They gave us the mantra of generation nothingness - GTL (gym, tan, laundry)
I think they may be getting paid a lot more tahn the 30k an episode. MTV tried to screw em and had extra footage from Season 2 they were going to use for the first few episodes of Season 3, a season which they had not negotiated a pay scale for. This is why they were on strike. Ultimately MTV caved, so I think they are probably doing okay. MTV is notoriously cheap, so I doubt 2 mill.