FANS CAN CHAT LIVE WITH "SWITCHED AT BIRTH" STAR LUCAS GRABEEL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST

Burbank, CA (September 27, 2012) - On Monday, October 1st, fans can participate in a live blog party with Lucas Grabeel, star of ABC Family's hit original drama series "Switched At Birth," beginning at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET at www.abcfamily.com/switchedatbirth. Afterward, fans can tweet with Lucas at @MrGrabeel during the East Coast broadcast of the show at 5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET. Fans can ask questions by tweeting at Lucas's Twitter handle and including #SwitchedatBirth in their tweets.

In the October 1st episode, "The Declaration of Independence," Bay and Zarra (guest star Tania Raymonde) find themselves in a dangerous situation when they search for a tagger who's been painting over their street art. Meanwhile, Daphne gets mixed signals from Chef Jeff (guest star Justin Bruening) while helping out with the Carlton fundraiser.

"Switched at Birth" airs Mondays at 8pm ET/PT on ABC Family. The drama series is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss ("Blue Crush"), Paul Stupin ("Make It or Break It"), Becky Hartman Edwards ("Parenthood") and John Ziffren ("Melissa & Joey," "Make It or Break It"). The series stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez; Vanessa Marano ("Gilmore Girls") as Bay Kennish; Constance Marie ("George Lopez") as Regina Vasquez; D.W. Moffett ("Friday Night Lights") as John Kennish; Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City") as Kathryn Kennish; Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical") as Toby Kennish; and Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe with guest stars Gilles Marini ("Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars") as Angelo Sorrento and Marlee Matlin ("The West Wing") as Melody Bledsoe.

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