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The story of MTV Reality represents the history of the non-scripted genre as it is recognized by fans and the industry, encompassing almost three decades of some of TV's most unique programming. As MTV celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, during 2021 DCBLOG's ExtraTime franchise is proud to offer this special Flashback series as we look back at some of the most memorable moments, greatest shows, incredible personalities and unique backstories that has shaped this entire genre.
In a week from tomorrow, those in need for some fun to kick off the weekend will be offered exactly that when Florida's fun bunch, MTV's Floribama Shore, will move out of their home state and into Thursdays for Season 4. When it premieres on February 25th, the cast will be venturing westward for the first time for another year of drama and fun, but will the events of what went down last year in St. Pete Beach also be aboard that plane ride? But before we get the answer to that among other things in Montana and Arizona once Jersey Shore checks out of its Lake Las Vegas bubble hotel in 8 days from tonight, there is something else of special interest to those who love our Southern family.
From when DCBLOG began in 2013 up until now, the MTV channel has been through the depths and back, but it is their reality programming that has always drawn in the viewers. The past few years have seen the channel take advantage of their broad catalog of intellectual property and the retro movement to launch relaunched versions of those shows and new generations of those produced by their production teams. An example of this is Floribama itself, which is only part of the global Shore franchise that stretches to Britain and Mexico, indirectly led to the Jersey Vacation reboot, and is among the latest in the long line of series created by a giant in the non-scripted field, Sally-Ann Salsano's 495 Productions.
The Floribama kids have molded what we love about Snooki, Pauly and the rest of the crew with the kind of fun only those who live in the Southern United States know how, and who aren't afraid to show their touchy side. But for one of those who we will be having the fortune of spending some quality time with once again, him being on this cast of crazies wasn't the first time he was on MTV. And for this latest installment of Before They Were MTV Stars, you'd have to look back to earlier in 2017 for his debut... which comes in a totally different house where love is the order of the day, as this post goes out - fittingly enough - on the heels of the long Valentine's Day weekend in the midst of quarantine.
