What Ty Burrell (Phil Dunphy) Has Been Up To Since Modern Family Ended

Ty Burrell made a conscious decision to spend less time on screen following his last appearance as Phil Dunphy on "Modern Family." The impetus for this choice had to do with developments within the actor's off-screen household, which he commented on even before the show concluded. As he explained to Haute Living, Burrell planned to focus on something else when his run on "Modern Family" ended: His wife Holly and their two daughters.

Referencing his stint as executive producer on the mini-series "Boondoggle," he said, "Honestly, I've been taking my lumps as a producer and really enjoying learning how to do that. I think I'm not really willing to travel very much anymore, or miss too many dinners away from my kids." When the subject of future acting assignments came up, Burrell added that he'd be most open to "something like another television show, where it was close to home and I knew the hours were going to allow me to be around the way that ['Modern Family'] has."

So while audiences may be eager for a future encounter with a character as hilariously clueless as Burrell's Phil on "Modern Family," the truth is they may have a long wait ahead of them. Still, if anyone deserves to take a little me-time, it's long-suffering family man Phil Dunphy.