After once again claiming U.S. television's highest honor for a prime-time cartoon on the recent Creative Arts Emmy Awards, extending the show's record winning streak, The Simpsons returns tonight with new episodes for its 20th season.

Read on to find out what's in store for tonight's season opener.

The Simpsons kicks of the new season with the episode called "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes," which features Homer Simpson as a bounty hunter who tracks down criminals.

When Homer is sent to prison after a chaotic booze-free brawl at the Springfield St. Patrick's Day parade, he goes to get his bail bond and meets Lucky Jim and Wolf the Bounty Hunter, who  both inspire him to try his own hand at the lucrative profession.  Now a bounty hunter, Homer eventually teams up with neighbor Ned Flanders to form quite the unlikely bounty-hunting partnership. However, when Homer's new no-sympathy attitude gets the best of him, Ned is less than pleased.  Meanwhile, unbeknownst to her, Marge begins working at an erotic bakery.

Don't forget to catch "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" on The Simpsons tonight at 8pm ET/PT on FOX.

Joining the cast on tonight's installment is Joe Mantegna and Robert Forster.  Mantegna, who serves as the voice of Fat Tony, is a Tony Award-winning actor who is known for his roles in box-office hits such as The Godfather Part III, Up Close & Personal, Baby's Day Out, Forget Paris, Three Amigos, and The Simpsons Movie.

Foster, on the other hand, provides the voice of Lucky Jim.  The 67-year-old Academy Award-nominated actor is credited for films like Medium Cool, The Black Hole, Alligator, Vigilante, The Delta Force, and The Banker, just to name a few.  On the small screen, he has appeared on Banyon, Nakia, Police Story, Karen Sisco, Numb3rs, Heroes, and Desperate Housewives.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: FOX
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