IN THE INITIAL season of the hit reality series ?Jersey Shore,? eight attractive housemates spend the summer in a beach house, where they become buddies, bicker, and hang out with people they meet in nearby bars.

The twentysomethings have to work in shifts for the guy who owns the Jersey Shore house, so they sell shirts at his shop before club-hopping. The partying happens almost nightly; the group is accompanied by cameras documenting shallow and serious drama whenever it manifests.

The cast members are now celebrities because of their good looks, hot bods, or some surrounding controversies. Most of them are vain, self-assured, and vocal about not-so-cerebral matters. Some have trouble fitting in, or are just unabashedly self-centered.

Former stripper Mike a.k.a. ?The Situation? flaunts his abs, and routinely goes to the gym and the tanning salon with hairstyle-conscious Pauly, the tattooed DJ. They bring back girls to the house, to the annoyance of some housemates.

The diminutive Snooki, or ?Snickers,? is free-spirited and admits to ?trashy? behavior when she?s drunk. Her housemates become protective of her after she is punched in the face by a drunk in one bar.

Romance blossoms between Sammi ?Sweetheart? and bodybuilder Ronnie. The cute couple argue several times about flirting with others, but often end up talking about their issues, and then make up. It gets pretty repetitive.

Occasional verbal tussles, cussing, fist fights, and continuous partying make ?Jersey Shore? a curious social experiment. Whether the viewer lives vicariously through these hot young things, identifies with them, or just finds some cast members appealing, it?s reality TV at its most junk food-like: It lacks nutritional value, but gets quite addicting.

?Jersey Shore? recently aired on MTV Asia. Season 1 episodes can be viewed on mtvasia.com.

Primetime Emmys

The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards telecasts on Studio 23?s Double Primetime tomorrow at 9:30 p.m.

Comedian-host Jimmy Fallon hosts the awards night to be held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Among the top nominees are HBO?s World War II miniseries ?The Pacific? with 24 nominations and Fox?s hit musical comedy ?Glee? with 19 nominations.

Slash after GNR

Former Guns N? Roses guitarist Slash tells CNN?s Anjali Rao about life after the American hard rock band, his public battle with alcohol and drugs, and his role as a father of two.
The interview airs today at 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2:30 a.m.

Slash?s interview is available online at www.cnn.com/talkasia.

Overlooked females

Animal Planet casts the spotlight on the overlooked females of the animal kingdom in ?Wildwives of Savannah Lane? on Mondays at 11 p.m. starting tomorrow.

The three-part series features characters that show how the animal kingdom bears astounding similarities to the human world.

Pocketbook romance

ABS-CBN?s Primetime Bida features ?Martha Cecilia?s Kristine,? a TV adaptation of a local pocketbook series, on weeknights after ?Magkaribal.?

Directed by Rory Quintos, the series tells the story of four people from rival families who unexpectedly fall in love with each other. It casts Cristine Reyes, Zanjoe Marudo, Rafael Rosell and Denise Laurel.