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MODERN FAMILY
Air Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#3ARG21) "The Last Walt" (Repeat)
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CAMERON'S DAD IS VISITING FROM THE FARM, AND WHEN JAY COMES OVER, IT'S TWO MANLY MEN SQUARING OFF, ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"

Barry Corbin ("Dallas," "The Closer") Guest Stars as Merle Tucker

"The Last Walt" - Claire delicately helps Luke cope with the fact that his friend and their old neighbor, Walt, has passed. Phil takes Alex for some father-daughter bonding time, and Haley throws an unauthorized party. Meanwhile, Jay and Gloria go over to Mitch and Cam's to have dinner with Cam's father, Merle, who is in town visiting -- and awkwardness and tension seem to be the rule of the night -- on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 4/18/12)

"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 includes Barry Corbin as Merle Tucker, Rachael Marie as Gabby, Chip Sickler as Patron, Julian Works as Sam, Mandy McMillian as Francine, Stacey Travis as Kim and Malcolm Foster Smith as Isaac.

"The Last Walt" was written by Dan O'Shannon, Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, and directed by Michael Spiller.

"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,D,L parental guideline.

For more information on "Modern Family," visit ABC.com/ModernFamily

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MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/23/09 - ???
STATUS:
currently airing (spring 2013)
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (24 episodes)
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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.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy
· Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily
· Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
· Eric Stonestreet as Cameron
· Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
· Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
· Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy
· Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado
· Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy
· Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
· Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
CREW INFORMATION:
· Christopher Lloyd as WRTR (Pilot)
· Jason Winer as DIR (Pilot)
· Steven Levitan as WRTR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Lloyd-Levitan Productions