Bayan haka, sun fara aiki a kan ra'ayin da za a iya lura da iyali a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo. Daga baya sun yanke shawarar cewa zai iya zama wani wasan kwaikwayo game da iyalai uku da kuma abubuwan da suka samu. An kira shi My American Family, kuma ma'aikatan kamara sun kasance da farko sun kasance masu jagorancin wani dan wasan kwaikwayo na Dutch mai suna Geert Floortje wanda ya zauna tare da iyalin Jay a matsayin dalibi mai musayar matasa kuma ya ci gaba da sha'awar Claire (yayin da Mitchell ya sha'awar shi). Masu samarwa daga baya sun ji cewa wannan bangaren ba shi da mahimmanci, kuma an soke shi. Yanzu Lloyd ya fi son kallon wasan kwaikwayon a matsayin "a nuna wasan kwaikwayon na iyali".
Shekarar 2009