MTV Negotiating with Jersey Shore Cast for Season 2

• IggyPride00

  

  Not surprising considering 4.8 million people tuned in for the season finale and it proved to be the networks most popular show in years.
  
  It turns out the cast made only a few hundred dollars per episode in the first season, and want a big raise.
  
  What I find interesting however is that they are taking the "Friends" approach to negotiations in that everyone comes back at the same rate per episode or no one comes back.
  
  They are apparently looking for $10,000 per episode, and just rejected MTV's offer of 5K per.
  
  They argue that if some of the Hill's stars (which drew less than half the ratings) are worth $100,000 per episode MTV pays them, that 10K is a bargain. From that perspective I am surprised they aren't asking for more, as they could probably easily get it. Jersey Shore is not like the Real World format where you can just stick new people in and hope that it doesn't miss a beat. I think this cast had a dynamic that made the show work.
  
  I am sure they will work something out, it just sucks it will be a whole nother year before there is any more episodes.
  
  http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/24/jersey-shore-snooki-situation-pauly-d-contract-mtv-hills/
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  IggyPride00 wrote: Not surprising considering 4.8 million people tuned in for the season finale and it proved to be the networks most popular show in years.
  
  It turns out the cast made only a few hundred dollars per episode in the first season, and want a big raise.
  
  What I find interesting however is that they are taking the "Friends" approach to negotiations in that everyone comes back at the same rate per episode or no one comes back.
  
  They are apparently looking for $10,000 per episode, and just rejected MTV's offer of 5K per.
  
  They argue that if some of the Hill's stars (which drew less than half the ratings) are worth $100,000 per episode MTV pays them, that 10K is a bargain. From that perspective I am surprised they aren't asking for more, as they could probably easily get it. Jersey Shore is not like the Real World format where you can just stick new people in and hope that it doesn't miss a beat. I think this cast had a dynamic that made the show work.
  
  I am sure they will work something out, it just sucks it will be a whole nother year before there is any more episodes.
  
  http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/24/jersey-shore-snooki-situation-pauly-d-contract-mtv-hills/

  No idea how this is going to be possible ... as I posted last week, I saw two cast members (Ronnie and Vinnie) in NYC, and the madhouse that ensued was mind-boggling. No way you can put this same exact cast down the shore again and have that same "reality" feel now that they are quasi-celebrities.
• Tiernan

  Bet the one chick is kicking herself in the ass for leaving.
• devil1197

  10K
  
  The way this show has just spread like fire, MTV would be wise to take the 10K per episode.
• IggyPride00

  

  No idea how this is going to be possible ... as I posted last week, I saw two cast members (Ronnie and Vinnie) in NYC, and the madhouse that ensued was mind-boggling. No way you can put this same exact cast down the shore again and have that same "reality" feel now that they are quasi-celebrities.

  I feel the same way, but they will figure something out to get them back on TV as all parties seem to want to make something work.
  

  Bet the one chick is kicking herself in the ass for leaving.

  As the situation jokingly said 6 weeks ago before they really blew up, "it is like leaving the Beatles."
  
  Now obviously that is taking it a little far, but I would be hating myself knowing how much those guys make doing personal appearances and such as well as what they will make for a season 2 if I were her.
• derek bomar

  

  If they tape this during the summer and tape it somewhere else (can't do the shore again) the histeria will have died down enough so that they will be able to function. They'll obviously still get attention but it won't be like it is now.
• LJ

  

  $10k is ridiculously cheap
• IggyPride00

  

  $10k is ridiculously cheap

  That's what I thought. When I saw what the people on the Hills were making I can't believe MTV didn't wet themselves with excitement the JS cast only wanted 10K. I know you're always trying to get things on the cheap, but the longer those kids have to think about it the higher their price goes I would think.
• raiderbuck

  They should bring them back, but it won't be the same.
  
