NICK FINALLY MEETS TRIPP'S NEMESIS -- ELUSIVE BILLIONAIRE SIMON ELDER -- AND THE FEUDING DARLING TWINS THROW THEMSELVES SEPARATE BIRTHDAY PARTIES BUDGETED AT $1 MILLION EACH, ON ABC'S "DIRTY SEXY MONEY"

Blair Underwood Joins the Series as Simon Elder

"The Bridge" � Nick finally has a meeting with Tripp's nemesis, billionaire Simon Elder (Blair Underwood), and finds he has more in common with Simon than he imagined. Since Darling twins Juliet and Jeremy are feuding over Jeremy's affair with Natalie Kimpton (Tamara Feldman), they decide to throw separate birthday parties for themselves, each budgeted at $1 million dollars. Trying to outdo the other, Jeremy has his party on the Brooklyn Bridge, while Juliet's party has a French Revolution theme, complete with life-size chocolate aristocrats. And Brian Jr. (Will Shadley) feels the need to tell Brian's wife the truth about his paternity, while Karen presses to help get her fianc�, Freddy (Daniel Cosgrove), into a prestigious country club, on "Dirty Sexy Money," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 (10:02-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Dirty Sexy Money" stars Peter Krause as Nick George, Donald Sutherland as Tripp Darling, William Baldwin as Patrick Darling, Natalie Zea as Karen Darling, Glenn Fitzgerald as Rev. Brian Darling, Samaire Armstrong as Juliet Darling, Seth Gabel as Jeremy Darling, Zoe McLellan as Lisa George, with Blair Underwood as Simon Elder and Jill Clayburgh as Letitia Darling.

Guest starring are Daniel Cosgrove as Freddy Darling, Chloe Moretz as Kiki George, Laura Margolis as Daisy, Tamara Feldman as Natalie Kimpton, Bellamy Young as Ellen Darling, Michelle Krusiec as Mel Ling Hwa Darling, Sam Ayres as Raymond Pulaski, Matt Riedy as Leeds, Jan Munroe as Billings, Sandra Thigpen as Harper Davies, Evan Arnold as Tim Armstrong, Will Shadley as Brian Jr., Zoey Botnick as Leah Darling, Ashley Botnick as Lacey Darling, Jill Latiano as Bridget, Lisa Arturo as party planner, Steve Seagren as doorman, Jelly Howie as Katie, Marco Dapper as Ryan Casdale and Steve Connell as D.J. Pillowhead.

"The Bridge" is written by Peter Elkoff & Jessica Brickman and directed by James Frawley.

"Dirty Sexy Money" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. A TV parental guideline will be posted closer to airdate.

This episode of "Dirty Sexy Money" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.