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=== Festive specials === | === Festive specials === | ||
''Mrs. Brown's Boys''{{'}} festive specials have consistently been a staple of [[BBC One]]'s Christmas and New Year schedules since the show's first broadcast year of 2011. | ''Mrs. Brown's Boys''{{'}} festive specials have consistently been a staple of [[BBC One]]'s Christmas and New Year schedules since the show's first broadcast year of 2011. | ||
[[Image:Mrs Browns Boys rating.jpg|thumb|A top portion of the Christmas TV ratings for [[ | [[Image:Mrs Browns Boys rating.jpg|thumb|A top portion of the Christmas TV ratings for [[2014 (releases)|2014]], with a visual acknowledgement of ''Mrs. Brown's Boys''{{'}} number one placement ahead of ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]''. (''Public Image'', [[DWM 483]])]] | ||
After an earlier initially being shown on either [[Christmas Eve]] or [[Boxing Day]] (or both), the show's Christmas specials have consistently been broadcast on [[Christmas Day]] beginning from 2013, as a result, being pitted against ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s own Christmas specials in the ratings for the day. For every one of those years, the ''Mrs. Brown'' special would rank higher than ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s in the ratings for the week.<ref>''Public Image'', [[DWM 470]], [[DWM 483|483]], [[DWM 496|496]], [[DWM 509|509]], [[DWM 520|520]].</ref> | After an earlier initially being shown on either [[Christmas Eve]] or [[Boxing Day]] (or both), the show's Christmas specials have consistently been broadcast on [[Christmas Day]] beginning from 2013, as a result, being pitted against ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s own Christmas specials in the ratings for the day. For every one of those years, the ''Mrs. Brown'' special would rank higher than ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s in the ratings for the week.<ref>''Public Image'', [[DWM 470]], [[DWM 483|483]], [[DWM 496|496]], [[DWM 509|509]], [[DWM 520|520]].</ref> | ||