# Jersey Shore

> Jersey Shore's season-one finale drew 4.834 million viewers amid protests and parodies.

- Owner: MTV; 495 Productions
- Kind: Series
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2009-12-03
- Milestone date: 2011-01-20
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 50 (Notable, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Controversy, Platform jump, Response chain, Press loop

## Summary

Protests preceded MTV's premiere; ratings rose as Twitter discussion, Facebook nickname apps and parodies circulated. The finale outdrew Jay Leno, and MTV renewed the series. January 2011's audience record supplies a milestone anchor.

## Timeline

- 2009-11-11 — TheWrap (Press) — TheWrap published MTV's promo for a summer-house reality series about self-described guidos.
- 2009-11-25 — CNN (TV) — CNN covered UNICO's demand that MTV cancel the series before it aired.
- 2009-12-03 — MTV / 495 Productions (TV) — MTV premiered Jersey Shore, following eight housemates in Seaside Heights.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Jersey Shore.” Case HIS-01529. Spread Score v1.3: 50/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01529