{"id":641596,"date":"2010-01-25T04:48:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=90163"},"modified":"2010-01-25T04:48:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T09:48:31","slug":"despite-record-breaking-ratings-mtv-threatening-to-replace-cast-of-%e2%80%9cjersey-shore%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/641596","title":{"rendered":"Despite Record-Breaking Ratings, MTV Threatening To Replace Cast Of \u201cJersey Shore\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Jersey-Shore-New-Jersey-Lawmakers-500x309.jpg?resize=500%2C309\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jersey Shore New Jersey Lawmakers\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-85746\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MTV execs are pumping their fists and putting their feet down: <em>Jersey Shore<\/em> scored record-breaking ratings in the final episode of its first season, nonetheless the stars of this season&#8217;s controversial reality smash aren&#8217;t getting very far in their tense salary negotiations with network bosses.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-90163\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sources tell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2010\/01\/25\/jersey-shore-mtv-the-situation-pauly-d-the-situation-negotiating-contract\/#ixzz0dcBoxecc\">TMZ<\/a> that the network has informed the cast of <em>Jersey Shore<\/em> that if they don&#8217;t accept MTV&#8217;s salary terms by close of the day on Monday, they will be replaced. The cast members who don&#8217;t snap up the network&#8217;s offer of a $10,000 signing bonus and $10,000 per episode for a second season of drunken partying Seaside Heights, NJ, will be fired and dropped from the series. <\/p>\n<p>We hear network execs already have replacements waiting in the wings &#8212; just in case J-Woww, Sammi, and others continue playing hardball. But can anyone really replace Snooki or The Situation?<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 4.8 million viewers tuned in for <em>Jersey Shore&#8217;s<\/em> season finale last Thursday, a 30 percent increase over last week&#8217;s previous series-high ratings. The reunion special immediately following the finale brought in an additional 4 million viewers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/a0foskUeDXlLeJGyCluGgld2tgU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/a0foskUeDXlLeJGyCluGgld2tgU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/a0foskUeDXlLeJGyCluGgld2tgU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/a0foskUeDXlLeJGyCluGgld2tgU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTV execs are pumping their fists and putting their feet down: Jersey Shore scored record-breaking ratings in the final episode of its first season, nonetheless the stars of this season&#8217;s controversial reality smash aren&#8217;t getting very far in their tense salary negotiations with network bosses. Sources tell TMZ that the network has informed the cast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2GUk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}