really loves a family-set sitcom — of its eight current comedies, six are family shows.

Ty Burrell Sells Sitcom to ABC