Modern Family’s Steven Levitan Set for MIPTV Keynote, Q&A with Anna Carugati

PARIS: Modern Family co-creator and executive producer Steven Levitan is to keynote at MIPTV and will be taking part in a conversation with World Screen's Anna Carugati.

Levitan has been making TV comedies for more than 20 years. His credits include Wings, Frasier, The Larry Sanders Show, Just Shoot Me and Greg the Bunny.

He will address the MIPTV delegation on Monday, April 13, at 11:30 a.m. Levitan will focus on the success of Modern Family, how the show has managed to continue being so successful both in the U.S. and worldwide for so many years, and how it is now traveling as a scripted format.

This will be followed by the Comedy Masterclass: A Serious Savoir-Faire on Monday at 12:10 p.m. Panelists confirmed are Joe Lewis, the head of comedy at Amazon Studios; Jill Offman, the managing director of Comedy Central UK and senior VP of comedy at Viacom International Media Networks; and Ash Atalla, the managing director and executive producer at Roughcut Television (The IT Crowd, The Office).

These two comedy sessions are part of drama at MIPTV, a two-day track split into showcases from producers and broadcasters, off-stage events and matchmaking sessions, as well as international screenings.

Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, said: “Drama and scripted format keep booming, with ever-increasing demand for original and ground-breaking concepts. Bold and innovative scripted series, especially comedies, strongly appeal to the Millennials. Drama at MIPTV aims to explore how original creations allow broadcasters and producers to stand out from the crowd, how they can promote their creative value and seize new business opportunities.”