MEL BECOMES SUSPICIOUS OF JOE'S NEW FEMALE FRIEND AND SUSPECTS THAT RYDER IS BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL, ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF "MELISSA & JOEY," PREMIERING ON ABC FAMILY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 AT 8:00 ET/PT

Burbank, CA (September 7, 2010) - Mel catches Joe with a woman in the house in the middle of the day, someone Joe tries to pass off as a girlfriend. Mel believes him at first, asking him to be discreet with the kids, but later overhears a conversation and discovers that Joe and this woman are secretly tracking down Mel's con-man brother-in-law, and she questions Joe's motives for wanting to be her manny in the first place. Meanwhile, as Joe's been pretending to be a spy, he's totally missed the fact that Ryder seems to be slowly "losing" all of his new belongings at school, on "Spies and Lies," an all new episode of "Melissa & Joey" premiering on ABC Family Tuesday, September 14 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

"Melissa & Joey" is a half-hour multi-cam comedy executive-produced by Bob Young & David Kendall, Paula Hart, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. "Spies & Lies" was written by Brenda Hsueh and directed by David Trainer. Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler and Nick Robinson star. Elizabeth Ho is a recurring guest star and Shvona Lavette and Austin Mincks guest star.

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