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The Ashlee Simpson Show is 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, focusing on her career after the album's release, aired in the United States in early 2005.

Consisting of eight half-hour episodes, the first season ran on MTV in the U.S. in the summer of 2004, debuting on June 16 and airing every Wednesday until the last episode on August 4. The show proved quite successful, airing at 10:30 PM ET—the time slot just after Ashlee's sister Jessica Simpson's already successful reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica—and helping to establish widespread recognition for Ashlee, whose album debuted on July 20 at number one in sales. Jordan Schur, the president of Simpson's record label, Geffen—who is himself is seen at several points in the show—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 of the show, airing in the same time slot as before and again following Newlyweds, consisted of ten episodes.

In Canada, the first season of The Ashlee Simpson Show began showing on MTV Canada on July 1, 2004, airing on Thursdays at 9:00 ET; the second season began airing at the same time on February 10, 2005. Also in Canada, the first season began airing on MuchMusic beginning on November 14, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. ET (having been moved up from the previously planned date of November 21). In the United Kingdom, the first episode of the first season aired on MTV UK on September 27, 2004.

About the show
The show begins with Simpson signing her record deal with Geffen; the first season ends with the U.S. release of her album, and the second season ends with the launch of her tour. Simpson's song "Autobiography", the title track from her album, plays during the show's opening, which is composed of clips of Simpson from the show mixed with brightly colored backgrounds and handwritten lyrics, words and scribblings. The first season's opening includes only clips of Simpson with blonde hair (although she dyed it dark a little more than halfway through the season), while the second season's opening starts with blonde clips and eventually progresses to clips of Simpson with dark hair. The show itself does not consist entirely of reality footage, but also includes clips of Simpson talking to the camera about herself and about the various events in the show.

Season 1 (Parts from the show)
Much of the show deals with the process of writing and recording songs. Episode one shows some of the early stages of songwriting, and in episode two Simpson records some demos which are not received favorably by Schur. He wants Simpson to work with other people, and she is seen meeting with several in episode three: John Feldmann of the band Goldfinger, Guy Chambers, and the producing team The Matrix. Later in the same episode, Simpson first works with John Shanks, who became the producer of Autobiography, and who had previously worked with Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, and Michelle Branch. Simpson and Shanks work together on a song called "Surrender", which Simpson says they wrote in about two hours and calls a "great song"; later, however, Simpson becomes upset because she thinks Schur wants the song to have more of a "pop" sound. She is told by Thom Panunzio that Schur thinks she should sound "prettier", although at the same time Panunzio tells her that it's "probably good" that Schur compared what he heard to the music of the band Garbage. Throughout the show, Simpson expresses her preference for rock music and that she wants her album to reflect that; she says she does not want her album to sound like the pop music of Hilary Duff or her sister Jessica. At one point, when she is very upset after talking with Panunzio, she says that she would rather not have a record than do that kind of music. However, Simpson and her father Joe Simpson (who is also her manager) subsequently discuss the matter with Schur, and things are worked out...

Season 2 (Parts from the show)
Simpson said initially that she would only do one season of the show, and in an interview with Blender magazine she said: "Jessica may be happy having cameras in her life 24/7, but not me. It's not natural; it ain't healthy."However, she subsequently said that there would be a second season in the future, possibly because of the considerable success of the first season. In an episode of MTV's Making the Video on November 23, which documented the making of Simpson's music video for "La La" (Autobiography's third single) and then premiered it, Simpson mentioned that cameras were there filming for the second season of The Ashlee Simpson Show. On Making the Video, she also said: "It's been really cool having The Ashlee Simpson Show; I had no clue how the first season was gonna turn out whenever they were taping me, and I was really excited because it was something my fans could relate to. So whenever I run into my fans, it feels like, you know, they know me, so it's cool." Later, on February 7, 2005, she mentioned that the second season had started taping on October 1, and that she had two weeks left of taping...

Episodes from Season 1 (Year 2004)
» "Ashlee Moves Onward and Upward" – (16-06-2004)
» "Ashlee Verses Her Label" – (23-06-2004)
» "Ashlee Rocks Ryan's World" – (30-06-2004)
» "Valentine's Bummer" – (07-07-2004)
» "Ashlee Strikes a Pose" – (14-07-2004)
» "Ashlee Performs Live" – (21-07-2004)
» "Ashlee Hits the Big Time" – (28-07-2004)
» "Ashlee Goes Platinum" – (04-08-2004)

Episodes from Season 2 (Year 2005)
» "Ashlee Heads to the Big Apple" – (26-01-2005)
» "Ashlee's Notorious Performance" – (02-02-2005)
» "Ashlee Turns 20" – (09-02-2005)
» "Ashlee Backs Up Her Vocals" — (16-02-2005)
» "New Female Artist of the Year" – (23-02-2005)
» "Jingle Ball Rock" – (02-03-2005)
» "Happy New Year!" – (09-03-2005)
» "The Orange Bowl" – (16-03-2005)
» "Puppy Love" – (23-03-2005)
» "The Show Must Go On..." – (30-03-2005)