Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda will supply the voice of a Democrat assemblywoman who becomes the girlfriend of evil nuclear power plant owner C. Montgomery Burns on The Simpsons, Fox announced today.
The Simpsons will begin its 26th season on Sept. 28. Other guest voices this season will include Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, David Hyde Pierce, comedian Jeffrey Ross, musician Matthew Sweet and Willem Dafoe, as a teacher who bullies Bart.
The Simpsons next season will also include a crossover episode with Futurama, the onetime Fox animated comedy that was also created by The Simpsons‘ Matt Groening.
And, The Simpsons characters will appear in the Sept. 28 season premiere of another Fox animated series, Family Guy.
Hank Azaria, who has won three Emmys for his voice work on The Simpsons, will voice the lead character on Bordertown, a new animated comedy set to premiere during the 2014-15 season.
And on Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, guest voice roles will be played by Carl Reiner, Kevin Kline, Megan Mullally, Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael Key.
The announcements came in connection with Fox’s presentations at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills.
