MTV Spins Off Jersey Shore’s Pauly D for New Series

It's time for Jersey Shore's Pauly DelVecchio to get ready for his close-up.

MTV has given a series commitment to an untitled spin-off focused on Pauly D, the network announced Wednesday.

"He's distinguished himself on-screen as the fun-loving, well-coiffed and dependable guy you can't help but want to hang out with," Chris Linn , MTV's executive vice president of programming and head of production, said in a statement. "We know viewers are curious about his life away from the shore and we look forward to exploring new possibilities around that."

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Although MTV did not offer the show's premise, Radar Online reported back in September that the spin-off would focus on the 28-year-old's day job as a DJ.

This year, DelVecchio was nominated for America's Best DJ and released his first single "Beat Dat Beat" on the Jersey Shore soundtrack.

Jersey Shore has been a ratings smash for MTV, hitting a series-high of 6.7 million viewers on Sept. 30 and becoming the highest-rated MTV series ever. The show returns for the second half of Season 2 on Thursday, Jan. 6 at 10/9c.