Changes: Who's Your Daddy?

Latest revision as of 03:14, 5 January 2022

Host
Finola Hughes
Broadcast
FOX: January 3, 2005
Packagers
10 by 10 Entertainment Hallock Healey Entertainment

Who's Your Daddy? was a one episode only & controversally short-lived 90-minut special where a young woman (T.J. Myers) tries to chose her real life birth father from among eight men. (Keep in mind that this should not be confused with the Toby Keith country song from 2002 or the 2015 online game of the same names)

Premise[]

A woman (i.e. T.J. Myers), who was given up for adoption as an infant, with an extraordinary opportunity to meet the birth father who also has been searching for her. However, before meeting her dad, the young woman will be presented with eight men who are all claiming to be her father where she must determine which one really is. And to keep her real dad from revealing himself from the start, there is $100,000 at stake. Myers will have the opportunity to interview and observe the men, narrowing the field. If she guesses right, the prize money will be hers. But if she guesses wrong, the impostor will win the money. But either way, the daughter and her father will be reunited in the most dramatic and emotional way possible.

Controversy[]

The show drew controversy from adoption rights organizations, leading to one Fox affiliate (more specfically, WRAZ in Raleigh, North Carolina) declining to air the 90-minute special. The first episode and Prime Time Premiere was starring the adoptee TJ Myers and showed in the Nielsen ratings to have over 11 million viewers, even in it's time slot which was aired while the Super Bowl was being played.

Trivia/Things that happened[]

A United Press International reported that Myers "guessed which of eight men was her real-life birth father correctly and won $100,000.
All five episodes aired later on the now-defunct FOX Reality Channel featuring other adoptees.

Links[]

Just Spot Your Real Dad, and You'll Win the Jackpot
Contestant T.J. Myers talks about the show

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-'''''Who's Your Daddy?''''' was a short-lived (and controversial), one episode only reality series where a woman tries to chose her real life birth father from among eight men in order to win $100,000.
+'''''Who's Your Daddy?''''' was a one episode only & controversally short-lived 90-minut special where a young woman (T.J. Myers) tries to chose her real life birth father from among eight men.
+(Keep in mind that this should not be confused with the Toby Keith country song from 2002 or the 2015 online game of the same names)
 ==Premise==
-A woman, who was given up for adoption as an infant, with an extraordinary opportunity to meet the birth father who also has been searching for her. However, before meeting her dad, the young woman will be presented with eight men who are all claiming to be her father where she must determine which one really is. And to keep her real dad from revealing himself from the start, there is $100,000 at stake for his daughter. She will have the opportunity to interview and observe the men, narrowing the field. If she guesses right, the prize money will be hers. But if she guesses wrong, the impostor will win the money. But either way, the daughter and her father will be reunited in the most dramatic and emotional way possible.
+A woman (i.e. T.J. Myers), who was given up for adoption as an infant, with an extraordinary opportunity to meet the birth father who also has been searching for her. However, before meeting her dad, the young woman will be presented with eight men who are all claiming to be her father where she must determine which one really is. And to keep her real dad from revealing himself from the start, there is $100,000 at stake. Myers will have the opportunity to interview and observe the men, narrowing the field. If she guesses right, the prize money will be hers. But if she guesses wrong, the impostor will win the money. But either way, the daughter and her father will be reunited in the most dramatic and emotional way possible.
 ==Controversy==
-The show drew controversy from adoption rights organizations, leading to one Fox affiliate (WRAZ in Raleigh, North Carolina) declining to air the series pilot, a 90-minute special. The first and only adoption was actress T.J. Myers. After the pilot finished fourth in the Nielsen ratings for its time slot, the network decided not to broadcast the other five episodes that had been produced. However, the pilot aired as a "special" and not as a "series premiere" so technically the series was cancelled before airing a episode.
+The show drew controversy from adoption rights organizations, leading to one Fox affiliate (more specfically, WRAZ in Raleigh, North Carolina) declining to air the 90-minute special. The first episode and Prime Time Premiere was starring the adoptee TJ Myers and showed in the Nielsen ratings to have over 11 million viewers, even in it's time slot which was aired while the Super Bowl was being played.
-==Trivia/Things that happened ==
+==Trivia/Things that happened==
-*According to the United Press International reported that Myers "guessed which of eight men was her father. She guessed correctly and won $100,000".
+A United Press International reported that Myers "guessed which of eight men was her real-life birth father correctly and won $100,000.<br>
-*Although only one out of the five episodes aired at the time, the rest of the five unaired episodes aired on the now-defunct ''[[FOX Reality Channel]]''.
+All five episodes aired later on the now-defunct ''[[FOX Reality Channel]]'' featuring other adoptees.
 ==Links==
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 [[Category:Decision Making]]
 [[Category:Family Game]]
+[[Category:Game of Confidence]]
 [[Category:Big Prize]]
 [[Category:FOX shows]]