ADDITIONAL NOTES: completed airing its first season on 6/14/12; has yet to be renewed for a second season
DESCRIPTION: (from MTV's press release, February 2012) Two of MTV's most iconic series and talked-about pop culture phenomenons get set to converge on Thursday, March 29, when the network marks the return of the previously announced all-new "Punk'd," featuring a different celebrity host each week, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, followed by the first spinoff series from "Jersey Shore," "The Pauly D Project," at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.