Jerseylicious was an American docusoap series that premiered on March 21, 2010, on the now defunct Style Network. It chronicles the lives of six stylists who work at salons located in Green Brook Township, New Jersey. The Gatsby Salon, where the series is based upon, relaunched with a multimillion-dollar renovation and began hiring new employees in 2009, which included two of the main cast members: Tracy DiMarco and Olivia Blois Sharpe. Reruns of the series also air on E!. The series was scheduled to return for its sixth season on October 6, 2013. However, it was announced that the Esquire Network would be taking over the Style Network rather than G4 as originally planned. The season later aired in countries where the Style Network still exists. Season 6 encompasses Olivia Blois Sharpe and Michelle DeCarlo as they pack their things and rent a summer house in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Tracy's wedding is also included. The show has now ended with Style Network being discontinued. On August 26, 2014, Tracy DiMarco announced on her social networks that she was filming something for E! that was believed to be a spin-off show but ended up being for an E! True Hollywood Story special titled "Life After Reality" where she discussed her life now that Jerseylicious has ended.
Cast
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Tracy DiMarco-Epstein: Former employee at The Gatsby Salon and the Glam Fairy. Currently working at Anthony Robert Salon. Married to Corey Epstein. They welcomed their first child, Skylar James, on February 4, 2015, second child Jayden Gene on September 20, 2016, third child Julian Chase coming April/May 2018
Olivia Blois Sharpe: Makeup artist. Former employee at Anthony Robert Salon, The Gatsby Salon and The Glam Fairy. Now working on her own.
Gigi Liscio: Hairstylist at The Gatsby Salon.
Christy Pereira: Manager of The Gatsby Salon. Gayle Giacomo's daughter.
Gayle Giacomo: Owner of The Gatsby Salon.
Alexa Prisco: Former lead makeup artist at The Gatsby Salon, owner of The Glam Fairy. Married to Danny. Alexa was given her own spinoff, Glam Fairy. She gave birth to their first child, McKayla in December 2012.
Season 6 was not released on television after Style Network relaunched as Esquire Network. On June 18, 2017, Season 6 was made available on E! On Demand in the US.
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Ratings
The series' premiere episode gained 300,000 total viewers and posted a 0.42 rating within the women 18-to-34 demographic. The season two finale rose to 925,000 viewers, the most-watched season-ender to-date of any series on the Style Network. The third season debut episode averaged 665,000 viewers. Season 4 premiered with a total of 668,000 viewers. 460,000 viewers watched the Season 5 finale.
Criticism of stereotypes
Jerseylicious has been criticized by the Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition for its portrayals of crude 'Jersey Shore' stereotypes about Italian Americans. According to the ONE VOICE website, 'Jerseylicious' and other related programs including 'Jersey Shore', 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey', 'Mob Wives', 'My Big Friggin' Wedding', 'Carfellows' and 'Married a Mobster' "have replaced fictitious characters with real low lifes, buffoons, carfoni and bimbos in the proliferation of reality shows" and turned anti-Italianism into "a global business."
