"Jersey Shore" scores its biggest season premiere ever
(CBS) In case you needed further proof the world is ending, you need look no further than the news - not of impending economic disaster, but of television viewing habits.
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The fourth season premiere of "Jersey Shore" was MTV's "most-watched opener to date," reports The Hollywood Reporter. A total of 8.8 million people turned in to watch the cast act stupidly everywhere it goes.
It was a big episode, viewer-wise, but the most watched episode of the show had about 100,000 people watching, averaging 8.9 million viewers for a Jan. 20, 2011, show. (Snooki was released from jail in that one.)
GTL, people. GTL.