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WHEN PHIL'S LIFETIME SUPPLY OF RAZORS RUNS OUT RIGHT AROUND
THE SAME TIME HE HAS AN UNSETTLING DOCTOR'S VISIT, HE TAKES IT
AS A VERY BAD OMEN, ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"
Benjamin Bratt ("Private Practice," "Miss Congeniality") Returns as Javier Delgado,
And Philip Baker Hall ("Magnolia") Also Reprises His Role as Mr. Kleezak
"Lifetime Supply" - After having a doctor's visit but then missing the call with the test results, Phil automatically jumps to conclusions and starts saying his goodbyes. Meanwhile Javier pops up unannounced again and takes Manny to the horse races for a belated birthday celebration, and a subtle competition ensues when Mitchell brings home an environmental law award and it becomes a game of who has the bigger trophy, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/4/12)
"Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sof�a Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.
Guest cast for "Lifetime Supply" includes Benjamin Bratt as Javier, Philip Baker Hall as Walt, Don Lake as Dr. Sendroff and Steve Tom as Game Show Host.
"Lifetime Supply" was written by Jeffrey Richman and Bill Wrubel, and directed by Chris Koch.
"Modern Family" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.
For more information on "Modern Family," visit ABC.com/ModernFamily
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ADDITIONAL NOTES: renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's fifth) on 5/10/13
DESCRIPTION: (from ABC's press release, May 2013) ABC's groundbreaking and multiple Emmy Award-winning hit comedy series, "Modern Family," takes a modern and hilarious look at the complications that come with being a family today. Jay Pritchett, with his younger wife Gloria, her son Manny and their baby, sits as the patriarch of a large blended family that includes his grown daughter Claire, who has three kids of her own with her husband Phil, and a grown son Mitchell, who adopted a daughter from Vietnam with his gay life partner Cameron. These three families are unique unto themselves, and together they give us a window into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family. "Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Sofía Vergara as Gloria, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Ariel Winter as Alex, Nolan Gould as Luke, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily. The series is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Picador Productions and Steven Levitan Prods. Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd are the creators/executive producers. Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Abraham Higginbotham and Jeffrey Richman also serve as executive producers.