By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Fans who feared that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi’s pregnancy may have been the death knoll for the Jersey Shore can breath a sigh of relief as MTV announced on Monday that the reality show will return for a sixth season.

Production will begin this summer in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Breaking Celebrity News learned, but life for the hard-partying housemates will be a little different now that one of them is knocked up.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Snooki is going to have to put down the beer bong and skip the shots now that she is expecting her first baby with boyfriend Jionni LaValle.

Currently 17 weeks into her pregnancy, Snooki says she’s abandoned her party-hearty ways in preparation for becoming a proper parent.

“I have different priorities now,” she said. “I don't care what anybody else thinks. As long as I know I'm ready and he's ready."