AMY ENCOURAGES KATHY TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND BEN'S DATING PLAN IS REVEALED TO LEO ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF "THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER," MONDAY, JULY 30 AT 8:00PM ET/PT ON ABC FAMILY

Burbank, CA (July 27, 2012) - Amy encourages Kathy to make new friends, but she falls into the wrong crowd, on an all new episode of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," premiering Monday, July 30 (8:00 - 9:00 PM ET/PT).

In the one hour episode, "Girlfriends," Amy encourages Kathy to make new girlfriends at school, but she ends up with the wrong crowd when the mean girls are the only ones who will be befriend her because she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Amy reaches out to Grace and invites her and Jack over for dinner with Ricky and John. But, things go sour when Ricky also invites Clementine over. Alice tells Leo about Ben's plan to sneak around with Dylan, and Henry has a revelation of his own.

The series cast includes Shailene Woodley, Ken Baumann, Greg Finley, Daren Kagasoff, Megan Park, Francia Raisa, Michael Grant, Cierra Ramirez with Steve Schirripa. In "Girlfriends," the guest stars include Anne Ramsay, Beverley Mitchell, Camille Winbush, Allen Evangelista, Amy Rider, Tricia O'Kelley, Larry Clarke, Mindy Cohn, Ana Lucasey, De'Vaughn Nixon, Marlene Forte, Marielle Jaffe, Chelsea Ricketts and Abbie Cobb.

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