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Some 8.5 million viewers tuned in for the Season 3 premiere of Jersey Shore on MTV last night, making it the highest-rated series telecast on MTV ever. It shattered Jersey Shore‘s previous record for most-watched episode, which was 6.7 million. In MTV’s target demo of persons 12-34, the Jersey Shore premiere (8.3 rating) was up 63% vs. the reality series’ Season 2 debut. And despite airing at 10 PM, Jersey Shore was the second highest-rated program on any network among adults 18-49 behind CBS’ The Big Bang Theory.
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Excuse me. I must go throw up now.
Me, too….and to think Damages was lucky to get 1M….tragic.
8.5 million viewers??? This is the future of our country?? We are doomed! Let me order Rosetta Stone so I can know Chinese when they finally take us over.
Oxygen thieves! All of ‘em should be taken out to the woodshed and beaten within an inch of their lives for supporting that crap. They should make a new show called “Jersey Jobs”, where we watch all of the cast members of Jersey Shore doing nasty jobs like picking up dogs**t and cleaning septic tanks. The show should show them dealing with those things that best represent what they are to our world….s**t.
Pot meet kettle
LOL, No Hope! You should take some comfort in knowing that Obama is going on Bill O’Reilly after the Superbowl. Looking good, America!
Loading my shotgun…
This is why women should not be allowed to handle the remote.
And the men who tuned into this?
You are the reason why everyone in NY/LA looks down on the flyover states. Jersey Shore may be terrible, but there were just as many men backing this show along with SallyAnn Salsano. Spew your misogyny elsewhere, you small-minded prick.
Cue the effete snobs who 1) wet their beds, and 2) wail about the inevitable doom of this county.
I’d take ANY Jersey Shore punk over the Obamas for a neighbor.
What does Obama have to do with JERSEY SHORE? Oh, that’s right, nothing. Can’t you right wingers check your hate for one second and stick to the topic at hand? Probably not, but just asking anyway.
First remove half your brain (and clothes) so you’ll fit in in the Jersey Shore.
The good news is the other half are watching the Big Bang Theory, which is just fun and occasionally educational
hmmm. First MTV brought The Real World (which was initially kinda cool), then hit big with The Osbournes, now Jersey Shore and pregnant teens–what a statement on current pop culture!
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Jersey SHore is better & more entertaining than these “hits”:
-Lucille Ball in anything after “I Love Lucy”.
-Anything with Bert Convy.
-”The Donny and Marie Show”.
-Anything with Jim Belushi or Tom Arnold except “True Lies”.
-Any reality show with “real” psychics.
-”Fear Factor”.
-”Girls Gone Wild”
-Glenn Beck.
-”Kendra”.
I agree with you on Girls Gone Wild and Glenn Beck, but that’s setting the bar pretty low.
But yet you both took the time to click the link to read the article.
WELL CAN I JUST SAY I WAS ONE WHO DID TUNE INTO IT LAST NIGHT AND IF I MUST SAY I LOVED IT I HOPE THEY KEEP COMING OUT WITH MORE AND MORE SEASONS. YOU GUYS ARE JUST HATERS. GO WATCH YOUR LIITLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRE. . .
I AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope there are more seasons after this one! I LOVE ALL OF THEM!!!!! I DON”T CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS!
This is the best show on TV (except for MAD MEN). Lighten up and enjoy the ride.
agreed! jersey shore is to reality TV what mad men is to scripted…
They are all so talented! How lucky we are to be a part of their lives! I want all children to become them! Hoping to see them in Transformers 4 (Tron 2/new Bourne)!
nice
From a business perspective, kudos to MTV for the audience gains. But let’s put this in perspective for a moment.
The US has a population of approximately 310M. Granted, that figure includes babies and young children, but really, you can do the math yourself and see that only 2.5 – 3% of the country watches this show.
Much ado about nothing.
True. But honestly if I can have 2.5% of the US population watch anything that I create, I’d be pretty pleased.
And I hate Jersey Shore.
8.3 rating is a huge number.
“Liitle House on the Praire?” Typical Jersey Shore viewer.
All hail Snooki!
Snooki is life!
All hail Snooki!
Snooki is life!
I can’t help it, I’m addicted to watching these idiots…
Looks like the world really is coming to an end.
This is what Padddy Chayefsky warned about in “Network”.
We should have heeded his warning.
ay, didnt you guys party during your college days? fall in love with a dingy? yes of course, this show isn’t the smartest or most dramatic or has a high quality in content.
But what it does give you is a lot of laughs and a good time.
and sometimes some of us need that after a long week of work
=)
jersey shore rocks
College students, you say? I believe that Pauly D is 39. Even with the fact that these peeps are somewhat lacking in the brains department, that’s a wee bit old to still be considered a college student.
I foresee the imminent death of the Republic. My college age kids love this show. Me, not so much.
I think you mean Pauly D is 29, not 39.And yes, most of them are between the ages of 25 and 30, so they are not really college kids in any sense.
People who rail against Jersey Shore usually A) haven’t actually seen it, and B) take themselves and life too seriously. The cast are a bunch of self-unaware yet likable and charismatic idiots. It’s what makes them a fun guilty pleasure. I’d rather be at a party with them than surrounded by a bunch of you pseudo-hipster try-hards all sitting around listening to Vampire Weekend and discussing Mad Men in relation to feminist ideals.
I have never seen an episode but is it really so surprising that at a time when almost 50% of the population lives in POVERTY (most recent stat) ‘aspirational’ shows like this are successful? These people represent ‘regular folk’ who could live next door–achieving fortune–MILLIONAIRES– and fame. The sad part is that what are they famous FOR? Self promotion,really-and they’re very good at that, just like the Kardashians, who are richer versions of these bozos.. But this programming strikes a chord because people want to be mindlessly entertained and also identify with them on some level. Plus, you have adults acting out their base instincts in ways that most people are afraid to– yell, scream, fight and have spontaneous sex–there’s something about the behavior that is weirdly appealing and satisfying, I guess.
anyway, I’ll stop w/the armchair shrinking and just throw in that I agree it’s not exactly a harbinger of an American artistic renaissance is it.
50% of americans live in poverty? Are you fucking stupid? You might actually be ronnie from the jersey shore with that stupidity.
And you thought the movie “Idiocracy” was set five hundred years in the future! Welcome to the present my friends. Just when you thought we couldn’t be dumbed down any farther we have Jersey Shore to push us to the limit. What’s next? I’m sure it won’t be long till the debut of TFN. What’s TFN you ask? The Farting Network of course!
Relax people. It’s a Thursday night show. It’s entertaining. It’s tongue-in-cheek. Anyways, I’ve been waiting for a Sammi vs. JWoww re-match for months and I was NOT disappointed by last nights premiere.
This is why 1000′s of birds are falling from the sky and the fish and crabs are dying.
VeeDee for Everybody!!!! Wee!!!!