American reality television series
Party Down South Also known as The Dirty South Dirty South Genre Reality Created by SallyAnn Salsano Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons7 No. of episodes86 Executive producers
SallyAnn Salsano
Joel Zimmer
Kyle Simpson
Jayson Dinsmore
Melanie Moreau
Camera setup Multiple Running time 42 minutes Production company 495 Productions Network CMT Release January 16, 2014 (2014-01-16 ) – April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14 ) Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
Party Down South (also known as The Dirty South and Dirty South ) is an American reality television series that premiered January 16, 2014, on CMT .[ 1] The series was created by Jersey Shore executive producer SallyAnn Salsano and 495 Productions , and has thus far been set in five different locations: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina ; Athens, Georgia ; Savannah, Georgia ; Biloxi, Mississippi ; and St. Petersburg, Florida . The latter two locations have served as the setting for Party Down South and the spinoff series Party Down South 2 .
Party Down South depicts eight adults who are put together in a house for the summer.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] In October 2014, Party Down South was announced as CMT's highest-rated show, averaging over 930,000 viewers, which led to the making of two seasons of the spinoff show Party Down South 2 .[ 7] [ 8]
On January 7, 2016, CMT announced that the fifth season, featuring the original Party Down South cast, will be the final season. The final season premiered on January 28, 2016, and concluded on April 14, 2016.[ 9] [ 10]
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