# Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (2018)

> The former Jersey Shore housemates reunite for a loud, messy vacation together in a Miami Beach house.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/67767

## Facts

- Seasons: 8
- Episodes: 238
- Episode runtime: 42 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: reality
- Created by: Anthony Beltempo, SallyAnn Salsano
- Network: MTV
- Cast: Pauly D., JWoww, Snooki, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick, Mike Sorrentino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Deena Cortese
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7686456/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, boisterous, chaotic, irreverent, sardonic

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with early seasons rated higher than later ones as the format grew repetitive.

## Synopsis

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation (2018-2026) is a United States reality series created by Anthony Beltempo and SallyAnn Salsano for MTV. Its ensemble of returning cast members, including Pauly D., JWoww, Snooki, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick, Mike Sorrentino and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, reunites after years apart for a group vacation in a swanky house in Miami Beach. The engine is simple: the housemates want to keep their promise to vacation together while old rivalries, romantic entanglements, new marriages and growing children collide under one roof. Each episode is built from nightlife outings, pool parties, shared meals and blunt confrontations that flare and fade as quickly as the drinks flow. Spanning eight seasons and well over two hundred episodes, the show is an unscripted, ongoing-format party reality series with a loud, breezy and often chaotic tone, rooted in the Italian American and New Jersey shore culture that defined its predecessor. Fans of Jersey Shore, The Real World and Real Housewives of Miami will find the same mix of bravado, bickering and affectionate camaraderie. Audience reception has been mixed, with ratings drifting downward across later seasons.

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