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?
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It’s about time one of these reality shows gets the axe. So uneducational and ridiculous
I think that tlc should keep the show. It reminds me of home and I get homesick. I think there was not enough show promotion from tlc for it to have a chance. Bring back mama’s boys tlc!
Put the show back on already. Today you are repeating yes to the dress, royal wedding, gypsy weddings….enough already. Where are the mamas boys? I am looking for them on line, you tube,etc. I will even buy the DVD of the shows if ever available and watch it over and over again. But what I will never do is tune into TLC again and will encourage all my friends and family to do the same.
I don’t see how a fake and scripted show like the ”Kardashians”gets renewed for $4 million dolllars but a real reality show like Mama’s boys gets cancelled. Mama’s boys from the Bronx was an authentic show about real people nothing fake about it. I hope another network picks it up because I’ll be there watching it.
I loved this show and so does my roommate. The reasons the ratings dropped is because they did not promote the show enough. My friends that produce many successful reality shows such as “The Bachlor” have never even heard of “Mama’s Boys of the Bronx”. I am very disappointed that the show was canceled and I hope they decide to re-air as soon as possible. Great show, miss it already.
Are you kidding me TLC cancelled Mama’s Boys of the Bronx, let me say this was one of the best shows on TV in a long time it was a breath of fresh air. TLC needs to give the show some time not everyone has a Neilsen box in their house, this was a great mistake TLC. If TLC thinks I’m going to watch ” undercover boss abroad” they’re wrong they just lost a loyal viewer.
PUT MOMMAS BOYS BACK ON ….WE ARE TWO BRONX GIRLS THAT NOW LIVE IN DIFFERENT BACKWARD STATES HOWEVER WE WATCHED THE BOYS AND THIER MOMMAS EVERY SUNDAY NITE ON THE PHONE TOGETHER AND REMINSCED ABOUT OUR STRONG ITALIAN CULTURE AND THE PLACE WE BORN EVERYTIME WE SAW A PLACE WE SHOPPED OR ATE AT OR EVEN THE WAY THE GUY TAWK WE WOULD GET ALL EXCITED!!!! WE WERE SO DISAPPOINTED THAT U TOOK AWAY ONE OF THE ONLY REALITY SHOWS THAT WERE STRICTLY ABOUT MEN AND YOU ALL TOOK AWAY OUR BONDING EXPERIENCE EVERY SUNDAY NITE MONA AND I WOULD… Read more »
I loved Mama’s boys!!!! Told all my friends to watch and then it’s not on. What happened?? TLC, bring it back !!
Dumb, pointless and embarrassing
Thank God that show is over. Minqia dat cho was da wurst
Please bring Mamma’s Boys of the Bronx back on TV. Being Italian, it is about time a show of my culture was on television and I enjoyed it so much, very funny.
Please bring it back 0n the air.
I could totally relate to the show!!!! I grew up in an Italian family in the Bronx on Arthur Avenue. I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Please, please, please bring back Mama’s boys of the Bronx. It is absolutely hilarious!
This is a great show, TLC did not give it a chance to catch on. What a waste of good talent. They guys are naturally funny.
What’s wrong with you???? You didn’t give Mama’s Boys long enough to catch on. My wife & I loved & laughed as we watched the show. Then I can’t find it on TV, Why ?????
Anthony is right – just let them be who they are. Problem is Washington – Wall Street and Hollywood – they are all tied at the hip. It’s all about manimuplation – manipulate the constituion, the economy, wall street and now reality. There is no reality anymore! This show is funny and they should bring it back. How about more advertising to let people know that it exists. What do they think after only a few weeks. Most of my Italian buddies didn’t even know this was on the air – only after I accidentally saw it and let them… Read more »