Jersey Shore
A New Family/The Tanned Triangle
TV Flash files “A New Family/The Tanned Triangle” as a desk essential hour — Jersey Shore (2009–2012) on MTV, season 1, episode 1, aired 2009-12-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 71 in the Jersey Shore guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2009-12-03 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “The Tanned Triangle” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “A New Family/The Tanned Triangle”. A New Family/The Tanned Triangle is origin night: gym, tan, laundry, Snooki and The Situation, catchphrases arriving before the think pieces.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A New Family/The Tanned Triangle sit in the Jersey Shore guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 71 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Jersey Shore S01E01 air?
A New Family/The Tanned Triangle aired 2009-12-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Jersey Shore watchable without 2010 context?
GTL, fist pumps, Snooki, The Situation — catchphrases as dialect. The recession-era explosion is context; the house drama still plays as carnival.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps — a recession-era house that networks could not look away from. Jersey Shore is vulgar and magnetic: Snooki, The Situation, catchphrases as national dialect, and culture-war think pieces that only made the afterparty louder.
MTV dropped a house in December 2009 and watched it explode in 2010 like a chart that refused a quiet Friday. Jersey Shore, SallyAnn Salsano's recession-era carnival, ran through 2012: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Pauly D, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, Vinny, Ronnie. Gym, tan, laundry. Fist pumps as dialect. Vulgar, magnetic, inescapable. A pop-culture punchline and a cash machine. Culture-war think pieces only made the afterparty louder. Six seasons, 71 episodes. Family Vacation later…
Filed against
- Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi as Herself
Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi turned Jersey Shore’s recession-era house into a national dialect — gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps, The Situation, catchphrases networks could not look away from. Vulgar, magnetic, culture-war think pieces that only…
- Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino as Himself
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino turned Jersey Shore’s recession-era house into a catchphrase factory — gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps, a vulgar magnet networks could not look away from. Snooki, national dialect, culture-war think pieces…
- Pauly D as Himself
Pauly D played himself on Jersey Shore, the 2000s recession-era house of gym, tan, laundry, and fist pumps — vulgar and magnetic, catchphrases as national dialect, culture-war think pieces that only made the afterparty louder. TV Flash…
- Jenni 'JWoww' Farley as Herself
Jenni “JWoww” Farley lived Jersey Shore as recession-era house weather — gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps, a vulgar magnetic that networks could not look away from. Snooki, The Situation, catchphrases as national dialect. TV Flash files her…
- Vinny Guadagnino as Himself
Vinny Guadagnino played Himself on Jersey Shore — gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps, a recession-era house networks could not look away from. Snooki, The Situation, catchphrases as national dialect, culture-war think pieces that only made the…
- Ronnie Ortiz-Magro as Himself
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro played himself on Jersey Shore — gym, tan, laundry, fist pumps, a recession-era house networks could not look away from. Vulgar and magnetic: Snooki, The Situation, catchphrases as national dialect. TV Flash files him…