SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

[EDITOR'S NOTE 1: Due to the preceding NFL double-header and post-games coverage that airs until 8:00 PM ET, local programming will air until 8:00 PM on the West Coast.]

[EDITOR'S NOTE 2: AMERICAN DAD and THE CLEVELAND SHOW are preempted tonight.]

[EDITOR'S NOTE 3: Audio descriptions (AD) for tonight's animated programs are available on the SAP Audio Channel.]

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

AUTOMATED ROBOTS TAKE OVER THE SPRINGFIELD WORKFORCE ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, ON FOX

Brent Spiner ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") Makes Guest Voice Appearance

Mr. Burns replaces all of Springfield Power Plant's employees with robots (guest voice Brent Spiner) but decides to keep Homer as the sole human worker. With unemployment at an all-time high, and mechanical arms operating the workplace, Springfield becomes a dismal and humorless place. But when Homer's machine-programmed peers start to turn on the community and his former real-life employees come to the rescue, they all realize that robots can't replace human friends in the "Them Robot" episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Sept. 9 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-2310) (TV-PG L, V)

Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Nelson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Harry Shearer as Skinner; Pamela Hayden as Milhouse; Tress MacNeille as Dolph

Guest Voice Cast: Brent Spiner as Robots