SallyAnn Salsano

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SallyAnn Salsano (born c. 1974) is an American television producer. Her company, 495 Productions, has produced several television reality shows for MTV and syndication, including Jersey Shore and The Real .

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Biography

Salsano was raised in Farmingdale, New York, [1] on Long Island, and graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1992. [2] She named her company for Interstate 495 on Long Island. [3] In 1996 she was a finalist for MTV's The Real World: Miami . [4]

Salsano attended the University of Missouri. [5] She started her career as an intern for TV and radio personalities Howard Stern and Sally Jessy Raphael, then worked in various producer capacities on The Bachelor , The Bachelorette , Trista & Ryan's Wedding, Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition, and Surprise Weddings I & II. [3] In 2006 she launched 495 Productions, [3] which is based in Burbank, California. [6] It produces several television reality shows for MTV, including Jersey Shore .

As Salsano has described herself, "I'm an Italian girl from Long Island, my dad worked in sanitation, both of my parents drive Cadillacs, my dad wears a diamond-encrusted New York Yankees symbol around his neck. It doesn't get more guido than in my house." [4] She said that she spent several summers at the New Jersey shore growing up, saying, "I was Snooki. I woke up and was like, 'Oh, that was a crazy night.' That's what you do." [4]

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