Looks like MTV is giving its audience the best holiday present ever! The network, known for its reality drama, finally set a release date for the much-anticipated Season 5 of 'Jersey Shore.'

The 'Jersey Shore' gang is back on their home turf, starting Jan. 5 in its usual Thursdays at 10PM ET time slot.

After spending some time with the David in Florence, Italy, Snooki and Co. are back where they belong in Seaside Heights, NJ., where they can hit the beach, hook up with some gorilla juice-heads and finally go tanning. You did notice how pale they were in Italy, right?

These kids are going to go crazy.

Is fame proving too much for the 'Jersey Shore' guidos and guidettes?

Snooki's been dancing with potted plants. Vinny Guadagnino quit the show. Now comes news that Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has also packed his bags and gone.

A source told 'Us Weekly' that "Mike walked off the show. He's so over the whole thing. I don't think he's coming back. Everyone in the house is so unhappy."

The macaroni rascals returned to their native soil after a tumultuous few weeks filming Season 4 of the hit MTV reality show in Italy.

It's been reported that Vinny Guadagnino has quit the 'Jersey Shore' house and TV show for good.

According to TMZ, sources connected to the MTV reality show said Guadagnino left the house late Friday (July 1) night after getting into an argument with an unnamed cast member.

He was seen taking off in a cab with suitcases in hand in the middle of the night

Guadagnino and the rest of the cast moved into the 'Jersey Shore' house at Seaside Heights, New Jersey, last week to begin the shoot of the fifth season of the popular show. This was just a week after they all came back from Italy, where the cast shot the fourth season of the show.

Guadagnino threatened to leave the show a few days into filming, after he complained of "being homesick" and feeling "burned out" and even left the house and stayed overnight at a hotel last Wednesday.

A 'Jersey Shore' without Snooki and the gang? Say it ain't so!

According to reports, MTV plans to recast the now infamous reality show after the original crew films one final season in Seaside Heights this summer.

"After this group comes back from Italy and shoots season 5 this summer, that will be the end for them," a source tells Us Weekly.

The insider goes on to cite the cast's high salaries and outside commitments as reasons to move on with a new group -- not to mention the publicity and paparazzi constantly surrounding them. The new cast will be "a lot cheaper," but that the current stars "will leave on a high note."