SEASON PREMIERE

HAYLEY AND ALEX'S RELATIONSHIP STATUSES GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HOT AND COLD AS THE SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"

Adam DeVine ("Pitch Perfect") and Justin Kirk ("Weeds") Guest Star

Emmy award winning and critically acclaimed series "Modern Family" returns for its seventh season with the premiere episode, "Summer Lovin," on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Haley's attempt to stop Andy from proposing to Beth will end up with both Haley and Andy needing to cope with their emotions and both will have their own special ways of doing so, and Phil and Claire seem to only make matters worse. Jay and Gloria look at pre-schools for Joe and get a rude awakening after they realize the competitive wait list to get in. Meanwhile, Cam tries to remain supportive of Mitch's midlife career crisis, but money is getting a little tight, so Cam comes up with a scheme to get Mitch's old job back.

"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.

Guest cast includes Adam DeVine as Andy, Laura Ashley Samuels as Beth and Suraj Partha as Sunjay, Reid Ewing as Dylan, Susan Egan as Miss Ford, Justin Kirk as Charlie Bingham, Mikey Madison as Becca, Vicki Lewis as Erica and Mai Brunelle as Kid.

"Summer Lovin" was written by Abraham Higginbotham and directed by Jim Hensz.

"Modern Family" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L parental guideline.

For more information on "Modern Family," visit ABC.com/ModernFamily