Series synopsis
The Ashlee Simpson Show is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV on June 16, 2004. It ended on March 31, 2005. It stars Ashlee Simpson.
The Ashlee Simpson Show was a television reality show about the life of Ashlee Simpson. The first season, taped from 2003 to mid-2004, focused on the beginnings of her career as a singer and the recording of her debut album, Autobiography. A second season, taped from late 2004 to early 2005, focused on her career after the album's release.
Consisting of eight half-hour episodes, the first season ran on MTV in the U.S. in the summer of 2004. The show proved quite successful and helped to establi ...
Premise
The Ashlee Simpson Show was a television reality show about the life of Ashlee Simpson. The first season, taped from 2003 to mid-2004, focused on the beginnings of her career as a singer and the recording of her debut album, Autobiography. A second season, taped from late 2004 to early 2005, focused on her career after the album's release.
Consisting of eight half-hour episodes, the first season ran on MTV in the U.S. in the summer of 2004. The show proved quite successful and helped to establish widespread recognition for Simpson, whose album was released on July 20, 2004, a month after the show began airing, and debuted at number one in sales. Jordan Schur, the president of Simpson's record label, Geffen, said that "There's no question that it really helped expose her and her music. She's got a tremendous personality; people gravitate toward that. They want to watch her and listen to her music." The second season, consisting of ten episodes, aired in early 2005.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ashlee Simpson as Self
Guest cast
- Gretchen Wilson
- Vanessa Lachey as Self
- Kevin Frazier
- JAŸ-Z as Self
- Carson Daly
- Jessica Simpson
- Regis Philbin as Self
- Kelly Ripa as Self
- David Joyner as Self (uncredited)
- Josh Henderson as Self
- Jordan Schur as Self
- Danielle Hanratty as Self
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | June 16, 2004 | August 4, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 11 | January 26, 2005 | March 31, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ashlee Moves Onward and Upward With a brand spankin' new recording contract, Ashlee Simpson is ready to take her first steps in her new life. She waves goodbye to mom and dad and hello to her fabulous apartment and budding romance. Unfortunately, she quickly learns along with the good, comes the not-so-good...building a home, relationship and career is no walk in the park. Thankfully, mom is not far away, and she soon pays Ashlee a visit to give her a crash course in cleaning magic and relationship woes. But there are some things a girl has to learn on her own, like doing her own laundry and dealing with her boy-toy, Josh. Much of Ashlee's inspiration for her music comes from her beau, Josh. From sniffing each other's armpits to playing an intense game of bowling, these love birds seem to be having a ball. They cruise around in her Lexis by day and party by night. Josh also hangs out with Ashlee when she works with her music co-writers, which she finds a bit embarrassing, because her tunes are about him. Though as t |
June 16, 2004 |
| 2 |
Ashlee Verses Her Label After breaking up with her boyfriend Ashlee travels to New York City. When she gets there she writes songs with her music producer. And while shes in New York, Ashlee buys a Christmas tree and pierces her ear. |
June 23, 2004 |
| 3 |
Ashlee Rocks Ryan's World Ashlee Simpson is starting to realize that being a rock superstar isn't as easy as it seems. Disagreements with her label and problems hitting the right notes in the studio have made Ashlee especially determined to create a successful album. The label decides to hook up Ashlee with a team of people to help write some songs until she begins to figure out her identity within the girly rock-pop scene. Ashlee flies out to Austin, Texas to appear in her friend Ryan's music video. An early call time and a slight hair disaster later, Ashlee lands on the set of Ryan's video where she shocks everyone, including Ryan, with a few surprises she's got stored up her sleeve. Ashlee pins Ryan up against a wall for a kiss, and that's not the end of the smoochin'--they don't stop when the director calls cut. By the end of the shoot, it looks like Ashlee may have scored herself a new boyfriend. Ashlee heads home to L.A. to return to work on her album, and arrives at the studio late as usual. ""I wanted to |
June 30, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ashlee Heads to the Big Apple In the Second Season Opener, Ashlee moves to her new home. Ashlee's best friend/roommate fails to show up on moving day, which causes quite a ruckus. Also Ashlee Heads to the Big Apple for her appearance on Saturday Night Live. So she brings a few friends with her to relieve some stress. So on SN Day, Ashlee wakes up to a raspy voice. So she heads on over to the SNL studios and so she starts to worry about her voice, even though she has her voice coach with her. Flustered and overwhelmed, Ashlee considers her options. It is suggested that she sing with a backing track, and Ashlee is left to ponder her quickly approaching performance. To be continued... |
January 26, 2005 |
| 2 |
Ashlee's Notorious Performance After the humiliation on Saturday Night Live. Ashlee decides to do The Radio City Music Awards, but first she decides to call TRL and explain her side of the story. When she begins performing at The Radio City Music Awards she jokes around about what happened at SNL, so then later she sings her song ""Autobiography."" Ashlee then goes to a radio station to be interviewed. So while she is in Pennsylvania she performs at different high schools. So after she flies out to LA to celebrate Halloween with her Family/Friends. And then Ashlee, Ryan, and their friends go out to Trick or Treat. Ashlee then also goes to Best Buy to sign autographs and chat with fans. |
February 2, 2005 |
| 3 |
Ashlee Turns 20 It's Ashlee's 20th Birthday! And her friends come to her and suprise her with a cake. Also her friends are taking her out, but they won't tell her where they're going. They all dress up in long pink, old fashioned dresses and get into a huge black limo. Their surprise destination turns out to be Medieval Times, where they will celebrate and watch knights in shining armor joust. After her Birthday she decides to chop off some of her hair, only to dissapoint her mom. Ashlee then goes to a Pilates studio to get in shape for her upcoming video shoot for ""La La."" Ashlee finds out that she has been chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly's breakout stars of 2004, and attends a photo shoot for the spread. |
February 9, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MTV |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 16, 2004 |
| Last aired | March 31, 2005 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:30:00 |