Mrs Brown's Boys has enjoyed a cracker of a Christmas with the festive special Mammy's Christmas Punch becoming the most watched programme on Irish television over the holiday period.
The show broadcast on RTÉ One on Christmas Eve pulled in an average of 668,400 viewers, giving it a massive 42 per cent share of the audience on the night.
The enduring popularity of Brendan O'Carroll's formidable Mammy proved itself again on Christmas Day as Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie was the most watched broadcast with a bumper 591,300 viewers.
Nostalgia was also a big draw for viewers as half a million people on Sunday night suddenly remembered they hadn't done their homework while watching Well Holy God, It's Glenroe. The show, which celebrated one of Ireland's most beloved soaps, was watched by an average of 497,900 viewers.
Despite some dramatic storylines on competing soap operas, Fair City took the crown for the most-watched soap on Irish television on Christmas Day with an average of 351,800 viewers enjoying the hour-long festive episode which saw the Brennans intrude on Orla and Wayne's romantic get together.
According to a statement from the broadcaster, RTÉ One and RTÉ2 were the two most watched channels on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day. The channels accounted for 15 of the Top 20 most watched programmes on Christmas Eve and 14 of the Top 20 most watched on Christmas Day.
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And just to prove that Christmas really is the laziest time of the year, figures out today reveal that the average person in Ireland watched 4 hours and 39 minutes of television on Christmas Day alone!
