The new “Lily”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 12th, 2011

The producers of the hit NBC sitcom Modern Family have re-cast “Lily.” (If you watch the show, you know that Lily Tucker-Pritchett is the daughter of gay couple Cam and Mitchell. They adopted the Vietnamese orphan, who was originally played by Jayden and Ella Hiller, and she appeared in the show’s pilot.)

The new “Lily,” according to Entertainment Weekly, is Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, daughter of comedian Amy Anderson and entrepreneur Kent Emmons. The new cast member is being introduced with great fanfare– check out the photo spread in EW’s hard copy when you’re in the checkout at the grocery store this week– by series creator Steve Levitan.

We hung out with Anderson last week at the Improv here in Vegas (along with Wendy Liebman and Jodi Borello). Emmons is an entrepreneur who presides over a comedy radio empire– he’s the “inventor” of the all-comedy/24/7 radio format– who we’ve had the pleasure to have met at a JFL or two.

Congratulations to both of them. (And if the tot turns out to be the next Olsen Twins– as some in the chat rooms and comments are speculating– then mega-congratulations to both of them, as Aubrey will preside over a $100 million-dollar pile of cash… or maybe just $50 million, since there’s only one of her.)

The Female Half told Anderson, “I hope the series runs on for so long that one day you can play Lily!”

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