Mob Wives Chicago is an American reality television series on VH1. The series debuted on June 10, 2012 and is a spin-off of VH1's (New York-based) Mob Wives, with a new cast based in Chicago, Illinois. The introduction for the show was filmed on March 7, 2012, behind Chicago's Cassidy Tire on Canal Street. The first promo for the show aired on April 29, 2012, during a new episode of the original series. A preview special of the new series aired on May 27, 2012, after the second part of the Mob Wives reunion special.