  Im' still waiting on Skookin' For Love, or the T-shirts that say "Not going anywhere for a while? Grab a Snicka's"
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  IggyPride00 wrote: ....it just sucks it will be a whole nother year before there is any more episodes...

  :rolleyes:
• Upper90

  SMH. I can usually understand most trends, even understanding the need to just watch stupid stuff sometimes...I've done it. I'll likely still do it. But this is one I just don't understand.
  
  I know that cultural buffoonery can be ummmm....entertaining, to a point, but I could only watch about half of one episode, personally.
  
  That said, people will eat it up no matter when it comes back, and I agree with whoever on here said that there's a good chance that it'll phase out The Real World, if it sticks around.
• End of Line

  

  BORIStheCrusher wrote:

  IggyPride00 wrote: ....it just sucks it will be a whole nother year before there is any more episodes...

  :rolleyes:

  Lol.
• 2quik4u

  

  They need to just make a show with situation pauly d and maybe snooks because its funny watching her get shut down by every dude.
• krambman

  

  IggyPride00 wrote: I am sure they will work something out, it just sucks it will be a whole nother year before there is any more episodes.

  Really? Whole nother?
  

  BigAppleBuckeye wrote: No idea how this is going to be possible ... as I posted last week, I saw two cast members (Ronnie and Vinnie) in NYC, and the madhouse that ensued was mind-boggling. No way you can put this same exact cast down the shore again and have that same "reality" feel now that they are quasi-celebrities.

  I think it'd still be possible. They've managed to keep crazy people away from stars of "The Hills" while filming for years. Although since they are in LA and people are used to seeing celebrities it may not be as difficult as it would to keep a thousand swarming Guido's away.
• Glory Days

  

  IggyPride00 wrote: Jersey Shore is not like the Real World format where you can just stick new people in and hope that it doesn't miss a beat. I think this cast had a dynamic that made the show work.

  i bet they could easily find some other douche bags to focus the show around.
• sherm03

  

  krambman wrote: I think it'd still be possible. They've managed to keep crazy people away from stars of "The Hills" while filming for years. Although since they are in LA and people are used to seeing celebrities it may not be as difficult as it would to keep a thousand swarming Guido's away.

  They're able to keep people away from the stars of "The Hills" because it's a scripted non-reality show. They shut down streets and fill clubs and restaurants with extras. That's why nobody is EVER approaching those people during the show.
  
  Shows like The Jersey Shore and Real World...while not exactly "reality" shows...are more real than The Hills.
• gerb131

  

  What if they moved locations to like Marthas Vineyard or something like that, do you think they would be as popular?
  I gave the Jersey one a shot and it is funny but I want to hit myself everytime I get mesmerized by it.
• sherm03

  

  Season 2: Jersey Shore goes to the Hamptons...
• gerb131

  

  Exactly.
• sherm03

  

  I could see that being really funny gerb. The culture clash alone would be a good 3 or 4 episodes.
• 2kool4skool

  

  Yeah, I think the smart play is to put them somewhere other than the Shore. Malibu, Beverly Hills, places like that where people won't worship them. Watching The Situation and Pauly D try to pick up rich California cougars would be off the charts.
• sherm03

  

  How about sending them overseas?
  
  Put them in Italy, and play the card about them going back to their roots.
  
  I could see that being really really funny.
• Glory Days

  

  sherm03 wrote: How about sending them overseas?
  
  Put them in Italy, and play the card about them going back to their roots.
  
  I could see that being really really funny.

  i have never watched the show, but i did see a few of them interviewed on talk shows. i thought it was kind of funny that one is from new york, another is from rhode island, and the one chick is from upstate new york.
• darbypitcher22

  

  that doesn't suprise me they're asking for that much. You could have seen it coming when the ratings blew up
• This_DJ_3

  I think at this point they're only asking for 10k because they're afraid if they go too high MTV will just say "no we'll just make some other group of schmuck's famous next year with a new cast"
  
  That being said...i def want this cast back.