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ABC Family billed last night as a "Mid-Season Finale," which is a roundabout way of saying they've ordered another 20 installments of Melissa & Joey. No word yet on how many others will spotlight Joey's biceps and Melissa's noisy orgasms.

But, more importantly, can Melissa & Joey make it through a Halloween episode without attempting a "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" joke? Your answer, inside!

That's right, it's the "Patron Saint of Shark Jumping" himself, joining this show's cast in only its 10th episode, surely a personal best. And in a self-aware nod to Who's the Boss? — it's guest star Katherine "Mona" Helmond!

Today at Gawker.TV, Christopher Meloni plays "Water War," Levi Johnston's embarrassing interview, Mark Ballas and DWTS cross-over to Melissa & Joey, a Bobby Brown video homage, and Running Wilde proves that the show is no Arrested Development.

In an unsurprising bit of ABC cross-promotion, Dancing with the Stars Palin-Peddler Mark Ballas guested on last night's Melissa & Joey, while Melissa exhibited some of the moves she learned at his side on DWTS Season 9.

Many viewers find product placement despicable, but us post-ironists enjoy watching networks experiment with new ways of making television profitable. When Melissa first displaced her niece's Wii-ing to watch herself on TV last night, I barely noticed the conspicuous plug.

Last week, we met Melissa's father and learned about her incarcerated sister. But what about her brother-in-law? Last night's episode was all about the hunt for fugitive Louis Scanlon and the innocents left destitute in his wake. WTF?

Senator/Grandpa Burke arrives just in time to explain some of the show's bizarre familial backstory, which puts the "situation" in Situation Comedy. Unsurprisingly—and awesomely—the character is cut from the same cloth as Mona from Who's the Boss?

Melissa & Joey is the perfect setting for a "Family Sitcom" drinking game—we're four episodes in, and Melissa's niece Lennox is already shouting "You're ruining my life!!!" Unsurprisingly, both gals have similar taste in fashion and beefcake.

What do you do when you try to get a date but you're embarrassed about your nanny job? According to tonight's episode of Melissa and Joey: you lie. Watch as Clarissa—I mean, Melissa—explains it all to Joey.

In this clip from the second episode — which aired after the pilot Tuesday — stockbroker-turned-nanny Joey is moving himself into aunt-turned-guardian Melissa's basement. It may be the very definition of "situation comedy," but the actors are irreverent and likable.