It has been six months since we last checked in with our favorite housemates in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, but tonight (Thursday, July 29), the wait is finally over. "Jersey Shore," the hit MTV show that turned cast members like Snooki and the Situation into household names since its premiere late last year, is back with brand new episodes. This time around, the cast gets transplanted from the house on the boardwalk to the sunny shores of Miami for some good, old-fashioned fun in the sun.
There haven't been new episodes of the show in a while, though the cast members have been involved in plenty of other media projects since then. The Situation has a deal for a workout video and a book, while several of the cast members helped co-host the pre-show at the MTV Movie Awards. They partied to mark the release of the show's official soundtrack, and they also recently showed up at the New York Stock Exchange to ring the opening bell. They have become fixtures on talk shows and on red carpets and are now so much a part of the pop culture fabric that even President Barack Obama referenced them recently.
Just in case you forgot what the show was about, who the best hook-ups were and what the most amazing lines of dialogue were, check out MTV News' own Jim Cantiello blowing through "Jersey Shore in 60 Seconds," which includes insights into the relationships, fights, drinking and drama that made up the landmark debut season of the show. Can the second season keep up with this?
What was your favorite moment from the first season of "Jersey Shore"? Let us know in the comments!