Jersey Shore Cast May Get Fired By MTV

TMZ says the current cast of “Jersey Shore” must decide on Monday to accept a new contract, or lose their jobs to a new bunch of people.

The kicker, says TMZ, is that the show will allow individual cast members like Snookie and Pauly D to take a new deal.

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The group of 8 twentysomething partiers reportedly wanted more than $10,000 an episode and vowed to stay together as a group.

But MTV is reportedly telling each cast member they can return and the cable network as replacement “Guidos” and ”Guidettes” already lined up.

The young cast, especially breakout stars Nicole “Snookie” Poluzzi, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Jenn Farley have been making a lot of money making personal appearances.

MTV is reportedly swamped with audition tapes from people who want to replace the current cast.

The season finale of “Jersey Shore” drew nearly 5 million viewers and is the biggest hit on MTV in years.

If MTV were to go in another direction, it could be a bad situation for the current crew. Most were not making the kind of money in real life they could work appeariing on TV.