SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

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

HOMER ADOPTS A NEW ATTITUDE IN PARENTING AND BART COMPROMISES TOP-SECRET INFORMATION ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, ON FOX

TV Host James Lipton and Playwright David Mamet Make Guest Voice Appearances

Homer becomes obsessed with "Thicker than Waters," a 1980s family sitcom written by David Mamet (guest-voicing as himself), and models his parenting skills after the show's sensible father much to the chagrin of Bart, who desperately sets his sights on a brand new dirt bike. But when Homer insists that Bart must earn the dirt bike, Bart takes matters into his own hands and schemes with Russian and Chinese spies to provide top-secret information in exchange for the new bike. Later, James Lipton (guest-voicing as himself) conducts an interview with a television cast on "Inside the Actor's Studio" in the "Homer The Father" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Sept. 4 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-2205) (TV-PG D, L, S, 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: James Lipton as himself; David Mamet as himself; Michael Paul Chan as Chinese Agent