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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Find My Family is an important program for as much as one quarter of the population is connected to the adoption triad as adoptees, birthparents, adoptive parents. This show supports and portrays so well the fact that birthparents never forget the children for whom they seek the life they can’t provide at the time of birth, for adoptees to know they are remembered and thought of each day rather than rejected by their birthparents, and supports adoptive families in understanding their child’s loyalty to their family and the family of origin. The world needs a well grounded, supportive, informative reality… Read more »
I love this show and keep waiting for it to come back. Please keep it!!
Amy
Please dont cancle its has touched my heart seeing families reunite being the oldest of six siblings raised with 2 and 2 others adopted out 1 as a baby and the other at birth, and 1 was left with her dad when she was six Just 2 years ago found my siblings that were adopted out and next month all 4 of us girls will reunite
I loved watching this show. I myself had to give a child up for adoption 2 years ago and this show is helping me through the coping process and showing that I did the right thing. ABC – BRING BACK THE SHOW!
Yes, Please continue the series. We need to laugh and we need to cry. Our emotions should be explored. Our empathy for others is crucial for us to remain “human.” This show, “Find My Family” is not only changing the lives of those who the show portrays, but it reaches down into our deepest feelings as we watch each episode with our families. Many families are emotionally drained due to our economy that has effected millions negatively. We need positive programs like “Find My Family” to give us hope for a brighter tomorrow. I have been telling everyone to watch… Read more »
My husband and I really enjoyed the program and would like for you to keep it!!!!
My grandson and I enjoyed watching this show and greatly miss it. I hope that it will be brought back. It’s one of the reality shows with a positive and heart warming result. It sure beats the shows filled with violence.
Just vanished! Bring it back! Loved the show and found it to be quite relevant in our society today. It was heartwarming to see the reunions, the only thing better would be to see how the families continued to relate to each other 6 months or a year later.
I wrote previously asking ABC to keep the program on. I do know anyone that has been adopted or anyone that has given up a child for adoption would like to find their loved one. If it was just to find out their back medical history.
With ABC not responding to anyones comments, it proves that ABC’s Producers don’t really give a damm or they themselfs have something to hide.
CANCEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My family and I had really gotten into watching Find My Family – suddenly it was gone! We looked forward to the heartwarming stories each week. It was a TV Program that we all loved to watch together, please bring it back!!!!
I have been asking what happened to this show Find My Family? I really enjoyed watching it and seeing the people reunited with their families. Please bring it back!!!
Disappointed the show is not on. My daughter (adopted at age 4 days old) was going to apply.
i’m UPSET – I LOVE FIND MY FAMILY AND WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS GONE MONDAY NIGHT 2 WEEKS AGO ON ABC WITH BRIGHTHOUSE NETWORKS ORLANDO FL AREA.
BRING FIND MY FAMILY BACK – WE LOVE IT – BEST SHOW ON TV RIGHT NOW.
BRING THIS SHOW BACK
KEEP IT ON!!!!! IT IS INSPIRATIONAL TO SO MANY!!!!!