Gene Simmons Family Jewels :
Gene Simmons Family Jewels is an A&E network reality show about rock legend Gene Simmons and his family. It airs Monday nights at 10 pm ET/PT on A&E. (Season one schedule.)
Gene Simmons' Family:
Gene Simmons Family Jewels features Gene and his longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed. Tweed is a former Playmate of the Year who has also done some acting on shows such as Frasier and Married With Children. They have two teenage children together -- Nick, 18, and Sophie, 14. (Ages in August, 2006.)
Who Is Gene Simmons?:
Gene Simmons is the cofounder of the legendary rock band KISS. The multimillionaire also runs the companies Simmons Records, Simmons Audio Visual, and Gene Simmons Game Magazine, and Simmons Abramson Marketing. Gene Simmons Family Jewels isn't his first reality show. He also starred on Vh1's Gene Simmon's Rock School and he produced Mr. Romance for the Oxygen channel.
Simmons Family Trivia:
- Mom Shannon used to be Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriend.
- Gene and Shannon met at a Playboy party.
- Gene and Shannon like to say they are "happily unmarried." They have no plans on tying the knot.
- Son Nick also has rock aspirations.
- Daughter Sophie is the athletic one. She enjoys volleyball, snowboarding, swimming, and horseback riding.
