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Big Ang

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Big Ang is an American reality television series starring Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, who first received television exposure on the second season of the reality series Mob Wives. She's owned the bar Drunken Monkey in Staten Island, New York for seven years. Raiola's uncle, the late Salvatore "Sally Dogs" Lombardi, was a captain of the Genovese crime family. The series, which is a spinoff of Mob Wives, premiered July 8, 2012, on VH1. Raiola confirmed during an interview in May 2013 that a second season of Big Ang was being produced, but it was later revealed that the season would be retooled as another spin-off titled Miami Monkey, which premiere on September 8, 2013.

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Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Premiered Jul 8, 2012

Episodes

1–6 of 12

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Ep 0

Sneak Peak

Jul 8, 2012

30m

Take an early look at the first episode of Big Ang's own show!

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Ep 1

Big Shots

Jul 8, 2012

30m

Welcome to the world of Big Ang! After five years of running the Drunken Monkey. Ang has decided to give the bar a facelift in hopes of taking it to the next leve and drawing a younger sexier crowd.

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Ep 2

Big House

Jul 15, 2012

30m

After a heart-attack scare, Ang tries to clean up her act by quitting drinking and smoking cold-turkey and throwing herself head-first into a healthier lifestyle.

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Ep 3

Big Dogs

Jul 22, 2012

30m

Big Ang enters her prince, Lil' Louis, into a dog show. But after he sinks his teeth into the groomer's hand, Ang realizes Louis needs some serious training before he can show off his true star power.

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Ep 4

Big Spender

Jul 29, 2012

30m

Big Ang heads down to Florida to look for a beachfront condo, and in typical Ang style she brings along a handful of her closest friends as well as a suitcase full of custom-made bikinis.

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Ep 5

Big Bust

Aug 5, 2012

30m

It's time for the annual Drunken Monkey trip to Atlantic City! Big Ang leads a bus full of her patrons, bar staff and friends down to AC for a day of gambling, drinking and dirty dancing. Once they arrive, Ang steps away from the blackjack table to talk to her son AJ about his excessive partying, and tries to convince him to move back home with her. Back in Staten Island, Louie gets neutered, and with empty-nest syndrome in full swing, Ang contently nurses her little baby back to health. Ang's hopes of AJ moving home take shocking turn when she learns that her "little baby" has been arrested!

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