Made in Staten Island

Made in Staten Island
GenreReality
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Adam Gonzalez
  • Karen Gravano
  • Daniel Blau Rogge
  • Scotty Gelt
Production locationsStaten Island, NY
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseJanuary 14 (2019-01-14) –
January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)
Related
Families of the Mafia
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Made in Staten Island is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV on January 14, 2019. The show followed eight young adults living in Staten Island, trying to avoid the influence of local organized crime. The program was described as "Mob Wives for the MTV crowd".[1] It was the network's second attempt to create a Staten Island-focused reality series, after 2010's aborted Bridge & Tunnel.[2][3]

The show only aired three episodes all together before the series was quietly ended; all mention of the series has also been expunged from MTV's websites.[4]

In March 2020, MTV announced that it did continue to work with the subjects of Made in Staten Island, but had decided to take a different focus and shift more to showing their families in full. The new version of the series, Families of the Mafia, premiered on April 9.[5]

  1. ^ "MTV's 'Made in Staten Island' blasted as a 'Jersey Shore' replica that will tarnish the borough". New York Daily News. January 14, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. ^ Nededog, Jethro (2010-10-04). "MTV shuts down 'Bridge & Tunnel' reality series for being too 'Jersey' – Zap2It". Zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ^ Dodero, Camille (2011-07-27). "Meet the Original JWoww and Snooki, Would-Be Stars of Bridge & Tunnel". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  4. ^ "'Made in Staten Island' officially removed from MTV's website". SIlive. May 2, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "MTV IS ABOUT TO EXPLORE FOUR 'FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA'". MTV. March 18, 2020. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.