The Resume

(December 3, 2003- )
Paris Hilton
Nicole Richie
Airs on FOX
A Bunim-Murray Production
A new twist on classic ‘buddy-buddy’ and ‘fish-out-of-water’ sitcoms

Why Simple Life might be annoying:

Its stars tend to take nothing seriously except being pampered.
The first season was overloaded with repeats.
Unlike Kenan & Kel, they get away with practically anything.
It is billed as ‘Unscripted,’ but there is little evidence of that.
Nicole routinely uses foul language around her hosts.
Paris does almost all of the driving to and from their destinations.
The official Simple Life website at fox.com relies almost exclusively on plug-ins rather than standard links.
Paris fired Nicole from future 'Simple Life' series, claiming Nicole would be too busy. It is believed Paris was angered that Nicole showed friends Paris' porn tape (April 2005).

Why Simple Life might not be annoying:

The first season was actually good clean fun, until the episode where they embezzled a birdhouse.
Subsequent seasons were not peppered with constant repeats.
It is mindless escapist entertainment.
It features women in roles that might have applied to the Three Stooges (taking on odd jobs with hilariously disastrous results).
Their antics are sometimes compared to the far more hilarious Lucy and Ethel.
A French-Canadian version of the show, starring Jacynthe, was the subject of an Access Hollywood snippet.
Mary Ellis Bunim died during its inaugural season.

Credit: Cool It All Right?

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2006 -100 Most Annoying Celebrities (Ranked: 35)
• 2007 Most Annoying 301-400 (Ranked: 377)
• 2008 Most Annoying 301-400 (Ranked: 317)
• Cool It All Right?'s Profiles [Series 01]
• Cool It Alright's Most Annoying
• Cosmopolitan’s Celebrity Feud Everyone Was Talking About the Year You Were Born (Ranked: 2005)
• Entertainers Loved by Trailer Trash
• FOX TV Series
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Look at Me, I'm with Paris Hilton
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught with Alcohol
• Look at My Hair in a Pony Tail
• Look at My Hair in Pig Tails/Braids
• My Voting was Temporarily Suspended on Am I Annoying Due to Vote Abuse
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14216)
• Reality Series
• Satirized on American Dad
• TV Land's 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catch Phrases [2006] (Ranked: 86)
• TV Shows/Series
• VH-1's 40 Greatest Reality Moments (Ranked: 26)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 123 Votes: 54.47% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 39 Votes: 58.97% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 38 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 266 Votes: 81.95% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 86 Votes: 69.77% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 211 Votes: 74.88% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 578 Votes: 77.68% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 1779 Votes: 74.82% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 2788 Votes: 78.44% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 174 Votes: 57.47% Annoying