LAIRD CREATES PROBLEMS WHEN HE BORROWS GRACEN'S WEDDING RING TO LAND A DATE WITH A WOMAN, ON ABC'S "CARPOOLERS"

"Laird of the Ring" � Laird pretends to be married to impress a girl who's into married men, Dougie believes Aubrey is having an affair when he sees him sneaking into a motel, and Marmaduke suspects that Laird is his father, on "Carpoolers," TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 (9:30-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 10/9/07)

"Carpoolers" stars Fred Goss as Gracen Brooker, Faith Ford as Leila Brooker, Jerry Minor as Aubrey, Tim Peper as Dougie, Allison Munn as Cindy, T.J. Miller as Marmaduke Brooker and Jerry O'Connell as Laird.

Guest starring are Sasha Barrese as Holly, Irene White as Sue Henzel, Stephen T. Brophy as Ted Henzel, Byron Field as brokeback guy, Vince Pavia as delivery guy, Jordan Robinson as Aubrey's kid #1, Khamani Griffin as Aubrey's kid #2 and Jay Jay Ellis as Aubrey's kid #3.

"Laird of the Ring" is written by Bruce McCulloch and directed by Joe Russo.

"Carpoolers" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L,V parental guideline.

This episode of "Carpoolers" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.