SUNDAY, APRIL 4

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

GRAMPA REVEALS ALL ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 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 "Thursdays with Abie" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, April 4 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-2102) (TV-PG D)

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