Made In Staten Island: MTV's New Reality Show Debuts In January (With Two Gravanos)
EXPANDED MTV, whose sister network VH1 gave us the reality show Mob Wives (which fueled millions of hits on this blog), is now training the spotlight on a younger generation of mob offspring, with the new series Made in Staten Island , which has among its trio of producers Mob Wives star Karen Gravano. Gravano, daughter of former Gambino crime family underboss Sammy (The Bull) Gravano , is also the mother of Made in Staten Island star Karina. The show debuts January 14, and as AM New York notes, "it’ll most likely bring a flood of renewed attention to the borough along with it: buzz from those who love to watch, those who hate to watch and those who just can’t seem to look away. "The “forgotten borough” knows this rhythm well." “Made in Staten Island” follows a group of young Staten Islanders who "work to step out from the shadows of the once mob-driven island. These friends will either choose wisely or fall prey to the mistakes of past generation...