SUNDAY, JANUARY 3

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the preceding NFL football doubleheader, 'TIL DEATH at 7:00 and 7:30 will air on the West Coast only.]

--"THE SIMPSONS"�(8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

GRAMPA REVEALS ALL ON AN ALL-NEW "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, ON FOX

Author Mitch Albom ("Tuesdays with Morrie," "The Five People You Meet in Heaven") Makes Guest Voice Appearance

Grampa is sitting on a bench waiting for his family when a thoughtful-looking man named Marshall Goldman approaches him and asks to hear about his life. Grampa tells Goldman about the time he was on a World War II battleship, which was hit by an enemy torpedo, and Goldman, a human-interest columnist, publishes it in The Springfield Shopper. Later, Grampa meets Mitch Albom (guest-voicing as himself) and shares another story with Goldman for a follow-up article. Homer becomes jealous of Grampa's newfound fame and seeks a surrogate father. But when Homer discovers a draft of Goldman's third story, he must race to find Grampa before it is published and his life is changed forever in the all-new "Thursdays with Abie" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Jan. 3 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-2102) (TV-PG L, V)

Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Hank Azaria as Moe; Harry Shearer as Skinner; Pamela Haden as Milhouse; Tress MacNeille as Dolph

Guest Voice Cast: Mitch Albom as Himself