Former Riches star Minnie Driver graces ABC’s Modern Family with her enormously talented presence during the brand-new February 3 episode called “Moon Landing.”

The Academy Award-nominated English actress drops by to play Valerie, an old friend of Julie Bowen’s character Claire.

Warehouse 13 star Eddie McClintock guest stars on the fresh January 26 episode of Better Off Ted, which follows a brand-new installment of Scrubs .

Scrubs kicks off ABC’s Tuesday-night comedy hour at 8pm ET with “Our Dear Leaders.”

There are no more new episodes of freshman sitcom The Middle scheduled for January, but the comedy returns with fresh installments next month, starting with the February 3 episode “The Yelling.”

As the title hints, the action revolves around very loud voices.

ABC’s Cougar Town is currently taking a brief break from presenting new episodes, but the hit rookie comedy returns with fresh funny called “All the Wrong Reasons” on Wednesday, February 3.

At the center of the installment is a rift between Jules and her gal pal Ellie, all over…

The fresh January 20 episode of ABC’s Cougar Town is called “Stop Dragging My Heart Around.”

After Jules breaks up with Jeff, she relies on her ex-husband Bobby for comfort.

Next up on ABC’s hit rookie sitcom Modern Family is the new January 20 episode “Fifteen Percent,” which features The Usual Suspects cast member Chazz Palminteri as the character Shorty.

Shorty is a friend of Jay, who begins to wonder about his sexuality after Mitchell mentions that he thinks Shorty might be gay and in the closet.

ABC has fresh episodes of Scrubs and Better Off Ted coming up on January 19 at 9pm and 9:30pm ET, respectively.

Scrubs opens the hour of new comedy with “Our True Lies.”

The Scrubs and Better Off Ted Burn-Off continues on ABC on January 12 with one fresh episode of the former and two fresh episodes of the latter.

First up at 8:30pm ET is Better Off Ted and “The Impertence of Communicationizing,” which features former Saturday Night Live player Chris Parnell. Continue reading for more details about that episode and the other new ones.

ABC’s Not-So-Great Scrubs and Better Off Ted Burn-Off continues on Tuesday, January 5, with two fresh episodes of each series, giving viewers four times the comedy pleasure and twice as much funny as usual.

The veteran sitcom Scrubs will air on the hour at 8pm and 9pm ET, while the newer comedy Better Off Ted will air on the half-hour at 8:30pm and 9:30pm. Follow the jump for episode descriptions and spoilery stuff.

Happy New Year, lovely Comedy Centric readers! ABC is kicking off 2010 and the new decade with fresh episodes of both Better Off Ted and Scrubs from 8:30pm–9pm ET on January 1.

First up is Better Off Ted and “The Great Repression,” which features fabulous returning guest star Merrin Dungey of Alias and The King of Queens fame. She appeared in the Season One episode “Get Happy” and will reprise her role as Sheila.