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布朗夫人的儿子们第二季
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欧美剧
2012新年伊始，爱尔兰喜剧演员BrendanO’Carroll和他的家人为观众带来令人捧腹的《布朗夫人的儿子们第二部》。上一部中，布朗夫人的小儿子Dermot和女友Maria顺利完婚，儿子Rory也终于在家人的鼓励下勇敢出柜，女儿Cathy单身多年后终于找到了一个警察男友，整日迷糊的爷爷也通过“装死”一窥了自己在大家心目中的位置。第二部以Mrs.Brown在外传教多年的另一个儿子Trevous回家过圣诞开始，他又会给这个吵闹却温暖的家里带来什么新的笑料呢？
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布朗夫人的儿子们第一季
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欧美剧
Mrs.Brown’sBoysbecamearunawaysuccessuponitsinitialbroadcast.EveryepisodeairedwonitstimeslotforRTÉ,withanaverageviewershipof753,500inJanuary,2011.Oneepisode’sratingbeatthatofRTÉ’sownratingsgiantTheLateLateShow,with856,000viewerstuningintowatch.However,criticsdislikedtheshow."Thewholethingisentirelypredicatedonviewersfindingamandressedasafoul-mouthedelderlywomanintrinsicallyfunny,"notedBerniceHarrisonintheIrishTimes."Ifyoudo,you’reawayinahack(andtheviewingfiguresareastronomical),butifyoudon’t,andyouthinkthatdiedoutwithLesDawsonandDickEmery,thenit’salonghalf-hour."TheIrishIndependentsaidthatMrsBrown’sBoyswasthetypeofTVprogrammethat"thatmakesyouvaguelyembarrassedtobeIrish".TheDailyTelegraph’sSamRichardsnotedthatshow’scomedyhasa"rudimentarynature",consistingof"anold-fashionedblendofsillyvoicesandslapstick,playedoutinfrontofalivestudioaudiencewhocollapseintogigglesatthemerementionoftheword“willy”.