MTV'S MOST OUTRAGEOUS BEST FRIEND DUO "SNOOKI & JWOWW" RETURNS TO THE NETWORK ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT

New York, NY (September 12, 2013)- MTV announced today that the season three premiere of "Snooki & JWOWW" will air Tuesday, October 22 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The series returns to the network for 12-all-new zany episodes showing the lives of America's favorite best friend duo, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" Farley along with their fiancés Jionni LaValle and Roger Mathews. "Snooki & JWOWW" will be followed by the fall season premiere of "Awkward" at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

The beloved BFF duo gets ready for another summer together at the Jersey Shore as Snooki and Jionni move to a summer house minutes away from JWOWW and Roger. The ladies learn how to balance their families, personal lives and friendships all while still being young and having fun! This season will show the ups and downs of being engaged, wedding planning and a relationship is put to the test as a couple ends up in therapy. Fans will also get to see the girls on a crazy getaway, visits from their favorite "Jersey Shore" housemates and Snooki raising Lorenzo, who turns one. The ladies continue to grow up but some things always remain the same like friendship, humor and animal prints.

For more information and additional content, viewers can go to MTV.com to catch up on season 1 and 2 of "Snooki & JWOWW" and get sneak peeks of the all-new upcoming season. Additionally, to connect with Snooki and JWOWW fans can "like" the "Snooki & JWOWW" Facebook page and use the hashtags #SnookiAndJWOWW on Twitter.

"Snooki & JWOWW" season two was the #1 original series in its time period across all TV with P12-34. Additionally, the series averaged a 2.2 P12-34 rating and attracted 2.4 million total viewers (Live+7).

Seasons 1 and 2 are available on DVD, exclusively at Amazon.com and at Shop.MTV.com. Each season includes all 12 episodes, deleted scenes and more!

"Snooki & JWOWW" is produced by 495 Productions -the production company behind "Jersey Shore." Sally Ann Salsano and Pam LaLima serve as Executive Producers for 495 Productions and Jacquelyn French executive produces for MTV. Janay Dutton is Executive In Charge of Production for MTV.

Source: Nielsen, L + SD unless noted, P12-34 CVG RTG unless noted, ranked on 000s. 01/08/13-04/02/13.

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