New York Post Online Edition: gossip: "BRACE for an overload of Jessica Simpson. Not only has the ditsy pop tart signed on for another MTV season of 'Newlyweds' with her hubby, Nick Lachey, she is up for the lead role in the movie version of 'I Dream of Jeannie.' On top of that, she just signed a secret deal with ABC to star in her own sitcom.

'Jessica's show will be prime time - kind of like what Eve is doing, or what Jerry Seinfeld did,' our spy said."