ABC quietly unveiled a new reality series on Tuesday night. Like the network’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition series, Find My Family had audience members reaching for the tissues by the box. But, more importantly for the show’s future, how did it do in the ratings?
Hosted by Tim Green and Lisa Joyner, Find My Family helps people reconnect with family members after being separated for many years. The emotional reunions take place on-camera and in front of a place known as the “Family Tree.”
Following the performance finale of Dancing with the Stars, the premiere of Family attracted 12.76 million viewers and a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Those numbers look okay on their own but its significant that the series lost about 40% of its lead-in audience. ABC can’t be happy about that.
The real test will be next Monday’s broadcast though. Family won’t have the powerful Dancing lead-in and will expand to one hour.
What do you think? Is Find My Family worth watching or should ABC cut this series short? Cancel or keep it?
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dosnt anybody agree with me?
i aggre with josh lambert this show is what tells people what people r going though that others arn’t. please bring the show back everybody likes it and there is nothing bad with the show… its just good people finding there long lost fathers and grand fathers, mothers and grandmothers, please we need this show. we want it and so dose everybody else in the world.
Yes…there are many people who DO agree with you. But ABC announced it was cancelling the show.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TO LOOK. START WITH PEOPLE SEARCH. WHITE PAGES.LET ME KNOW. MARGO
JOSH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CAN YOU FILL ME IN. THANKS MARGO
TO Sharon: Was the daughter you gave up for adoption born 11/13/1967 in New York by any chance?
I think the show should continue into the 2009-2010 season.
Keep the show! I want to find my brothers Michael and Brian Vargo!!!! Michael is my only full blooded relative!
Please bring this show back…… it was something that my “entire” family could sit down and watch and enjoy….. why do these type’s of shows always get canned before they have a fair chance of making it????
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