New and returning celebrity guest voices coming up for the 17th season of THE SIMPSONS are Alec Baldwin, Kelsey Grammer, William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Michael York, Ricky Gervais, Terry Bradshaw, Lily Tomlin, Frances McDormand, Terry Bradshaw, boxer Joe Frazier, former basketball great Dennis Rodman and Yankee pitcher Randy Jackson. THE SIMPSONS airs Sundays 8:00 pm on FOX in the U.S.
THE SIMPSONS is the longest-running animated primetime series in history and the longest-running comedy currently on television. THE SIMPSONS is also a cultural institution has been critically praised and bestowed with numerous honors, including a Peabody Award, 21 Emmy Awards, 21 Annie Awards, three Genesis Awards, eight International Monitor Awards and five Environmental Media Awards.
Guest star Baldwin gives Homer gets some stiff competition in the season premiere episode Bonfire Of The Manatees, Sept. 11 at 8:00 pm. Marge is outraged when Homer allows Fat Tony (Mantegna reprising his role as Springfields infamous mob boss), to shoot an adult film in their living room in compensation for his football gambling debt. She leaves Homer with the kids. While on her journey of self discovery, Marge befriends Caleb Thorn, (voiced by Baldwin), an attractive marine biologist on a quest to save not only the endangered manatee, but Marge from a husband that doesnt appreciate her.
Former athletes Bradshaw and Rodman, play themselves in the annual SIMPSONS Halloween trilogy, Treehouse of Horror XVI, on Nov. 6.
Grammer returns as Sideshow Bob and, later in the season, McDormand lends her voice to an elementary school principal and famed Yankee pitcher Jackson throws a curve ball on THE SIMPSONS.
THE SIMPSONS is a Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television with animation done by DPS Film Roman. James L. Brooks, Matt Groening and Al Jean are the exec producers.
