Saturday Night Live (abbreviated as SNL) is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show.

新的一季里，刚过完65岁生日的杰（艾德·奥尼尔 Ed O'Neill 饰）和娇妻格劳丽亚（索菲娅·维加拉 Sofía Vergara 饰）迎来了新生命的孕育。杰烦恼着孩子的性别，他的继子曼尼则暗自为自己可能受到冷落不安。克莱尔（朱丽·鲍温 Julie Bowen 饰）和丈夫菲尔（泰·布利尔 Ty Burrell 饰）依依不舍的将大女儿海莉送入了大学，眼看二女儿艾丽克斯和小儿子卢克也即将长大成人，夫妻俩开始规划数年后的二人世界生活。米切尔（杰西·泰勒·弗格森 Jesse Tyler Ferguson 饰）和同性爱人卡梅隆（艾瑞克·斯通斯崔特 Eric Stonestreet 饰）也将养女莉莉送到了幼儿园，他们买了一只猫陪伴莉莉，一直赋闲在家的卡梅隆也终于得以回到自己钟爱的工作岗位。 温馨大家庭的影像记录故事已经来到了第四季。伴随着三个家庭点滴的成长与变化，相信这部剧集还将走得更远。

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.