布朗夫人的儿子们第一季

讲述了Mrs.BrownsBoysbecamearunawaysuccessuponitsinitialbroadcast.EveryepisodeairedwonitstimeslotforRTÉ,withanaverageviewershipof753,500inJanuary,2011.OneepisodesratingbeatthatofRTÉsownratingsgiantTheLateLateShow,with856,000viewerstuningintowatch.However,criticsdislikedtheshow.Thewholethingisentirelypredicatedonviewersfindingamandressedasafoul-mouthedelderlywomanintrinsicallyfunny,notedBerniceHarrisonintheIrishTimes.Ifyoudo,you’reawayinahack(andtheviewingfiguresareastronomical),butifyoudon’t,andyouthinkthatdiedoutwithLesDawsonandDickEmery,thenit’salonghalf-hour.TheIrishIndependentsaidthatMrsBrownsBoyswasthetypeofTVprogrammethatthatmakesyouvaguelyembarrassedtobeIrish.TheDailyTelegraphsSamRichardsnotedthatshowscomedyhasarudimentarynature,consistingofanold-fashionedblendofsillyvoicesandslapstick,playedoutinfrontofalivestudioaudiencewhocollapseintogigglesatthemerementionoftheword“willy”.