It's been a pretty decent day for comedy fans, what with Zooey Deschanel's New Girl being renewed for a third season, but now there's cause for celebration on this side of the water as Sky 1's just revealed when Modern Family will be back on our screens.

I'm a huge fans of the Emmy winning series, so it's great to hear it'll be returning to its 8pm time slot from March 29th. Give me the Dunphys and Prtichetts any night of the week and I'm more than happy! When the gang return to our screens we'll be joining them for a very special New Year's Eve celebration at a Palm Springs hotel, where they'll be joined by Lando Calrissian himself, Mr Billy Dee Williams. Eeeeek!

Speaking of new faces, season four will see the arrival of Gloria's family, int he form of her mum Pilar and her sister, Sonia. Here's hoping the apple has fallen right beside the tree!

In other news, The Middle, which I really don't find all that funny lads, will be back on March 29th at 7.30pm. It's a bit like a tame Malcolm In The Middle, and that small child is rather like Dewey. Go back to your janitor's closet please Neil Flynn from Scrubs. You were so much funnier back then.