The first season of "The Ashlee Simpson Show" debuted in the U.S. on June 16, 2004 and aired every Wednesday until the last episode on August 4. The show aired at 10:30 PM ET, the time slot just after Ashlee's sister Jessica Simpson's already successful reality show "". The second season of the show, airing in the same time slot as before and again following "Newlyweds", began in the U.S. on January 26, 2005 and ended on March 30. 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.