MTV's "Jersey Shore" Airs Season 5 Starting Jan. 5

All eyes will again be on Seaside Heights and its most famous summer house tenants, of MTV's Jersey Shore will begin to air starting Thursday Jan. 5.

Reality television show castmates Vinnie, Snooki, the "Situation," et al will be back on the air after filming around Seaside Heights and Toms River, similar to previous seasons videotaped at the rental house off Ocean Terrace and Kearney, or on the boards and nightclubs of Seaside. The Jersey Shore cast spent the summer in and around Ocean County after filming season four in Italy.

When will Jersey Shore season five be over? The previous seasons were 12 episodes long, a new one airing weekly. The staple reunion show is likely planned. 

MTV's Jersey Shore season five, episode one, is on at 10 p.m. Thursday. However, MTV is also reruning episodes from Jersey Shore season four all day Thursday.