"Jersey Shore" heading back to New Jersey

(CBS/AP) - The cast of "Jersey Shore" are heading back to their roots after they say "ciao" to Italy.

The hit reality TV series is returning to Seaside Heights - where the MTV phenomenon began - for the fifth season, with production beginning sometime in June, the network's parent company, Viacom, announced Monday.

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The fourth season, which was taped in Florence, Italy, is scheduled to premiere Aug. 4.

Italian police recently revokedNicole "Snooki" Polizzi's international driver's license after the petite star was in a fender-bender with a police car.

Two policemen were slightly injured.