Modern Family Taps Barry Corbin to Play Cam's Dad

Barry Corbin, Eric Stonestreet Here's daddy! Barry Corbin has been cast as Cam's dad in an upcoming episode of Modern Family, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Corbin will play Merle Tucker, who's quite the opposite of Cam's overly touchy-feely mother (Celia Weston). Merle is described as a solid, masculine, Midwestern, gruff guy. Eric Stonstreet first tweeted a photo of Corbin at the table read on Thursday. Check out the rest of today's news The 71-year-old actor, whose TV credits include Dallas, One Tree Hill and The Closer, will appear during May sweeps. Modern Family airs Wednesdays at 9/8c.

Tune Thomas Scott Unveils Her Latest Love Disaster round the Youthful as well as the Restless

Eric Braeden, Tune Thomas Scott She committed murder. He needed the rap on her behalf and visited jail. The Youthful as well as the Restless' Victor and Nikki - carried out by suds best Eric Braeden and Tune Thomas Scott - have been in one another peoples arms. And will it last past Valentine's? Thomas Scott gave TV Guide Magazine the gloomy scoop. TV Guide Magazine: We're loving this umpteenth Victor-Nikki reunion! Who's prone to spoil it this time around around? Thomas Scott: Victor does the whole Valentine's factor, getting in the pianist together with a violinist, wax lights and champagne, which clearly leads to sex. They're crazily for one another. But Nikki will uncover he lied to her about his participation inside the Chelsea-Anita scam and he or she leaves him. Similar to that. Over! Bang! Nikki can get her s--t together and states, "I am unable to stay here any more. I'm done!" TV Guide Magazine: Then what? Nikki goes back for the bottle? Thomas Scott: To be sure, it's rarely really over for Victor and Nikki but it's my conjecture she'll get associated with Jack Abbott [Peter Bergman] again and they are likely to probably marry. She is going to him inside the hospital each day and becoming an excellent friend. [Laughs] Everybody knows where leading! When Peter which when i first saw people scripts we are in a position to read involving the lines. But it's just my speculation. TV Guide Magazine: Y&R ratings needed an unpleasant dive if you were easily wiped from the show for six several days a year ago. Since you came back, they're considerably growing. Coinkydink? We don't think so. Thomas Scott: I am thrilled in regards to the amounts. Really, I am reveling included. [Laughs] However I wouldn't be so presumptuous to think about it absolutely was all me! TV Guide Magazine: Are you currently presently whatsoever sorry they dropped the murder charges against Nikki, therefore gradually wrecking you from the Emmy-bait trialThomas Scott: An attempt that? TV Guide Magazine: For killing that damn Diane, clearly.Johnson Scott: Meh. People are extremely over that "Who destroyed Diane?" mystery. They didn't like her to begin with and so they are not appearing to experience a problem that she's dead. Anyway, this really is really the 3rd person Nikki has destroyed. She destroyed her father her first month around the program, and several guy named Walter Addison when she was confused because Darlene Conley-Rose DeVille scam. And this ain't new territory. TV Guide Magazine: You think Nikki was always intended as the killer or did [professional producer-mind author] Maria Bell make an effort to construct your extended absence appear like it absolutely was done intentionally?Thomas Scott: [Laughs] Never imagined from this by doing this. My take is always that Maria anxiously anxiously waited to resolve that whole murder mystery until she understood I used to be returning. I am certain she'd have preferred to own me back sooner. Nevertheless it must be fought against against by helping cover their the suits. Maria was waiting and wanting I'd return. TV Guide Magazine: The fans as well as the press leave her with plenty of flack for that exit, yet you've always put the blame squarely around the new the new sony.Thomas Scott: I really fit everything in I am in a position to to see people Maria had nothing associated with it. She is among my staunchest fans. So people can think what they desire. There's no monkey business where she which i were concerned. TV Guide Magazine: Speaking about monkey business, what can you consider this Daytime Emmy mess?Thomas Scott: Apparently you'll find no takers for their services TV. Features a date even been introduced? TV Guide Magazine: Yeah, there's to start dating ? but are you going to they're doing it? I guess they could always present the honours inside a bowling alley. Just watch, this really is really the entire year you at long last win after 32 years on Y&R plus you've got to just accept your trophy on Lane 6.Thomas Scott: [Laughs] Oh, it won't be that bad. I used to be unofficially told when nobody builds up the honours to televise them they'll occur within the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The family room, cameras or no cameras. TV Guide Magazine: And a lot better than schlepping everyone's butt to Las vegas. Though I have to condition that my being there to witness the confrontation between you which ones suit in the new the new sony within the Bell after-party a year ago was totally worth the schlep.Thomas Scott: I'll remember the look inside your face. I have not observed you would like that. TV Guide Magazine: I used to be scared crapless! You think you're ousted to alter every other star round the two The brand new the new sony soaps? Ultimately, once the top actress on the top show can out of the blue be from employment, isn't everyone in danger? Thomas Scott: I am unsure. Everything may have been done deliberately to produce others afraid. Maybe it'll change lots of people. There has been very handful of stars who had wonderful products to inform me once i returned. Whatever. Anything can be achieved. Anybody will get canned afterwards as well as the causes of your should never be revealed, to be sure. The primary one factor I'll think are that individuals have a lot of people around the program. TV Guide Magazine: As the blacklisting ultimately stood a happy ending and you're simply back with great tales and encouraging ratings, can it be all okay now? Or would you like it hadn't happened?Thomas Scott: It happened and will also forever change my little existence story, nevertheless it all came around with a better place than where things were to begin with. So no regrets. I never regret anything. TV Guide Magazine: Okay Edith Piaf, any question. What's the scoop relating to this new web series you're connected with?Johnson Scott: I am hoping it's going! It's name is Release. TV Guide Magazine: Oh, the irony.Thomas Scott: I've shot two or three episodes up to now. It comes down lower to 3 males that are roommates in NY and so they all lose their jobs the identical week. Shirley Manley and Marty Ingels may also be within it. TV Guide Magazine: And you also play...?Thomas Scott: Tune Thomas Scott! One of the roommates has seen and worshipped Nikki his entire existence - he started at his mother's knee - which he's constant desires me. However I am never really me. I buy to see another character in every single episode, all advised on by his reliance on me. I appear since the plumber, together with a pageant mother screaming at her kid together with a Martha Stewart-type cooking host. I may well be a nun. Anything in the world. It's awesome. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!