{"id":3954,"date":"2025-08-03T13:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:26:40","slug":"mrs-browns-boys-loses-8500000-viewers-as-fans-complain-its-got-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/03\/mrs-browns-boys-loses-8500000-viewers-as-fans-complain-its-got-even-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys loses 8,500,000 viewers as fans complain \u2018it\u2019s got even worse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mrs Brown’s Boys brings in lowest ever viewing figures (Picture: BBC \/ Alan Peebles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mrs Brown’s Boys<\/a> is somehow back for another season, but its viewership has dropped off a cliff amid growing calls to axe the show.<\/a><\/p>\n

The BBC<\/a> comedy returned on Friday night <\/a>after a two-year break and a widely-panned Christmas<\/a> special to a viewership of 1,500,000 fans.<\/p>\n

This is a whopping 8.5million down from Mrs Brown’s Boys’ heyday and a far cry from its once lofty title of ‘best British sitcom’ less than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

While overnight ratings are criticised for not showing the full picture in the age of streaming, they do highlight just how far the once-popular comedy<\/a> has fallen.<\/p>\n

Launching in 2011, the series follows the life of the interfering Agnes Brown (played by writer and creator Brendan O\u2019Carroll)<\/a> and her family.<\/p>\n

It’s proven one of the most divisive shows of all time<\/a>, with this series cementing viewers’ opinions that the ‘axe looms’.<\/p>\n

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There are calls for the show to be axed (Picture: BBC \/ BocPIX \/ Greame Hunter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brendan O’Carroll writes and stars in the sitcom (Picture: Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SuperTV shared on X that the show ‘returned last night with just 1.5 million viewers, the lowest audience it has ever recorded.’<\/p>\n

The ratings elicited the expected reactions from those who are less than enthusiastic about revisiting Mammy’s world.<\/p>\n

‘Mrs Brown come collect ya tings from BBC Studios then,’ joked floellaumbagabe as iJordan said: ‘Nature is healing’.<\/p>\n

‘8.5 million people have clearly had a word with themselves,’ wrote johnoconnell6, while pheebs_18 asked: ‘Time for this show to finally end? \ud83d\ude2d’<\/p>\n

SamFarmer2 added: ‘Because people are fed up with it and fed up with the recycled jokes.’<\/a><\/p>\n

SkylarSkye14 declared it the \u2018worst show of all time\u2019 as they watched on Friday night, amid others begging to ‘make it stop’.<\/p>\n

‘1.5 million lunatics still chose to put themselves through it tho. Madness,’ mikepriestley13 pointed out.<\/p>\n

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It’s been running since 2011 on the BBC (Picture: BBC Studios \/ Alan Peebles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The show used to bring in an average of 9million viewers per episode (Picture: BBC Studios \/ Elaine Livingstone)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Defending Mrs Brown’s Boys, ScottTHFC23 wrote: ‘Still a very good number without including catch-up and iplayer people.’<\/p>\n

It’s true that viewing habits have changed, with fewer people watching TV as it airs and more opting for the flexibility of on-demand viewing.<\/p>\n

At the peak of Mrs Brown’s Boys’ popularity \u2014 their third season in 2012 \u2014 it brought in over 9million viewers every episode. <\/p>\n

That year saw 10.72million people tune in for the Christmas Eve episode, with a whopping 11.69million returning the next day for the second part. <\/p>\n

After four years, this festive figure had dropped slightly to 8.98million but remained steady with the show voted as the best British sitcom of the 21st century.<\/p>\n

In response to this, O’Carroll said: ‘It vindicates the fans’ belief in the show. They have kept us on the air – it certainly wasn’t the reviewers.<\/p>\n

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It now sits at around 1.5million viewers in overnight ratings (Picture: CREDIT LINE:Graeme Hunter \/ BBC Studios \/ BOC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Could Mrs Brown’s Boys finally end? (Picture: BBC \/ BocPIX \/ Greame Hunter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“There is an audience out there that comedy forgot – that Are You Being Served? audience has been left behind. Us winning this award proves that.’<\/p>\n

Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys has never received good reviews, but the show is struggling to compete a decade on, despite once being voted as better than The Office or Gavin and Stacey.<\/p>\n

Last year’s Christmas episode pulled in a measly 2.2million viewers, <\/a>while Gavin and Stacey’s return yielded 10million more viewers.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, there has been controversy too, as rehearsals for the festive episode were halted temporarily after O’Carroll \u2018implied\u2019 a racial slur.<\/a><\/p>\n

After the BBC investigated the incident<\/a>, he apologised for his \u2018clumsy attempt at a joke\u2019, which he said had \u2018backfired and caused offence\u2019.<\/p>\n

He was accused of starting to utter the N-word before he was stopped by a co-star.<\/p>\n

Metro<\/a> once wrote that the BBC should \u2018hang its head in shame\u2019 for broadcasting Mrs Brown’s Boys. Could this season finally be the nail in the coffin?<\/p>\n

Mrs Brown’s Boys is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer and airs Fridays at 9.30pm on BBC One.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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