The era of GTL is ending on MTV with the upcoming season of popular reality-TV show Jersey Shore and its catchphrase "gym, tan, laundry," the cable TV network said Thursday.
MTV scored a ratings hit with Jersey Shore when it debuted in 2009, shedding light on young Italian-Americans living along the oceanside in New Jersey. It documented the lives of selfdescribed "guidos and guidettes" partying together over the course of a summer.
Despite early controversy over whether it exploited negative stereotypes, Jersey Shore garnered the highest ratings ever in MTV history, drawing more than eight million viewers per episode, on average, at its height in 2011. Ratings have dropped off since then to around five million a show.
Cast members Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi, Mike (The Situation) Sorrentino, Jennifer (JWoww) Farley, Paul (Pauly D) DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Samantha (Sammie Sweetheart) Giancola and Vinny Guadagnino shot to fame in the first season.
Cast member Angelina Pivarnick left the show after Season 2 and was replaced by Deena Nicole Cortese, who brought her quirky antics to the Jersey Shore family starting in Season 3.
The show's final season begins in October.
