Will Buffy, Angel reunite?

Hey! Stop the presses! Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to TV — and she'll be playing the love interest of a very famous character who's been around for some time!

OK, so it's not really that big a deal. Yet. Gellar, who's been absent from the small screen since "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" retired last year, will be on "The Simpsons" on Sunday (7 p.m., Ch. 13). Well, her voice will. She'll be putting words in the mouth of Gina, a tough girl Bart meets when he's sentenced to six months in the Springfield Juvenile Correctional Facility.

Seems Bart gets caught stealing wedding presents and Judge Harm (voiced once again by "Malcolm In the Middle" mom Jane Kaczmarek) will throw the book at him.

Bart and Gina plot to break out of juvie. If only Gina had some slayer powers.

As to whether Gellar will make the television appearance that has "Buffy" fans holding their breath, well, there's no official word yet. She might be on the final episode of "Angel" . . . but she might not.

There's no official announcement from anybody at either the WB (which airs "Angel") or Fox (which produces the show). Gellar's has been quoted as saying she'll do it . . . if her busy movie schedule permits.

Let's hope she works something out. "Buffy" and "Angel" fans are dying for some sort of resolution to the romance between the two characters. Make that the three characters, because after Angel (David Boreanaz) exited "Buffy," Buffy eventually got involved with yet another vampire, Spike (James Marsters). And Spike is now a regular on "Angel."

It will, at least, make for an interesting debate at my house. My 13-year-old daughter wants to see Buffy and Spike ride off into the metaphorical sunset together (has to be metaphorical — Spike would burn to ashes in sunlight), while I maintain that Buffy and Angel should remain soulmates.

"CSI"-ING NEW ROLES: Word was that CBS was looking for a big name to star in the latest "CSI" spin-off ("CSI: New York") and the network has gone out and landed one. Well, maybe not a big name but certainly a fine actor — Gary Sinise.

Perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated role in "Forrest Gump," Sinise is no stranger to television. He's starred in a number of TV movies and miniseries (including the eight-hour, made-in-Utah miniseries "Stephen King's The Stand" in 1994), and he's made guest appearances that date all the way back to a 1979 episode of "Knots Landing." But this will be his first starring role in a weekly series.