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NBC, an American commercial broadcast television network, is working on a new half-hour comedy show entitled “Mail Order Family.”
Apparently, the sitcom is about a widowed single father who orders a Filipina mail-order bride to help raise his two daughters.
“Mail Order Family” is written and produced by Jackie Clarke. According to Mic.com, the story is loosely based on Clarke’s family.
The announcement about the show received some criticisms on Twitter.
Today in terrible ideas: NBC buys “family comedy” about widowed white male who orders a Filipina mail order bride https://t.co/f2f6w7hcE0
— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) September 29, 2016
FUCK THIS SHOW. HOW are you gonna air a show making light of human trafficking Asian women? #CancelMailOrderFamilyhttps://t.co/SAnIuMCAtE
— The Official LLAG (@theLLAG) September 29, 2016
Really @nbc, a family-comedy about the sex trafficking of Asian women? https://t.co/7YNrndEAh6
cc: @angryasianman
— mieke eoyang (@MiekeEoyang) September 29, 2016
Horrible! @NBC to do #MailOrderFamily sitcom featuring white guy buying a #Filipina bride. #filam #filipinoamerican https://t.co/oEQpTz07c9
— Gerald Fariñas (@GeraldFarinas) September 29, 2016
Who thought this was a good idea? — NBC Buys ‘Mail Order Family’ Comedy From ‘Superstore’ Trio https://t.co/zLzBusJyBh via @deadline
— Lisa Yee (@LisaYee1) September 29, 2016
Just when u think AsnAms are making progress, @NBC does this sht https://t.co/9ynL6lI43L Mail-order brides?? u fckn kidding me? This passes?
— philipwang (@philipwang) September 29, 2016
Clarke co-produced the show with Ruben Fleischer. Both are from NBC’s Superstore.
NBC gave the go signal for “Mail Order Family” due to the increasing scrutiny about the scarcity of Asian representation on TV.
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