Jersey Shore (TV series)
| Jersey Shore | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Reality |
| Developed by | SallyAnn Salsano |
| Starring | Paul DelVecchio Nicole Polizzi Michael Sorrentino Samantha Giancola Ronnie Ortiz-Magro Jennifer Farley Vinny Guadagnino Angelina Pivarnick Deena Nicole Cortese |
| Opening theme | "Get Crazy" by LMFAO |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 71 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | SallyAnn Salsano Scott Jeffress Jacquelyn French |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 495 Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | December 3, 2009 – December 20, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Snooki & Jwoww Jersey Shore: Family Vacation |
| Related shows | The Pauly D Project The Show with Vinny Geordie Shore Floribama Shore Warsaw Shore Gandía Shore Acapulco Shore Super Shore |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The show debuted amid controversy regarding its use of the terms "Guido/Guidette", its portrayal of Italian-Americans and allegations of perpetuating stereotypes, as well as scrutiny from locals of the cast who were not residents of the area.[1][2][3][4]
The show became a pop culture phenomenon, with classes and conferences at universities about the show, and journalists listing it as one of the most notable shows of the time. The Shore franchise spawned several international adaptations in other countries. Four of the Jersey Shore cast members received spin-off shows on MTV, with the most successful being Snooki & JWOWW. Most of the cast would go on to appear in other reality programs or receive their own shows on various networks.
On August 12, 2017, it was announced that the cast (with the exception of Ortiz-Magro, Cortese and Guadagnino) would reunite for a one-off television special not produced by 495 Productions called Reunion Road Trip: Return to the Jersey Shore, which premiered on E! on August 20, 2017.[5][6] On November 27, 2017, MTV announced that the cast (with the exception of Giancola) would be reuniting in Miami, Florida for a new reunion series titled Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.[7] The series is set to premiere globally on April 5, 2018. According to MTV, it is considered a new series and not the seventh season of the original show.[7][8]
Contents
Overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 9 | December 3, 2009 | January 21, 2010 | |
| 2 | 13 | July 29, 2010 | October 21, 2010 | |
| 3 | 13 | January 6, 2011 | March 24, 2011 | |
| 4 | 12 | August 4, 2011 | October 20, 2011 | |
| 5 | 11 | January 5, 2012 | March 15, 2012 | |
| 6 | 13 | October 4, 2012 | December 20, 2012 | |
Cast
| Name[9] | Hometown[9] | Ethnicity[9] | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deena Nicole Cortese[10] Seasons 3-6 | New Egypt, New Jersey | Italian American | Cortese, a longtime friend of Polizzi,[10] had originally auditioned for season 1 and been rejected.[11] She eventually joins the cast starting in season 3.[10] She describes herself as a "blast in a glass". |
| Paul DelVecchio[12] "Pauly D" | Johnston, Rhode Island | Italian American | DelVecchio is a disc jockey from Johnston, Rhode Island outside of Providence. He strikes up a brief romance with fellow castmate Farley but the relationship does not progress.[13][14] DelVecchio was nominated for the 2010 "America's Best DJ" competition.[15] |
| Jennifer Farley[16] "JWoww" | Franklin Square, New York | Irish-Spanish American | Farley is a graphic designer and club promoter from Franklin Square, New York. During the casting process, she stated, "I thought the guys would be enormous and really mean, and I thought the girls would be catty and overdone."[17] She enters the shore house with a steady relationship at home but cheats on her boyfriend with castmate DelVecchio and ends her relationship in season 3 episode 4 for different reasons.[13][16] Farley has had breast augmentation surgery, which she got as a birthday present to herself just before turning 21.[18] |
| Samantha Giancola[19] "Sammi Sweetheart" | Hazlet, New Jersey | Italian-Greek American | Giancola is from Hazlet, New Jersey and is recently single at the start of the series. She attended William Paterson University and was a midfielder on the women's soccer team.[20] Giancola ultimately strikes up a relationship with fellow castmate Ortiz-Magro in season 1 episode 3.[13][21] |
| Vinny Guadagnino[22] | Staten Island, New York | Italian American | 21-year-old Guadagnino comes from a traditional Italian American family in Staten Island.[23][24] A graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz who had plans to attend law school if acting did not work out. Guadagnino applied after a friend sent him an application asking for "the orangest, most muscley, spiky-haired people", which Guadagnino filled out "as a joke". Describing first meeting his castmates, he says, "I see Pauly and his spiky hair and his whole guido look. Great, they found the most stereotypical kid. Then Snooki seems like a train wreck. But you realize we're all starting this crazy new adventure."[17][25] |
| Ronnie Ortiz-Magro[26][27][28] | Bronx, New York | Italian-Puerto Rican American | Ortiz-Magro is from The Bronx in New York City. He strikes up a relationship with castmate Giancola.[13][29] |
| Angelina Pivarnick[22] Seasons 1 & 2 | Staten Island, New York | Polish-Italian American | Pivarnick is a New York City bartender. She starts out the season with a serious relationship at home, but the two break up in episode 3, which indirectly leads to her eviction from the shore house after refusing to work her shift in the T-shirt shop.[13][30] Pivarnick again departed the house during Season 2, after violent confrontations with Mike and Nicole. She did not return for Season 3. She calls herself the "Kim Kardashian of Staten Island", but is mocked by other cast members as the "Staten Island dump" or the "Rob Kardashian of Staten Island". Pivarnick made brief cameos during Seasons 5 & 6. |
| Nicole Polizzi[31] "Snooki" | Marlboro, New York | Chilean (adopted by Italian-American parents) | Polizzi is from Marlboro, New York, and is an aspiring veterinary technician. She applied to an ad on Facebook that said "Calling all guidos and guidettes," which Polizzi said, "was definitely about my lifestyle."[17] Polizzi earned the nickname "Snooki" in middle school after being the first of her friends to "make out" with a boy. She became the center of controversy when a man punched her in her face during a bar confrontation. Polizzi was arrested by Seaside police on July 30, 2010 on public intoxication charges, which were later dropped.[32][33] She previously suffered from an eating disorder in high school.[34][35] |
| Michael Sorrentino[36] "The Situation" | Staten Island, New York | Italian American | Sorrentino, an assistant manager of a fitness center in Staten Island, develops an attraction towards Giancola, which does not come into fruition when she becomes interested in fellow castmate Ortiz-Magro.[37] Sorrentino worked as an exotic dancer in 2004.[38] In the 2010 season of Dancing with the Stars, he partnered with Karina Smirnoff, but was eliminated in week 4.[39][40] He also appeared on the British television show Celebrity Big Brother in August 2012.[41] |
Production history
VH1 producer Anthony Beltempo proposed the idea of a show focusing on the "guido" lifestyle for TV, in the form of a competition series. Executive producer SallyAnn Salsano, who previously worked on A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, devised a new concept, inspired by her own summers in a Jersey summer shore house, and retained casting director Doron Ofir to find the cast. MTV Networks President Van Toffler felt that the series "loud, young, bold" style was better suited to MTV's sensibilities than VH1, and MTV programming executive Tony DiSanto felt that "[After The Hills], it was time to go for a more authentic approach, like a documentary." Van Toffler described the casting process by saying they looked for "candor, honesty, boldness and a very combustible, chaotic mess. You could honestly say none of these people were traditionally beautiful."[17]
Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino during shooting in Florence, Italy in May 2011.
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