TLC has yanked Mama’s Boys From the Bronx from their schedule after two weeks on the air. The reality series revolves around a handful of thirty-something Italian-American guys who live at home with their moms in the northernmost boroughs of New York City.
According to TVMediaInsights and Nielsen, week-to-week Mama’s Boys dropped from 808,000 to 610,000 viewers at 10pm, and 817,000 to 563,000 viewers at 10:30pm. The cable channel has replaced Mama’s Boys with installments of Undercover Boss Abroad.
Castmembers have been encouraging fans of the show to petition TLC to bring the show back. One of the stars, Anthony Zoccolillo, wrote on Facebook, “You know whats funny TLC? We filmed all this great stuff about our culture, values, and traditions and you cut it all out and make them add all this nonsense then cancel us cause nobody liked what you told our production team to shoot.. what do you know about our Italian culture… let us be who we really are and then maybe we would have got better ratings.”
TLC commissioned eight episodes and four have yet to air. There’s no word on when or if they ever will.
What do you think? Did you like this reality series? Do you think that TLC should air the rest of the episodes?
Image courtesy TLC.
I have been trying to find out what happened to Mama’s Boys From The Bronx, only to now see that the show was pulled by TLC. Why?? As an Italian/American, this show is a true representation of
The show was so bad that it actually
Embarassed me to be Italian.
We have a wonderful culture
And yet no one can produce a
Show that really describes it.
Worse than the Sopranos.
Find out and do some serious
Investigating before making us look
Ridiculous againam
Loved the show. Tlc never gave a fair chance! Sad!!
TLC are you kidding me it was the best show ever and you are putting Sister wives please cancel that dumb show not MAMA’S BOYs . Can another network pick them up. They have to come back on PLEASE. Give them a chance. Bring them back
Please don’t bring this show back because these Italian morons fail to realize that they are being exploited by TLC to disparage their own ethnic heritage and culture. If these Mama Boys really cared about their culture, they wouldn’t lower themselves and sacrifice the virtues of our beautiful heritage. I am a full blooded Italian and do not know any other fellow Italian that lives like these disgraceful idiots and their supportive moronic mothers. Grow up and go out on your own, or better yet, join the military like I did and become a real man that is not reliant… Read more »
My family and I LOVED Mama’s Boys. The show was hilarious, entertaining, heartwarming and basically true to life. TLC needs to air the rest of the episodes, No one cares about Undercover Boss whether it’s from here or abroad. Mama’s Boys lacked proper advertising prior to airing. In Boston, hardly any of my friends and co-workers had heard about the show. It did not receive enough PR. TLC need to do the right thing…..PAY FOR SOME ADVERTISEMENT ON LOCAL CHANNELS, AND AIR IT AGAIN!
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Bring it back!! It was wonderful and refreshing and I fell in love with all the characters!! Give it a chance please!
I loved the two episodes that were aired. I found that their values and culture towards family are very similar to the Latin one… I’m Latin-american and could identify my son and I with the cast members interactions with each other. Bring it back!
Please bring back this show. It was awesome to learn about the Italian culture. This show made me take a trip to Arthur avenue. It was fabulous there! I brought home fresh parm and Romano cheese. Yummy! Thanks to the cast for sharing this great avenue with the world!
BRING IT BACK..WHO CARES ABOUT UNDERCOVER BOSS ABROAD!! MAMAS BOYS WAS HILARIOUS AND WE ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE CAN TOTALLY RELATE! PLEASE AIR THE REST!!!
I totally dug this show. I didn’t necessarily agree with the boys lifestyle but who agrees with most the lifestyles of all these reality star wanna be’s. Im sick of watching reality tv of rich women who could find something better to do with their time and money, whining about someone looking at them crosseyed. Let us see something different. Hey if there can be a show about digging in dirt why not let us see how another culture lives?
This is very disappointing. The show was very funny. Those of us who are Italian-American recognize that the boys were hamming it up. That does not detract from the show.
Loved the show Mama’s Boys From the Bronx. Please bring it back.
What’s going on?? My husband and I were watching the show and now it’s gone! I really don’t understand these TV stations, everytime we start to enjoy a good show, poof! it’s gone, get it together people, listen to what the viewers want for a change. Cancell all the other crap that you show !
PUT IT BACK ON IT S ALL ABOUT HOME AND FAMILY BETTER THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CRAP ON TV