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Grey's Anatomy Recap: "The Girl With No Name"

Aww, the residents are all grown up!

In this week's episode of Grey's Anatomy, the docs are heading all over the country to interview for positions at different hospitals. For some, like Cristina, it's easy. For others, like Alex, it's a nightmare. Meanwhile, Seattle Grace becomes ground zero for all media when the victim of a highly publicized kidnapping case ends up there. Let's take a look at the top moments: read more

Watch My Show: Switched At Birth's Lizzy Weiss Answers Our Showrunner Survey

Vanessa Marano, Katie LeClerc and Sean Berdy

ABC Family's hit drama Switched at Birth ends its spring season tonight (8/7c), as Daphne (Katie Leclerc) and Bay (Vanessa Marano) head to the prom — but things don't work out as planned. Lizzy Weiss is the creator and executive producer of Switched at Birth, which revolves around the complications that erupt when two different families discover that their babies — now teenagers — were mixed up at birth. Weiss, whose credits also include Blue Crush and Cashmere Mafia took time to answer TV Guide Magazine's showrunner survey and make a case for why you should switch on Switched at Birth.

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Switched at Birth Team Talks Series' Impact on the Deaf Community

Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth star Vanessa Marano admits that she initially had doubts that the producers would be able to find the right actress to play the show's deaf leading lady, Daphne.

"When I read this script, I was literally like they're never going to find this girl," Marano told reporters at ABC Family's winter TV preview Monday. "I'm so thankful that someone like Katie [Leclerc] did get cast — someone who has been doing this for so long."

On the drama Marano and Leclerc play teenagers who discover they were literally switched at birth in the hospital 16 years ago. The series largely focuses on how... read more

Switched at Birth Creator Says Bay and Emmett Have Conflict Ahead; Plus: Can Daphne Move On?

Sean Berdy, Vanessa Marano

Switched at Birth creator and executive producer Lizzy Weiss calls Bay and Emmett the modern day Romeo and Juliet.

When the ABC Family series left off, switched-at-birth teens Bay (Vanessa Marano) and Daphne (Katie LeClerc) were in conflict after Emmett (Sean Berdy) chose to be with Bay over his best friend. But the new relationship has a lot more to overcome than feuding friends. Emmett as well as Daphne are both hearing impaired.

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Switched at Birth Star to Guest on CSI

Vanessa Marano

Switched at Birth star Vanessa Marano is heading to CSI for an episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Marano, 18, will play Samantha, a street gang groupie and the estranged daughter of an ex-con named Frank (Johnny Messner). In the episode, Frank sets out on a harrowing journey to find her.

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VIDEO: Switched at Birth's Vanessa Marano Calls Bay and Emmett Kindred Spirits

Sean Berdy, Vanessa Marano

Switched at Birth's Bay (Vanessa Marano) and Daphne (Katie Leclerc) have a lot on their plate. After learning they were swapped as newborns and that Daphne's mom, Regina (Constance Marie), has known for quite some time, Bay's MIA biological father (guest star Gilles Marini) returns in Monday's finale.

Exclusive: Gilles Marini joins Switched at Birth as Bay's biological father

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ABC Family Shows Lead Second Wave of Teen Choice Nominations

Pretty Little Liars

ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and Switched at Birth lead the second wave of Teen Choice Awards nominations with five nods each.

The two will go head to head in the Choice Summer TV Show category, and compete against Keeping Up with the Kardashians, So You Think You Can Dance and Teen Wolf. Liars' Troian Bellisario and Lucy Hale (who won last year) are also up for Choice Summer TV Star: Female along with Switched at Birth's Vanessa Marano, Teen Wolf's Crystal Reed and State of Georgia's Raven-Symoné.

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Switched at Birth's Lucas Grabeel: Toby's Gambling Problem Will Snowball

Lucas Grabeel

ABC Family's new series Switched at Birth has so far focused mostly on the struggles of its main characters, Bay (Vanessa Marano) and Daphne(Katie Leclerc), as they adapt after their mistaken identities were discovered.  But last week's episode revealed that Bay's brother, Toby (Lucas Grabeel), has a serious struggle of his own: his problem with gambling.

"It snowballs and continues to accumulate, and I get into some pretty deep trouble," Grabeel tells TVGuide.com.

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Exclusive: Gilles Marini Joins Switched at Birth As Bay's Biological Father

Gilles Marini

Gilles Marini has been cast on Switched at Birth, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. He'll join the ABC Family series as Bay's birth father, Angelo.

Switched at Birth follows Bay (Vanessa Marano) and Daphne (Katie Leclerc), teenagers from different walks of life who have learned they're living with the wrong family. Bay, who comes from a privileged background, is really the daughter of single mother Regina (Constance Marie) while Daphne, who is hearing-impaired, is actually the child of Kathryn (Lea Thompson) and John (D.W. Moffett).

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Switched at Birth Star Hopes to Bridge the Gap Between the Hearing and Deaf Communities

Constance Marie and Katie LeClerc

Switched at Birth star Katie Leclerc has learned this from playing a deaf character: The hearing impaired shouldn't be treated any differently than anyone else.

"The great thing about Daphne is she is a normal high school girl who happens to be deaf," Leclerc tells TVGuide.com.

Switched at Birth first look: "One mistake changed two families forever"

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