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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
41

Final episode date
  
30 March 2005

Language
  
English

3.7/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
3

First episode date
  
19 August 2003

Network
  
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica Newlyweds Nick amp Jessica 2003 for Rent on DVD DVD Netflix

Starring
  
Nick LacheyJessica Simpson

Opening theme
  
"This I Swear" by Nick Lachey

Similar
  
'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen a, Punk'd, The Ashlee Simpson Show, The Osbournes, Daddy's Girls

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Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica is an American reality television series that aired on MTV. It followed the marriage of then husband and wife Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. The show premiered on August 19, 2003, and ran for three seasons, with 41 episodes in total. The last season started on January 26, 2005, and the show concluded on March 30, 2005.

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Simpson and Lachey were married on October 26, 2002 and filed for divorce on December 16, 2005. On June 30, 2006 Jessica and Nick's divorce was finalized.

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Part of the show's gimmick involved displaying Simpson's naive personality, playing on the popular stereotype of "dumb blondes". Perhaps the most famous example comes from the first episode, in which Simpson, confronted with a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna, asked Nick "Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken... by the Sea' [sic]."

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Origin

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The show was originally intended for Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley after their marriage in 1994, but the couple decided not to continue with the project after the start of pre-production. It was shelved until 2002, when Jessica's father and manager, Joe Simpson, contacted Dave about producing a show starring his daughter and her new husband.

When Simpson was originally asked why she chose to do such a show for MTV, she replied that it was good promotion for her new album [In This Skin]. The reality show, which coincided with the release of the album, at first did not help Simpson's album sales, as it debuted at #10 on the Billboard Charts and quickly fell down. Constantine Paraskevopoulos was asked to come in and direct Sweetest Sin and help sculpt an image breakthrough for the couple depicting them in a way that would break the boundaries of her conservative church going base. The video helped raise an over-all awareness and sex appeal for both Jessica and Nick, and was strongly featured in season one's top episode "the Video shoot". During this time, Constantine was also asked to direct Nick Lachey's video Shut Up, featuring Dax Shepard from Punk'd. This was also highlighted on the series.

However, over the span of the first season, Simpson's popularity began growing, as many of her "dumb blonde" antics gave her much publicity. By the close of 2003, Simpson and Lachey had both become household names, and Newlyweds had become a pop culture phenomenon. Simpson's label decided to release the second single "With You" to see how it would do on radio now that Simpson had become an A-Lister.

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