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.
HEY WHAT GIVES TLC ,SOMETHING FUNNY FINALY GETS ON TV AND YOU
TAKE IT OFF WITH NO WARNING,WE NEED SOMETHING FUNNY IN THIS
DOWN ECONOMY I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX 70 YEARS AGO AND I FINALLY
GOT A CHANCE TO SHOW MY GRANDAUGHTER WHERE I CAME FROM SHE IS
ONLY 13 AND LOOKED FOWARD TO WATCHING THE SHOW WITH ME THERES
SHOWS ABOUT GYPSY WEDDINGS AND 20KIDS IN ONE FAMILY WHATS WRONG WITH AN ITALIAN SHOW? COME ON GUYS GIVE IT ANOTHER CHANCE
Ummm maybe TLC should have done it’s homework on one of it’s cast members BEFORE they aired this show!!!! A committed felon that stole thousands from innocent people should not be allowed a reality show where he is portrayed as an innocent “mama’s boy”. (And YES, this cast member did JAIL time for this FELONY fraud) That’s BS!!!!! With the proceeds he made from the two episodes he should pay back those he stole from! I’m am glad they are no longer airing this!!!
Bring Mama’s Boys back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am very happy they canceled the show I think it was totally ridiculous. They should look up Anthony Zoccolillo who is a two time felon. How does a person who also has a daughter and goes to jail twice for two different times get his own TV show. TLC should be ashamed of themselves……The Real Bronx Boys are nothing like those Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am very happy they canceled the show I think it was totally ridiculous. They should look up Anthony Zoccolillo who is a two time felon. How does a person who also has a daughter and goes to jail twice for two different times get his own TV show. TLC should be ashamed of themselves……The feel Bronx Boys are nothing like those Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can TLC repeat shows over and over again days and weeks at a time and pull mamas boys off just as it was getting on a roll. Word was getting around about the show and more and more people were planning on watching the next episode which was never televised. Who runs this network?
HEY YOU GUYS WHY DID YOU REMOVE A FUNNY SERIES LIKE MOMMAS
BOYS?? I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX 70 YEARS AGO IT WAS SO NICE SEENG
SOME OF THE OLD NEIGHBERHOOD AGAIN AND SHOWING FUNNY ITALIAN
FAMILIES I AM ITALIAN AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT SHOW
WHO THE HELL CARE ABOUT THE BOSS SHOW,PEOPLE NEED TO LAUGH
IN THIS LOUSY ECONOMY COME ON BRING IT ON BACK
I HATE that you cancelled the show. This was one of the best, entertaining shows on tv. It was funny, true to life and just made me laugh at all of them, which is the purpose. I cannot believe you would cancel it only after 2 weeks, how very dissapointed I am wtih TLC, and all the other junk you show, it’s bad.
I think the first episode TLC aired wasn’t the best the 2nd was so much better and really funny. I think they should of given it a third week for sure to prove this is a good show and has potential. The mistake was in the first episode they should of never put that first, the first epoisode is what will bring people back for more and the 2nd episode definitely did that but unfortunately it was taken off. For all the people that DVR’d the 2nd episode they were all excited to tune in the 3rd week and they… Read more »
Iam not italian , But I enjoyed the show, Iam from the bronx, so the show made us from the Bronx, real proud. Hope they bring it back .
Being an educated Italian and living in the Bronx my whole life I can tell you that this show ridiculous. This show is so bad it makes Jersey shore look like a academy award candidate. Not to mention that some of the scenes were obviously set up. You should thank TLC for making the right choice to deep six this crap. Bad enough we had to live with the Jersey Shore embarrassment. I didn’t need them to kill my Sunday bread hot spot as well. And didnt Anthony Zoccolillo get charged with importing drugs? As well as some real estate… Read more »
i live in RI Federal Hill that show was really popular here i am disapointed in TLC for cancelling show so are my friends we looked forward to watching it there on not two many good shows on tlc they run the same title shows every night this show was refreshing for the channel it comes down to somebody behind a desk with there nose up in the air I am very disapointed other than that show the channel is boring
great show. my whole family enjoyed it! bring it back. the characters, family and neighborhood was real and both hilarious and enjoyable. show all the shows!
You guys are Stupid for yanking the show….. If it were about hispanics or Blacks the show would still be on….. Very disappointed and will NEVER watch TLC again…..
Growing up in the Italian culture and traditions, I looked forward to the show. I think it portrays the special relationships that Italian moms have with their sons. I hope that TLC will air the show soon. I thoroughly enjoyed it.