When I first read that headline I panicked a little, thinking that MTV was foisting three new shows on the public featuring the Jersey Shore tools. They’re really just putting out two new shows, and we’ve had advance notice about them for some time but I’d pushed it out of my mind. J-Woww and Snooki are going to be sharing a house together, where they will inevitably fail to properly cook or clean and will spend their time getting drunk and hooking up with guys. Pauly D is some kind of spiky-haired DJ and he’ll be hanging out with his friends, getting drunk and hooking up with women. It’s just the Jersey Shore formula with some familiar faces and new players. If Sammi and Ronni could manage to stay together more than a hot second we’d probably be seeing a reality show about their relationship too.
MTV announced Thursday that Jersey Shore stars Snooki, JWoww and Pauly D will be featured on two spin-off shows next year.
Before the announcement, Snooki and JWoww told MTV News what viewers can expect on their show.
The two will be living in a yet-announced location, said Snooki.
“It’s pretty much just the concept of me and Jenni being on our own without our roommates,” she explained.
JWoww said the concept was developed before the show was green-lit. “We legitimately just wanted to buy a house together,” she said. “She wanted to get out of her dad’s, and I wanted to move out of the home that everyone could see on TV, so they were like, ‘Let’s shoot it!’ ”
As for Pauly D, his show will track his journey of becoming a successful DJ in the music business.
“I used to be this DJ in Rhode Island, DJing two sets a week, hustling, promoting,” he told MTV News earlier this year, “and all of a sudden, I’m on this show, and now they’re sending private jets for me to DJ for these huge crowds, yet I’m still the same guy that was DJing for 200 people, just loving life.”
Chris Linn, MTV’s executive vice president of programming and head of production, told The Hollywood Reporter Thursday he doesn’t think the shows will dilute the popular franchise.
[From Hollywood Reporter]
Well I guess it was inevitable. Snooki is so popular that she got paid $2,000 more than Toni Morrison to speak at Rutgers. She banked $32,000 for just 2 hours of question and answer sessions in which she judged a men’s ab contest and revealed such deep thoughts as “When you’re tan, you feel better about yourself.” She also demands that her man be tan and that his name “ends with a vowel.” I’m not making this up.
So Snooki, J-Woww and Pauly D are moving on to new shows, but we won’t be rid of The Situation or the rest of the cast anytime soon. Jersey Shore is of course continuing on for yet another season, and will air well into 2012.
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