The network has ordered The Hills: Next Gen (working title), featuring a new and more diverse cast of twentysomething friends and aspiring entrepreneurs who are coming of age in a very different Los Angeles. According to the press release, the series will explore “race, class, identity, addiction, family drama along with the thrills of romance and becoming self-made amidst the exclusive enclave of the hills in Malibu.”
Additionally, MTV has picked up Jersey Shore 2.0 (working title), in which a new group of roommates moving into their own Shore house. The current version of ‘Jersey Shore’, now known as ‘Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’, recently followed seven housemates from the original ‘Jersey Shore’ as they spent a month on vacation together in Miami.