MTV orders ' Buck Wild'

Anthropologists staring at the Jersey shoreline will quickly have another cool region to look at: MTV has purchased 12 instances of "Buck Wild," a set occur rural West Virginia among several buddies who've just graduated from senior high school. Series created by John Stevens and Craig Poznick from Zoo Prods. and J.P. Williams of Parallel Entertainment. Series will track the exploits from the lately matriculated Appalachian denizens because they mind on college, work on local jobs or simply find it difficult to manage. "We all know that showing unique slices of youth culture on MTV is one thing that resonates with this audience," stated MTV programming mind David Janollari. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com