Jersey Shore Has Big Debut

MTV sent over these bragging rights: o Season Two premiere broke series records with a 5.1 P12-34 rating and 5.3 million total viewers.

o The telecast marked MTV's best season premiere rating in more than seven years (since the Season Two launch of "The Osbournes" on 11/26/2002).

o P12-34 rating for the Season Two premiere was up 292% over "Jersey Shore" Season One debut (12/3/2009), and up 96% over Season One average.

o Total viewership of 5.3 million for the Season Two premiere increased 280% over the Season One debut (1.4 million viewers), and +96% versus the Season One average.