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Jersey Shore-Style Reality TV Show Planned For Austin?

Jersey Shore cast member Pauly D makes a public appearance. A website purports that an executive producer of that show wants to produce a reality tv series in Austin.
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Jersey Shore cast member Pauly D makes a public appearance. A website purports that an executive producer of that show wants to produce a reality tv series in Austin.

This has been raising some eyebrows in Austin. It purports to be a casting call for a reality TV program that is “rounding up the biggest and baddest personalities to live it up in the ultimate Austin pad.�

The website says the show is being produced by “one of the Executive Producers behind ‘� in conjunction with Badaddy Productions.� A Google search for Badaddy Productions yielded no results.

The website is registered to Steven Kiefer, who lists as his address an apartment in North Hollywood, California. A man named Steven Kiefer as a casting editor who has worked on several TV series, including .

Applicants on are encouraged to answer questions like,� What is your favorite way to let loose and have fun?� and, “What makes you stand out?� One part of the form says simply, “BRAG.�

"Lost In Austin" is the name of .  A British TV miniseries from 2008 was called .               

In 2005, MTV produced a season of the reality television series "The Real World" in Austin. According to representing the cast, was the highest rated cable series in 2005 among viewers aged 12-34

Nathan Bernier is the transportation reporter at KUT. He covers the big projects that are reshaping how we get around Austin, like the I-35 overhaul, the airport's rapid growth and the multibillion-dollar transit expansion Project Connect. He also focuses on the daily changes that affect how we walk, bike and drive around the city. Got a tip? Email him at [email protected]. Follow him on X .