Jersey Shore Goes To Florence (Tonight)

MTV's Jersey Shore is back & everyone will finally get to see the cast take over Florence, Italy (guido style) starting tonight at 10/9c on MTV.

Here's the scoop:

ABC's Good Morning America brought us a pretty cool sneak of the Jersey Shore house in Florence & what viewers can expect to see during the fourth season of MTV's hit reality series. Without a doubt this season is going to be an obvious "watch" & not a "flop", simply because the hardcore partying, arguing, & plumbing issues continue to follow the cast as the guidos make moves to Florence, Italy - but everybody really wants to know what's going to happen between Ron & Sam [now], and what exactly made Mike "The Situation" get into another fight with Ron? The cast also brought one of its most important necessities to Italy with them, AlienHair "Evolve Your Hair" (static super-gel & cement spiking-glue) - which you can actually read more about right here.  Don't forget to visit AlienHair online - follow them via Facebook & Twitter.

Bravo & VH1 Announce New Reality TV Shows - (Which Will You Watch & Which Will Flop?)

Bravo Network recently announced a new line-up of reality TV shows to its current roster of "pop culture brand" television, but so has one of its major competitors - VH1.

Here's the scoop:

According to an AOL article posted by Chris Harnick, New Jersey will continue to take over Sunday nights because Bravo is set to premiere another New Jersey family-based reality TV show,"Thicker Than Water: The Marinos", on August 21 (Sunday night at 11pm - right after Real Housewives of New Jersey).

Suprisingly enough, Thicker Than Water will not replace the Franklin Lakes trainwrecks, instead Bravo has strategically decided to play them back-to-back until the [season 3] finale of Real Housewives of New Jersey (which is currently scheduled for September 18th - followed by its signtature Bravo dramatic reunion).


Besides its New Jersey obsession, Bravo has added four more new shows (in no particular order): "Paint The Town", "Around The World In 80 Plates", "Dallas: Most Eligible", "Newlyweds: The First Year", and they've also renewed their original [first] housewives franchise, Real Housewives of Orange County.

Let's not get too hyped over Bravo's stragetic moves in this competitive [reality TV] chess game, VH1 has new shows on its side of the chessboard as well - which are scheduled to premiere during the same time frame as Bravo's schedule.

VH1's reality hit series, "Mob Wives", is scheduled for its season 2 premiere very soon - some time this fall (most likely to be on Sunday or Monday nights). Another highly anticipated VH1 reality show is "La La's Full Court Life", scheduled to premiere on August 22nd (Monday nights at 10/9c) - the day after Bravo's RHONJ & Thicker Than Water: The Marinos.

La La's Full Court Life is preceded by VH1's previous hit reality show featuring popular actress & disc jockey, Alani Vasques, in "La La's Full Court Wedding" (showcasing her marriage process with new husband, Carmelo Anthony). Click here to catch a sneek-peak at La La's Full Court Life on VH1.

Another show worth watching is VH1's "Famous Food" (featuring Danielle Staub, Heidi Montag, Jake Pavelka, Ashley Dupre, Juicy J & DJ Pauly from Three 6 Mafia). Although Famous Food hasn't been getting the best ratings & many bloggers are considering the show a flop - but I really have to disagree, it isn't a flop & people should totally watch. My eyes were literally glued to my [42inch] flat screen TV after watching the first four episodes of these [d-list] celebrities compete to open a restaurant. Talk about major drama, this cast really knows how to get on each others nerves & they seem to fight over any minor detail - especially when it regards [high-end] NYC prostitute, Ashley Dupre (who went on the show to demonstrate that she's capable of more than what viewers may think of her).

With so many shows, I'll be here to tell you which are most likely to be a "watch" (based on marketing strategy), aswell as those which are currently a "flop". To end my blog post, here is a statement from Shari Levine (vice president of production at Bravo Media): "We are confident these new series will reinforce Bravo's pop culture brand and resonate with our engaged and upscale audience."