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MODERN FAMILY [EPISODE CHANGE]
Air Date: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#3ARG16) "Send Out the Clowns" (Repeat)
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TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN CLOWNS, REALTORS & PRITCHETTS, ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"

Tony Award-Winner Ellen Barkin ("The Big Easy," "Ocean's Thirteen") and Bobby Cannavale ("Will & Grace," "Third Watch") Guest Star

"Send Out the Clowns" - The funeral service for a beloved clown mentor reunites Cameron with his estranged ex-clown partner, Lewis (Bobby Cannavale); Phil is serious about landing a very important listing, only to get trumped by a notorious bulldozer of an agent, Verna Roth (Ellen Barkin); and Manny has a cool new friend, which makes both Jay and Gloria suspicious, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 3/14/12)

Note: This episode was originally scheduled for 9:31-10:00 p.m., ET.

"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 Ellen Barkin as Verna, Bobby Cannavale as Lewis, Dash Dobrofsky as Griffin, Jonathan Emerson as Stan Larkin, Nancy Linari as Patti Larkin, Guilford Adams as Chuckleberry, Chris Dollard as Bubbles, Gary Morgan as pallbearer no. 1 and Michael Heatherton as pallbearer no. 2.

"Send Out the Clowns" was written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman & Bill Wrubel, and directed by Steven Levitan.

"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)
Returns in Fall 2013 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/23/09 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
5 (??? 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