Modern Family's New Episode on a Laptop Hints at TV's Future — wired.com

If you watch next week’s episode of Modern Family online, things will get a little weird. You see, the entire episode takes place on Claire’s MacBook Pro, so watching its constantly popping FaceTimes and iMessages on your laptop might make it all feel a little too real. (And if mom tries to Skype in while you’re watching, it might feel like the singularity is near.) But as more and more of our lives go online, more and more of our entertainment will reflect that by telling stories through the devices their characters carry—and having a hit ABC dramedy get in on the action proves such storytelling is peaking.

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