Host Tim Green with Kari Spencer on FIND MY FAMILY
“There’s no game, there is no prize, there’s no voting everybody off the island. It’s just people going through a really relatable experience and it’s traumatic and emotional,” said Executive Producer Tom Forman about the intention behind the new reality show “Find My Family.” The new ABC series previewed last week to strong ratings and hopes to keep the momentum going this week in its regular timeslot and without the benefit of a “Dancing With The Stars” lead-in. Our Jim Halterman talked to Forman about how the show found its subjects, how hosts Tim Greene and Lisa Joyner could relate to the task at hand and the lengthy process of finding those people who may or may not want to be found.
Jim Halterman: What are the origins of ‘Find My Family?’
Tom Forman: It is a successful foreign format that has run first in Scandinavia, then Australia for a bunch of years but somehow never made it to the United States. I had seen it, I was aware of it and we had talked about whether it would work here and the time never felt quite right. If you looked around this year, if you looked at the economy and CLICK HERE FOR MORE
Jim Halterman is a freelance writer who spends his days interviewing the top tier of talent and creative forces in the entertainment world and then, because he's that kind of guy, he brings it all to YOU! And, because we all like free stuff, check back on Fridays for the best giveaways!! (Photo: Interviewing actor Ray Ford - from DONT TRUST THE B**** IN APARTMENT 23 - at The Abbey, West Hollywood, 4/2012)
