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EXCLUSIVE. On his way up the corporate ladder at Viacom, Chris McCarthy has added oversight of several networks, including MTV, VH1, Logo and CMT. As is the case everywhere in television, most of them have needed revitalizing. But no rebuilding project came close to the challenges at MTV. For most of the 2010s, the…

Take two Jersey Shore veterans, add 20 single women and you have Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly D & Vinny, a dating competition series just greenlighted at MTV. Said bachelors are Paul Delvecchio and Vinny Guaagnino, stars of the original reality phenomenon and bromancers in current revival Jersey Shore Family Vacat…

MTV is bringing back one of its biggest series, Jersey Shore, for a new installment. The network has greenlighted Jersey Shore Family Vacation, featuring most of the original cast, for premiere in 2018. The new series was teased throughout the day today on social media and announced during tonight’s MTV series…

MTV has released the first trailer for Floribama Shore, the followup series to its blockbuster hit Shore franchise. As Deadline exclusively reported, the Viacom network is bringing back its signature franchise, with the eight-episode reality series set to premiere November 27. From SallyAnn Salsano’s 495 Productions, F…

Federal prosecutors just ensured that the situation went from bad to worse for Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino today. Already facing big tax problems and 2014 fraud charges from the government, the former Jersey Shore star and his brother were slapped Friday with a new superseding indictment alleging more tax evasion…

The consolidation of independent unscripted production companies continues, with FremantleMedia buying a 75% stake in SallyAnn Salsano‘s 495 Prods. with the option to acquire the remaining 25%g in the future. Founded in 2006 by Salsano, 495 Prods. is behind such unscripted series as MTV’s Jersey Shore and spinoffs Snoo…

Its been called "The Jersey Shore Of Appalachia", but MTV's Buckwild last night bested its network time slot predecessor. The 10 PM debut of the reality series, about a group of thrill-seeking young adults in small-town West Virginia, pulled in an audience of 2.49 million viewers and a 1.4 rating over its back-to-back…

It was time. Despite a blanket campaign surrounding the final season of MTV‘s Jersey Shore, the former ratings juggernaut whimpered to the finish line. Last night’s series finale drew 3.1 million viewers, a third of the audiences the reality series commanded in its heyday. It was up 55% from last week’s episode but…

The network has a week of Jersey Shore programming planned this month leading to the end of the hit reality series’ six-season run. MTV announced today it will air the second-to-last episode of the reality series December 13 at 10 PM ahead of the series finale December 20 at 10 PM. That will be followed by a live…

Here we go again. In December 2009, MTV’s launch of Jersey Shore, about a group of party-loving young Italian Americans, drew the ire of Italian American organizations and legislators who mounted a campaign against the show. Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, chairman of the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus, and…

With Jersey Shore nearing its end, another cast member of the blockbuster reality series is staying at MTV with a new show. The network has greenlighted hybrid talk show/reality series The Show With Vinny hosted by Jersey Shore‘s Vinny Guadagnino. Executive produced by Jersey Shore mastermind SallyAnn Salsano of 495…

The one hour show, called Restore the Shore, will include cast members from MTV’s Jersey Shore as well as guests who’ll be announced later, and will air live on November 15 at 11:00 PM ET, with a tape delay for the west coast. The cable channel will use the funds to rebuild Seaside Heights’ boardwalk and support local…