'Papa Joe' Simpson Scores Sitcom Deal

Jessica Simpson's dad will star in Nickelodeon show
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 5, 2010 1:30 PM CST
'Papa Joe' Simpson Scores Sitcom Deal
Joe Simpson.   (AP Photo)

Joe Simpson, father of Jessica and Ashlee, will star in a Nickelodeon comedy loosely based on his experience raising his singer/actress daughters. Joe, who is a psychologist in addition to being his daughters’ manager and a TV producer, and will portray a Texas psychologist raising two daughters. The twist? One daughter will take a page from daddy’s playbook and start analyzing her school friends, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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