''Miami Monkey'' is an American
reality television
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series that premiered on
VH1
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on September 8, 2013. Developed as the third spin-off of ''
Mob Wives'', the series chronicled
Angela "Big Ang" Raiola as she opened up a second location of her
Staten Island
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bar.
The show featured Big Ang, her daughter Raquel, and their team of staff that assist in the daily operations.
In May 2013, Raiola confirmed during an interview that a second season of her show
''Big Ang'' was being produced, but it was later revealed that the season would be retooled as another spin-off. The series name stems from the name of Ang's bar that opened on May 19, 2013. Raiola moved to
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
for filming in April 2013 with production ending on August 11, 2013.
In July 2014, Raiola confirmed that the show had been canceled.
Cast
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Angela "Big Ang" Raiola,
main cast member on ''
Mob Wives'' and ''
Big Ang''
* Raquel D'Onofrio, Big Ang's daughter
* Ryan Marisca, a bartender, Raquel's best friend
* Marissa Sabatelli, a waitress, Raquel's best friend
* Roxanne Raiola, manager, married to Big Ang's nephew Ronnie
* Morgan Osman, a bartender, appeared on
season five of ''
Bad Girls Club
''Bad Girls Club'' (abbreviated ''BGC'') is a 2006 American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray for the Oxygen network in the United States. The show focused on the altercations and physical confrontations of seven aggressiv ...
''
* Cristina Healion, a bartender
* Nate Ryan, a bartender and
DJ
* Gabriella Celestino, a hostess, girlfriend of Big Ang's son AJ
Episodes
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