'Jersey Shore' Cast Weighs New Contract

After a summer of fist-pumping fun, we're waiting to hear if we've seen the end of the Jersey Shore's most famous housemates.

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TMZ says the current cast members of “Jersey Shore” was being forced to decide on Monday to accept a new contract or be replaced by 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 eight twenty--something 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 make on TV.