Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica is a
reality television show that was produced and aired by
MTV. It followed the lives of then husband and wife
Nick Lachey and
Jessica Simpson. The show first aired in
August 2003 and ran 4 seasons, with 41 episodes in total. The last season started on
January 26,
2005, and the last episode aired on
March 30,
2005.
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.
Part of the show's gimmick involved displaying Simpson's stupidity and ignorance, 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
[1] 'Chicken... by the Sea'."