ALL IS NOT CALM FOR THE DIMEOS THIS CHRISTMAS WHEN JJ AND DYLAN HAVE THEIR FIRST FIGHT, AND MAYA DISCOVERS SHE HAS A HISTORY WITH TAYLOR'S MOM, ON ABC'S 'SPEECHLESS,' PART OF THE '25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS' PROGRAMMING EVENT

"S-I-- SILENT N-I-- NIGHT" - After leveraging JJ in an attempt to land a family dog, Dylan takes a vow of silence to better understand what it is to be her brother. Ray brokers a meeting between his girlfriend's mother, Melanie (guest star Sarah Chalke), and Maya, only to realize they have a history. Jimmy drives Kenneth crazy by gaming a supermarket giveaway to score free Christmas turkeys, on "Speechless," airing as part of Disney|ABC's special "25 Days of Christmas" programming event, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand.

"Speechless" stars Minnie Driver as Maya DiMeo, John Ross Bowie ("The Big Bang Theory") as Jimmy DiMeo, Mason Cook as Ray DiMeo, Micah Fowler as JJ DiMeo, Kyla Kenedy as Dylan DiMeo and Cedric Yarbrough as Kenneth.

Guest starring in this episode are Sarah Chalke as Melanie, Jonathan Slavin as Mr. Powers, Sedona James as Taylor and Cole Massie as Logan.

"S-I-- SILENT N-I-- NIGHT" was written by Danny Chun, Shana Goldberg-Meehan and Dan Holden and directed by Christine Gernon.

Scott Silveri ("Friends") writes and is executive producer of the show, along with "Fresh Off the Boat"'s Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar. The series is from Twentieth Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. The Cerebral Palsy Foundation serves as a technical consultant on "Speechless." To learn more about CP, go to CerebralPalsyFoundation.org.