495 Productions

MTV’s newest series, Jersey Shore, peels back yet a different curtain to follow eight young adults as they move into a summer home to indulge in everything Seaside Heights, New Jersey, one of the most popular summer hot spots, has to offer. Jersey Shore uncovers sometimes surprising, often hilarious and usually over-the-top personalities as they juggle work, love, nightlife, friendship and the drama that ensues. In the end, viewers see that there is more to these tan and buff individuals than hair gel. So watch the hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their fists pumping all summer long

Looking for love? What do you do if your best friend sets you up on the worst blind date imaginable? Do you stick it out until after dessert or sneak out the back door? Yes, you’re genuinely looking for love and your friend truly wants you to find it. But, let’s face it, dating can be disasterous! On Disaster Date, we’ll secretly test your tolerance and see how much you can take before you bail on the ultimate bunk blind date, but unknowingly racking up cold hard cash for every minute you hang in there.

You know you’ve met a few… those strutting, preening, over confident alpha-males who lie, cheat, and treat their girlfriends like door mats. Yes, we’re talking about “Tool’s.” We take 9 of these men, who think they are trying out for “Mr. Awesome,” and almost immediately they discover that they have been recruited by their girlfriends into the “Tool Academy,” where they will be schooled in proper boyfriend behavior—covering topics like honesty, fidelity, maturity, and communication with resident relationship counselor Trina Dolenz. Each week the guy who shows the least progress in the group is deemed a hopeless tool and dismissed from the academy. But there’s a twist: he must then plead his case before his girlfriend, who decides on the spot if she wants to keep him or kick him to the curb. In the end, only one man will be rewarded for his transformation with a $100,000 cash prize and the title of “Mr. Awesome.”

FOX is setting out to prove that love comes in all shapes and sizes with the new inspirational dating competition series More to Love. the unscripted series follows a single average guy with a big waist and an even bigger heart as he romances several confident and secure plus-size women. Each week, the husky hunk will wine and dine a group of curvy women to determine if they have more love to give or if they are truly more than he can handle. When the size of competition narrows, he will have to decide if one full-figured lady will become his true love.

Twelve finalists, nearly 3,000 lbs, one goal -- to go from an eating machine to a dancing machine in Oxygen's new dance/weight loss competition series Dance Your Ass Off, hosted by TONY Award®-winning actress Marissa Jaret Winokur. Bringing dance and diet together, Dance Your Ass Off features talented, full-figured contestants who will have to lose to win. Each contestant is paired with a professional dance partner who will train him or her for weekly stage performances -- ranging from Hip Hop, to Ballroom and even Pole Dancing! Then they shake and rattle their rolls in front of a live studio audience and a panel of expert judges. The judges score the routines, and then the contestants weigh in to reveal their weekly weight loss. The dance score and the weight loss are combined for an overall score, which determines who is sent home each week.

In HGTV's $250,000 Challenge, five families living in the same neighborhood share a dream: to improve their homes and win $250,000. The families compete in weekly home improvement and design challenges, each based on one of HGTV's most popular shows. A panel of judges including HGTV hosts and designers sends the families who did the best work on to the next challenge and toward the ultimate goal of earning a newly renovated home and a $250,000 cash prize.

The competition will be fierce as HGTV begins its quest for the next great Design Star. Drama, suspense, excitement and controversy are sure to follow when aspiring designers try to impress an expert judging panel and home viewers with their sparkling personalities and design expertise. During the series, the designers will compete in deliciously clever challenges that push them to the limit and surprise viewers with design events they never imagined. It's anyone's guess which designer will walk away with the coveted prize: his or her own show on HGTV!

MTV’s Bi-Curious look at love: After all, why limit yourself to only half the world's population? MTV execs may have asked themselves that very question on the road to greenlighting the 10-episode reality series A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, which will feature 32 men and women vying for the affections of the 25-year-old entertainer Time magazine called "the Madonna of MySpace". In a spin-off of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, "A Doubleshot at Love" features identical bisexual twins Rikki and Vikki. They put their modeling career on hold to let 12 straight guys and 12 lesbians have a “double” shot at love.

"Nashville Star" is the grassroots talent search to find America's next great music star. This season the auditions criss-crossed the USA and left no mic unturned with stops in Austin, Los Angeles, Washington D. C., Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Kansas City, Tallahassee, Denver, New Orleans, Portland and aboard U.S.S Iwo Jima for a special military casting call. Over 45,000 (more than double those who auditioned for the fifth season) auditioned to make their dreams come true.

A spin-off of MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. The show starred previous ASAL contestant Domenico Nesci, a 5-foot-3-inch adorable Italian Fifteen American women competed for Domenico's heart in a series of challenges to be his “bambina”.

What happens when someone has a birthday, Anniversary, or house warming party, but no time or any idea what to do? A “Big Party Plan Off!” where two of Hollywood’s Hottest Party Planners with varying specialties and Big Ideas compete to make personalized party perfection. The professionals plan and pitch, but only one party can be picked. The winner heads the plan off and loser assists their every whim. Watch as decadent dreams become fantastic realities, on “Big Party Plan Off!”