Yummy Mummies
GenreReality television
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time40 minutes
Production companySeven Productions
Original release
NetworkSeven Network (2017)
7plus (2018)
Release9 July 2017 (2017-07-09) –
2018 (2018)

Yummy Mummies is an Australian reality television series that premiered on 9 July 2017 on the Seven Network.[1][2] The show follows wealthy, expectant mums who support each other through the challenges of pregnancy and motherhood.[3][4]

Despite poor ratings and critical reception, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 7plus in 2018.[5] The series is also available on Netflix, where it is presented as a Netflix Original outside of Australia.[6]

Episodes

Season 1

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Original air date Australian viewers
11"Episode 1"9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)755,000[7]
After seeing the Melbourne Yum Mums’ Instagram feed, Maria invites them to her baby shower in Adelaide – a lavish affair with a luxury theme.
22"Episode 2"9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)428,000[7]
The Melbourne mums arrive safely at Maria’s, where she shows off her designer baby gear and introduced the girls to her mother, Margherita.
33"Episode 3"11 July 2017 (2017-07-11)354,000[8]
Maria celebrates her baby shower, with the Melbourne Yummy Mummies in attendance.
44"Episode 4"18 July 2017 (2017-07-18)289,000[9]
Maria and Carlos indulge in a photoshoot on their 'babymoon'. Meanwhile, the girls get down and dirty trying to get Lorinska over her breastfeeding phobia.
55"Episode 5"25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)281,000[10]
It's the Yummy Mummies event of the year, but there's news that's going to cause a huge shock, and an uninvited guest could spoil the big party.
66"Episode 6"25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)227,000[10]
Jane and Lorinksa visit Rachel at the hospital. Maria starts having contractions.
77"Episode 7"1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)263,000[11]
The Melbourne girls try to bring on labour for Lorinska who is overdue, and worrying over house renovations instead of nesting.
88"Episode 8"1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)207,000[11]
Margherita persuades Maria to get a nanny and Lorinska hosts a sip and see.
99"Episode 9"TBATBD
Lorinska, Rachel and Maria take their babies to a casting call, and Margherita hosts her 60th birthday party.
1010"Episode 10"TBATBD
Jane has her baby, the casting call's winning baby is announced, and Maria has a holiday surprise.

Reception

Yummy Mummies was panned by critics.

Writing for news.com.au, Debbie Schipp was highly critical of the show. Schipp described it as "fabricated, contrived, vapid, vacuous, pointless tripe". Schipp wrote that she had watched the show so others don't have to. Schipp further attacked the show as "not even car-crash. It’s cringe-making".[12]

In The Sydney Morning Herald, Craig Mathieson wrote that "To call Yummy Mummies car-crash television is to understate how garish, stupid, weird, poorly executed, and dutifully offensive it is".[13]

References

  1. ^ "Yummy Mummies Premieres Sunday 9 July". Inside 7. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ^ Knox, David. "Airdate: Yummy Mummies". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. ^ Quintana, Anna. "Meet the Cast of 'Yummy Mummies' Before You Binge-Watch on Netflix". Distractify. Distractify. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. ^ Hickman, Arvind. "Sevu en New Fronts: Crime, Yummy Mummies, Warnie, Hoges and sport". Ad News. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ Knox, David (27 October 2017). "Seven 2018: Denton, Olivia, Doctor Blake, Commonwealth Games". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ Moore, Kasey (6 June 2019). "What is Yummy Mummies on Netflix and will there be a season 2?". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b Knox, David (10 July 2017). "Sunday 9 July 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ^ Knox, David (12 July 2017). "Yummy Mummies switch-off in horror night for Seven". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  9. ^ Knox, David (19 July 2017). "Horror Tuesday just got worse for Seven". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ^ a b Knox, David (26 July 2017). "Ninja Warrior final tops 2 million as Seven, TEN roll over". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ^ a b Manning, James (2 August 2017). "TV Ratings August 1: Nine secures Tuesday win with True Story and The Block". Media Week. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ Schipp, Debbie (7 July 2017). "Yummy Mummies on Channel 7 is the worst new show on TV". news.com.au. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  13. ^ Mathieson, Craig (9 July 2017). "Yummy Mummies makes Bringing Sexy Back look like The Sopranos". Sydney Morning Herald. smh.com.au. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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