Meet My Folks

A short-lived comedy reality television series where a man/woman must seek approval of the girlfriend's/boyfriend's demanding parents before proposing.

Broadcast
NBC July 22, 2002-August 25, 2003

Gameplay
On the show three bachelors spend three days with the possible "man/woman of their dreams" and his or her family in thier home, with conversations and interactions intended to reveal the bachelors'/bacherlorette's character and intentions. The winner gets a week in Hawaii with "Miss Right"m if of course his or her family approves.

Trivia
The series was apparently inspired by (but has no direst connection) to the 2000 comedy film ''Meet The Parents. ''Where one of the film's best-knowned elements, a lie-detector test, also prominently in the series, The film's producers, Universal Studios (now under common ownership with NBC) had at one point considered legal action over the program, specifically the title and the lie detector segment, but alas this did not come to fruition.

MyNetwork TV aired the show in reruns for a brief period from 2007-2008.

Local versions of the show have aired in other countries since 2000.

In season 2, Veteran game show host Wink Martindale has appeared in one episode of the series.