The series follows the lives of eight housemates: Jenni Farley, Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi Giancola, Vinny Guadagnino, Deena Nicole Cortese (seasons 3–6), and Angelina Pivarnick (seasons 1–2).
Also a number of after-show internet specials titled "Jersey Shore: Hook-Up" hosted by Kenny Santucci have been released on MTV.com after select episodes.
For the first quarter of 2010, season 1 of Jersey Shore was the highest-rated original cable series among 12- to 34-year-olds, with a season-high 2.6 rating for the finale.
Viewers: 4.0 million[7] On January 29, 2010, MTV announced that a second season of the series consisting of 13 episodes had been ordered and would air in Summer 2010.
[13][14][15] MTV announced that the second season would follow all of the first-season cast as they "escape the cold northeast and find themselves in a new destination".
Like Season 1's episodes, these are hosted by Kenny Santucci from the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat and shown on MTV.com.
[31] ^[d] MTV did not re-air the episode on TV or online after the initial showing until its usual time-slot the following Thursday September 16, 2010.
[40] On July 20, 2010, MTV announced that the entire cast will return for the third season, with the exception of Angelina Pivarnick.
[43] Season three premiered on January 6, 2011, to 8.45 million viewers, making it MTV's highest-rated telecast.
The house gets off to an interesting start when Snooki confronts Vinny about him and her best friend Ryder and Deena "accidentally" gets naked in front of Mike.
Snooki tells Sam that she has feelings for Vinny but is heartbroken when she finds him "smushing" a girl he brought home from the club.
The gang goes out bowling and realize Deena is a bad driver and Sammi and Jenni try to get Vinny to talk to Snooki about her feelings and their relationship.
[76] It premiered on January 5, 2012, and follows the cast returning to Seaside Heights, New Jersey, after spending the fourth season in Italy.
Vinny weighs his options: Should he stay at the Jersey Shore house or head home to Staten Island?
Snooki fights with Jionni, and the roommates are back to their usual antics- partying and tanning to the extreme.
The roommates struggle to adjust to life at the shore without Vinny, while The Situation confronts his own internal demons.