MTV Renews ‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’ For Fourth Season

By R. Thomas Umstead
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MTV has renewed its reality series Jersey Shore Family Vacation for a fourth season, the network said Thursday.

Jersey Shore Family Vacation 

Jersey Shore Family Vacation 

The series, a spinoff of the network’s popular series Jersey Shore, finished its third season on a ratings high, drawing 1.7 million viewers on a Nielsen Live+3 basis for its June 18 season finale. The show also performed well among young viewers, posting a 9% increase season to season among adults 18-34.

The news comes as MTV recently launched two Thursday primetime unscripted series, Double Shot at Love and Revenge Prank with DJ Pauly D and Vinny.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.