which Teresa Giudice becomes angry and flips the dinner table at Sharon is a parody of The Real Housewives of New Jersey season one episode six "Finale" involving the final dinner scene. Reception Ratings In its original American broadcast on October 13, 2010, "It's a Jersey Thing" was watched by 3.253 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, making it the most watched cable television show of the night. The episode received a 2.1 rating/4 share, meaning it was seen by 2.1 percent of the population, and 4 percent of people watching television at the time of its broadcast. Among adult viewers between ages 18 and 49, the episode received a 1.9 rating/5 share, rising one tenth in the ratings resulting in approximately 100, 000 more viewers than the previous episode. Among male viewers between ages 18 and 34, the episode received a 3.9 rating/13 share. Critical response The episode received largely positive reviews. Katla McGlynn of The Huffington Post, referred to the revelation of Snooki as the best moment of the episode. Ramsey Isler of IGN rated the episode with a 7.5/10 saying "the fact that the majority of the story was just a half-hearted satire of Jersey shows that Robot Chicken could've done better, is a sign that something's amiss." Brad Trechak of HuffPost TV stated in his review "As a New Jersey native, I should have been really offended by tonight's episode of South Park. Sadly, I was laughing too hard to notice." He also felt the show "walks a line between humor and bad taste". Sean O'Neal of The A.V. Club rated the episode with a B. He compared the episode to "South Park Is Gay!" and "Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset" although he stated that ""It's a Jersey Thing" may not prove to have the lasting appeal of the aforementioned" episodes. Reaction from those spoofed Despite being ridiculed and spoofed by the show, the reactions from the people who were spoofed were mostly positive. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi wrote on Twitter, "Snooki want smoosh smoosh. [I'm] going to have nightmares tonight lmao!!! [We've] officially made it...". Angelina Pivarnick posted a picture of Snooki as depicted in the episode and commented "Haaaaa wat a jokee. Lil gremlin". DJ Pauly D posted a shot of the Jersey-fied Kyle after a fan said they were "like twins", while The Situation posted a link to the episode while commenting "Southpark