Mob Wives is an American reality television series created by Jennifer Graziano and produced by JustJenn Productions, The Weinstein Company and Electus which follows four Staten Island women after their husbands or fathers are arrested and imprisoned for crimes connected to the Mafia.
The series premiered in the USA on VH1 on 17 April, 2011.
Mob Wives premiered in South Africa on DStv and TopTV's TLC channel on Saturday 10 December 2011, at 22h50. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are 11 episodes in the first season.
Synopsis
Mob Wives is a docu-soap series that follows the lives of four women at a crossroads, having to pick up the pieces and carry on while their husbands or fathers do time for Mob-related activities.
They are struggling with their identities, their own families and their futures.
Mob Wives follows the lives of four struggling, "allegedly" associated women who have to pick up the pieces and carry on after their husbands or fathers do time for Mob-related activities.
The women are long time friends who live in New York City's "forgotten borough", Staten Island. Along the way they battle their friends, families and each other as they try to do what's best for themselves and their children.
It's not easy to maintain the lifestyle they were accustomed to when the family's primary bread winner is in lock up.
From The Godfather to The Sopranos to My Cousin Vinny, these women are sick and tired of the lies and stereotypes that exist about their lives.
They're determined to finally set the record straight and show the world once and for all that while their lives may seem crazy at first glance, they love, laugh and get their hearts broken just like everyone else.