The "Jersey Shore" cast is bidding to bump its salaries up to a fist-pumping $10,000-an-episode following the wild success of their MTV show. The cast -- including Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, "Pauly D" Delvecchio, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and Jenni "J-Woww" Farley -- earned only a few hundred dollars each per episode for the first season, and now want a huge raise for the next one.
A source close to the crew told us, "They want $10,000 an episode, arguing that the stars from 'The Hills' get $100,000 per episode and that show doesn't even rate as high. They're hanging together like the cast of 'Friends' and saying if they don't all get the pay increase, none of them will return."
The finale show was watched by 4.8 million viewers, three times the audience of the season opener. Although that's a huge number for MTV, a rep for MTV refused to comment on the negotiations and added, "We have not yet confirmed a season two."
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A source close to the crew told us, "They want $10,000 an episode, arguing that the stars from 'The Hills' get $100,000 per episode and that show doesn't even rate as high. They're hanging together like the cast of 'Friends' and saying if they don't all get the pay increase, none of them will return."
The finale show was watched by 4.8 million viewers, three times the audience of the season opener. Although that's a huge number for MTV, a rep for MTV refused to comment on the negotiations and added, "We have not yet confirmed a season two."
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Wow I had no idea that they got paid that much on the hills. Well I don't blame the cast but they better not hold off too Long or I'm sure MTV will replace them