ABC FAMILY PROMISES LOTS OF HALLOWEEN FUN WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES OF "MELISSA & JOEY" AND "BABY DADDY," AIRING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, STARTING AT 8PM ET/PT

Burbank, CA - (October 9, 2014) - No Halloween is complete without teenage witches, talking cat costumes and a little bit of jail time on all-new episodes of "Melissa & Joey" and "Baby Daddy," airing Wednesday, October 22, 2014 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).

"Melissa & Joey" (8PM-8:30PM ET/PT) - In "Witch Came First," directed by Melissa Joan Hart, Mel's doctor (guest star Beth Broderick, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch") drops by on Halloween to convince Mel she was once a teenage witch and needs to battle the evil Dark Lord. At first Mel and Joe don't believe her, but then Joe's Halloween robot Scary Larry comes to life, and Mel accidentally turns Lennox into a cat.

"Melissa & Joey" stars Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler and Nick Robinson, and is executive-produced by Bob Young & David Kendall, Paula Hart, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence.

"Baby Daddy" (8:30PM-9:00PM ET/PT) - In "Strip or Treat," Ben, Danny and Tucker are looking forward to attending the biggest Halloween celebration in the city, despite the fact that Bonnie thinks they should take Emma trick-or-treating instead. When their plans fall through, they decide to crash the party Riley was talking about, not knowing it's actually a bachelorette party. But when the guys are mistaken for the strippers, Ben makes a big mistake that results in them being carted off to jail. Meanwhile, Bonnie's date with Javier goes horribly wrong and she lands in jail alongside Ben, Danny and Tucker. Will Riley be able to work her lawyer magic and bail her friends out of this mess, or will everyone get what they deserve? Matt Cedeno ("Devious Maids," "Days of our Lives") guest stars.

"Baby Daddy" stars Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Derek Theler, Tahj Mowry, with Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane. The series is created and executive produced by Dan Berendsen ("The Nine Lives of Chloe King," "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and "Hannah Montana: The Movie"). "Baby Daddy" is a multi-camera comedy that shoots in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.

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