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.
SHAME ON YOU TLC!!! THE SHOW WAS VERY NOSTALGIC SEEING ARTHUR AVENUE, AND IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN MY PARENTS WOULD DRIVE THERE FROM WESTCHESTER TO GET THE ITALIAN DELICACIES.
THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY NOW, AND SEEING THAT BOUGHT BACK MANY GOOD AND NOSTALGIC MEMORIES.
THE SHOW WAS VERY FUNNY. CHIP’S CAT CONDO’S WAS TOO FUNNY. HOPEFULLY VH1, OR BRAVO MIGHT AIR IT ,WOULDN’T THAT BE GREAT PAYBACK.!!!!!!
WELL LET’S SEE NOW, I’M ITALIAN AMERICAN 100% AND PROUD OF IT. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A BACHELORS DEGREE FROM IONA COLLEGE, IN NEW ROCHELE, AND WATCH CNN, CNBC, AND OTHER RELATED SHOWS REGARDING OUR FAILING ECONOMY, HIGH GAS PRICES, AND WORLD NEWS, I SOMETIMES WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD, AND OUR CRAZY ECONOMIC SITUATION. SO, YES , I DO CONFESS I LIKE REALITY TV. I’LL WATCH TRUMP’S APPRENTICE, JERSEY HOUSEWIVES ARE MY FAVORITE, AND I’VE WATCHED JERSEY SHORE. YOU SEE IT’S QUITE NICE TO SIT BACK , RELAX, AND ACTUALLY FORGET ABOUT THE DAY TODAY… Read more »
This was a good and funny show. I’m not Italian my self but I loved this show.
bring this show back . and get rid of all these other stupid shows …..mamas boys is the **** …..im a full blooded ginni and we love it ….don’t make me stop watchn tlc…..
BRING MY BOYS BACK!!!!!
best show on tv………tlc made a mistake on this one……..put it back on
The corporations who sponsor undercover boss pay money to be on that’s why they shitcanned thE BOYS
Fugedaboutit bro TLC F t Up big time finally a show about real people not phony baloneys you gotta bring it back even if only for the last 4 episodes . How bout cutting out some nonsense like toddlers&tiaras or that showstopper say yes to the dress ? Mamas boys was classic! capeash!
TLC YOU MADE A MISTAKE!! MAMA’S BOYS OF THE BRONX WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER!! I LOVED IT I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE, AND I TAPED IT ON MY DVR AND WATCHED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. LOVE THE GUYS AND THERE MOTHER’S. I’M ITALIAN AND THIS SHOW WAS AS REAL AS IT’S GOING TO GET. 4 EPISODES WHAT’S THAT?? I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A SEASON 2. MAYBE ANOTHER NETWORK?? TLC YOU LOST ME AS A VIEWER. YOU HAVE SO MANY GARBAGE, FAKE SHOWS THAT SUCK BIG TIME! AND YOU GO TAKE OFF THIS SHOW THAT WAS ABOUT REAL EVERYDAY… Read more »
Fantastic show and we want it back. It was so funny, we looked for it this week and were so disappointed to find out it was cancelled.. You did not give it a chance. Are you kidding!! FORGET ABOUT!! You are making a big mistake.. I hope another station picks it up and they probably will..
everyone one in my family including myself really loved the show there are other shows
on tv that are really stupid please reconsider and bring back the show!!!! thank you
I looked forward to this show for weeks after seeing the numerous promos. Having grown up Italian in the Bronx and going with my dad to the Arthur Ave market almost every Saturday, it was like going back to my younger days, seeing the sights and listening to the sounds. I went to watch the third episode and wondered what happened. Where are my boys? Where are the mamas? There are certainly a lot more programs that the deserve the cut, not our “boys.” I guess it’s time to get in the car and make my annual trip back to… Read more »
It’s not just that the boys from Arthur Ave are Italian American’s, the show could be about Boston’s bachelor Irish American lads and lasses. To those of us who know what it’s like to have family to love and live with for a lifetime, having a mother and yes, a father that put their son’s or daughter’s continued relationship with their parents ahead of anything else is heart warming and what we are taught from the cradle and if it works out right, we take to our graves. Io amore mia familia. Because this lighthearted glimpse of life of a… Read more »
the show was funny as hell!! wish they would put it back on..
This was one show that I totally enjoyed watching. I can’t believe that it has been taken off the air. Everybody that I have spoken to regarding this show said that every week they would look forward to seeing it. Especially if you are of Italian descent, many of the situations are familiar and that’s what made the show great. I hope some other channel will be smart enough to pick up this show. IT WAS A WINNER!!!
LOVED the show bring it back !!!! give it a chance you people put shows on tv that dress little children like they are grown women and have them flaunt across the stage like hookers is no different than bad girls club, mob wives, etc… come on maybe another channel will pick it up good luck guys hope to see the series soon