{"id":51355,"date":"2023-03-08T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=51355"},"modified":"2023-03-08T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:41:11","slug":"the-history-channel-adds-emmy-award-winner-michael-imperioli-to-narrate-and-executive-produce-new-three-part-nonfiction-series-five-families-covering-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/08\/the-history-channel-adds-emmy-award-winner-michael-imperioli-to-narrate-and-executive-produce-new-three-part-nonfiction-series-five-families-covering-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"The History Channel Adds Emmy Award-Winner Michael Imperioli to Narrate and Executive Produce New Three-Part Nonfiction Series &#8220;Five Families&#8221; Covering the Rise and Fall of the American Mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_51356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51356\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Five_Families_dons.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Five_Families_dons.webp 1000w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Five_Families_dons-300x76.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Five_Families_dons-768x194.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Five_Families_dons-750x190.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dons of the original Five Families: Frank Scalice (Gambino), Salvatore Maranzano (Bonanno), Joseph Profaci (Colombo, Lucky Luciano (Genovese), and Tommy Gagliano (Lucchese) Photo: historica.fandom.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The HISTORY\u00ae Channel teams up with Emmy Award\u00ae-winning actor Michael Imperioli (&#8220;<em>White Lotus<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>This Fool<\/em>&#8220;) to narrate and executive produce the previously announced three-part nonfiction series &#8220;<strong><em>Five Families<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; Produced by Propagate and Barnicle Brothers, each two-hour episode will explore the dramatic rise, collapse, and resurgence of the American Mafia.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the five crime families, the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese ruled New York and built the Mob into an underworld criminal empire. &#8220;<em>Five Families<\/em>&#8221; will explore the history of the Mafia from its rapid, violent growth in Prohibition, its golden age in the 1970s and 1980s, to the Mob&#8217;s heated war with law enforcement, through an adjustment to a new reality and criminal opportunities, breathing life back into New York&#8217;s most infamous criminal syndicate. The series also unpacks the consequences faced by the five families when they choose the American values of capitalism, individual wealth, and celebrity over the more traditional values of the Sicilian Mafia.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4224476312\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-right: 6px; width: 130px; float: left;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=medfordtrails-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B015QFZ4OA&amp;asins=B015QFZ4OA&amp;linkId=df283a5a0b6a3c07f6826564cb4a1dff&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The three-part series is based on Selwyn Raab&#8217;s New York Times best-selling book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41YrZnP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America&#8217;s Most Powerful Mafia Empires<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Selwyn Raab&#8217;s &#8216;Five Families&#8217; is the definitive book on the history of the American mob,&#8221; said Imperioli. &#8220;I am certain that this source material will inspire an engaging, exciting, and informative History Channel documentary on the subject. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Five Families<\/em>&#8221; is produced for The HISTORY\u00ae Channel by Propagate and the Barnicle Brothers. 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