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MODERN FAMILY
Air Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-9:31 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#813) "Basketball"
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IT'S NOT ALWAYS A SLAM DUNK, ON ABC'S 'MODERN FAMILY'

NBA Stars Charles Barkley and DeAndre Jordan, Along With Jane Krakowski and Nathan Fillion, Guest-Star

"Basketball" - After choking at last year's charity basketball game, Phil has been training all year to redeem himself. However, when NBA stars Charles Barkley and DeAndre Jordan attend the game and start making bets, Phil tries to not buckle under the pressure. Meanwhile, Gloria has to step-up at Manny's school when her nemesis, Donna Duncan (Jane Krakowski), tries to shame her for her lack of support at the school. Finally, Claire does whatever it takes to keep a work mistake secret from Jay, while Jay's concerned that Joe doesn't have a healthy fear of him at all, on "Modern Family," airing WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network.

"Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett, Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker, Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy, Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy, Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy, Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett and Jeremy Maguire as Joe Pritchett. Charles Barkley as himself, DeAndre Jordan as Himself, Jane Krakowski as Donna Duncan, Nathan Filion as Rainer Shine, Joe Mande as Ben and Sarah Baker as Shirl Chambers guest-star.

"Basketball" was written by Elaine Ko and directed by Jim Hensz.

"Modern Family" is broadcasted in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound.

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