Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I a Christopher Lloyd raua ko Steven Levitan e whakaatu ana i nga korero mo o raua whanau, i mohio raua ko nga korero ka taea te kaupapa mo te whakaaturanga. I tīmata rātau ki te mahi i te whakaaro o tētahi whānau e mātakitaki ana i roto i tētahi whakaaturanga whakaari-whakaari. Kātahi anō ka whakatau rātau ka taea te whakaatu i tētahi whakaaturanga e pā ana ki ngā whānau tokotoru me ō rātau wheako. I huaina i te timatanga Ko taku whanau Amerika, ana ko te roopu kaamera i whakahaeretia i te timatanga e tetahi kaihanga kiriata Dutch pakiwaitara ko Geert Floortje i noho tahi me te whanau a Jay hei akonga whakawhiti taiohi ka tipu te aroha ki a Claire (i te wa i aroha a Mitchell ki a ia). I whakaaro nga kaihanga i muri mai kaore i hiahiatia tenei waahanga, a ka whakakorea. Kei te hiahia a Lloyd inaianei ki te titiro ki te whakaaturanga hei "whakaaturanga whanau i mahia i te momo tuhinga".I tukuna e Lloyd raua ko Levitan te raupapa ki CBS, NBC, me ABC (kaore i tukuna e raatau ki Fox na nga take i pa ki te whatunga mo te raupapa komihana o mua, Hoki ki a koe, i hangaia e Lloyd raua ko Levitan me te whakaputa). Ko te CBS, kaore i rite ki te whakapau kaha ki te momo kamera kotahi o te kiriata, i paopao i te raupapa. Ko te NBC, e whakaatu ana i te Tari me te Parks and Recreation, i whakatau ki te tango i tetahi whakaaturanga tuatoru mockumentary-style. I whakaae a ABC ki te pitch. I whakamatautauria te waahanga paerata ki nga roopu arotahi, i hua ai te raupapa o te raupapa 13 me te taapiri atu ki te rarangi hinga 2009<unk>10 i mua o te panui a te ABC. I whakawhiwhia te raupapa ki te kohinga katoa i te Oketopa 2009.  Pātai: I tehea tau i whakaaetia ai e ABC te whakaaturanga mō tētahi tau?
Ko te tau 2009