Jessica Simpson's Sister Signs with MTV

Piggybacking on her sister Jessica's success in the reality show The Newlyweds, Ashlee Simpson, 19, has signed with music network MTV to do, here's a surprise, a reality show. She also is negotiating with ABC for a possible sitcom. This news should not surprise anyone. After all, it's MTV that pioneered the genre of absolutely brainless lead characters in Beavus and Butthead.