Produced in Australia, Jonah from Tonga has drawn a lot of criticism. Some critics have called it “racist” and “creepy” and likened it to a “modern minstral show.” It was a ratings disaster in Australia but will it be a hit for HBO? Will they want a second season or will it be cancelled instead? Stay tuned.
Jonah from Tonga follows the life of Jonah Takalua (series creator Chris Lilley), a rebellious Tongan teen who just can’t help himself when it comes to stirring up trouble. He’s been banished by his father to the island of Tongapatu and is living with his extended family but the arrangement isn’t working out very well for anyone. The rest of the cast includes Tama Tauli’i, Isaia Noa, Linda Horan, Jane Reupena-Niko, Eigawe Hunt, Tevita Manu, Doug Bowles, Uli Latukefu, Meaghan Butler, Dorothy Adams, Jason Moleli, Lafaele Tauli’i, Tana Laasia, Bryce Padovan, Belinda Sharp, Mose Mose, and Braydan Pittman.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
Final season averages: 0.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 120,000 total viewers.
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What do you think? Do you like the Jonah from Tonga TV show? Would you like to see a second season or should it be cancelled?
This is the most hilarious show since Seinfeld and Get a life.so creative with small budget.someone give this guy money to work with!no,don’t it might ruin it.modern holden Caulfield but he won’t only brood and write about it.Jonah’s gonna tell you what he thinks mofo. Its friggin fobbularious.
YOUR A NUN IN A HOOD AND YOU LOOK GOOD MISS MY DEEK HURTS
Here is Chris Lilley painting his face black and singing the “n” word!!! Worst part is that HBO is funding this clown. It’s only been 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. So is HBO trying to push us back into the past after making all this progress towards equality, diversity and ending discrimination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8R8k7q4_Q
If you haven’t signed the petition already please sign it below. Do not let Chris Lilley capitalize on this show for the sake of “shock value” to draw an audience. Obviously his intentions are malicious, insulting and based solely on greed.
Jonah is awesome. Chris Lilley is a genius and artist. People need to grow a pair and focus on real world issues. Babies that need to play the victim are pitiful…
Please sign the petition to tell HBO to take this show off the air. Thousands of Tongans are offended by this show. This show does not depict Tongan culture and is an insult. In the show Lilley and his “Tongan” father get tattoos. This is not a Tongan tradition, it’s the WRONG ISLAND!!! Lilley steps on the Tongan culture at least 100 times in each episode. Why put TONGA in the title and then do NO RESEARCH into Tongan culture. Tongans are completely offended and any other culture would feel the same!!! Join the movement and sign the petition which… Read more »
This show is hilarious! Jonah’s a younger Kenny powers! Jonah’s a punk, and we can’t stop watching him.
I didn’t like it because it’s just a bad show
I think the ratings speak for themselves. This show is terrible and racist humor should never be funded by American Companies. Chris Lilley steps all over the Tongan culture. So many things that anger Tongans but that most of the world would not get angry at or even recognize as offensive. He doesn’t even use real Tongans! Doesn’t film any of it in Tonga! Tongans didn’t realize that brown-face was racist until we learned that it was mimicking black-face which is completely unacceptable in the US! Especially when Lilley paints his face black and sings a song with the “n”… Read more »
Zaynab, It’s not as easy as just changing the channel. What about when other kids in the class have seen it and start calling you names because they think it’s funny to say what ‘Jonah’ says? Go to their house and shut off their tv also? You might cry if you don’t get another series. Other kids are coming home crying now because of this series.
Should def have another series by Chris lilley
Very funny *******
Omg, if Jonah from Tonga DOESNT do another season I might just cry!!! I loved it, my friends loved it, and yeah it does use racist humour and no I don’t think that’s acceptable, but let’s face it the offensive jokes were the funniest! It’s all completely fictional and if you get offended by what Jonah said then it takes less time to turn off the telly than it does to write a whole article about how racist it is!!!