While we’re on the subject of Jersey Shore: Ads pulled, death threats, protests — and that was only the first week!

MTV programming president Tony DiSanto is speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about the network’s publicly-panned new reality show, Jersey Shore. The Hills-esque feature, about well-to-do twentysomethings visiting the Garden State’s popular beach community for the summer, has been criticized by many Italian-Americans as a “trashy and stereotypical” portrayal of the group.

“We stand by the show. We really think it delivers entertainment and balance. We’re obviously sensitive to everybody’s POV. That’s why we made changes in the promo, but there’s no intention to change anything in the show. I think that as more people check it out, they’ll grow to love it more and more. Also, no show is for everybody and no show can be. If you try to make every show for everybody, you dilute the creative…..”