Long Lost Family (American TV series)
| Long Lost Family | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Based on | Spoorloos by KRO-NCRV |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 42–86 minutes |
| Production company | Shed Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | TLC |
| Release | March 6, 2016 (2016年03月06日) – December 13, 2019 (2019年12月13日) |
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Long Lost Family is an American documentary television series based on the Dutch series Spoorloos created by broadcaster KRO-NCRV that premiered on March 6, 2016, on TLC. Presented by Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner, the show helps provide aid to individuals looking to be reunited with long-lost biological family members. The show is produced by Shed Media for TLC, and is co-sponsored by Ancestry.com, which provides family history research and DNA testing to help make discoveries possible.
Format
[edit ]The show follows the original British series very closely, offering a chance for people who are desperate to find long lost relatives. The series helps a handful of people, some of whom have been searching in vain for many years, find the family members they are desperately seeking. It explores the background and context of each family's estrangement and tracks the detective work and often complex and emotional process of finding each lost relative before they are reunited. With the help and support of Chris and Lisa, each relative is guided and supported through the process of tracing the member of their family they have been desperately seeking.[1]
Episodes
[edit ]Series overview
[edit ]| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | March 6, 2016 (2016年03月06日) | April 24, 2016 (2016年04月24日) | |
| 2 | 13 | February 12, 2017 (2017年02月12日) | April 25, 2017 (2017年04月25日) | |
| 3 | 6 | November 6, 2017 (2017年11月06日) | December 11, 2017 (2017年12月11日) | |
| 4 | 9 | April 8, 2018 (2018年04月08日) | May 16, 2018 (2018年05月16日) | |
| 5 | 9 | October 8, 2018 (2018年10月08日) | December 17, 2018 (2018年12月17日) | |
| 6 | 8 | October 25, 2019 (2019年10月25日) | December 13, 2019 (2019年12月13日) | |
Season 1 (2016)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "I've Waited for This Call for 45 Years" | March 6, 2016 (2016年03月06日) |
| 2 | 2 | "Your Mom's Been Here the Whole Time" | March 13, 2016 (2016年03月13日) |
| 3 | 3 | "Nobody Knew I Existed" | March 20, 2016 (2016年03月20日) |
| 4 | 4 | "I Should Have Fought Harder to Keep Her" | March 27, 2016 (2016年03月27日) |
| 5 | 5 | "Am I Who I Think I Am?" | April 3, 2016 (2016年04月03日) |
| 6 | 6 | "Why Did You Leave Me?" | April 10, 2016 (2016年04月10日) |
| 7 | 7 | "Everything Your Parents Told You Was a Lie" | April 17, 2016 (2016年04月17日) |
| 8 | 8 | "Alone in a Crowded Room" | April 24, 2016 (2016年04月24日) |
Season 2 (2017)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "There's No Easy Way to Say This" | February 12, 2017 (2017年02月12日) |
| 10 | 2 | "The Court Said No, We Were Too Young" | February 19, 2017 (2017年02月19日) |
| 11 | 3 | "I Want to Heal My Mother's Heart" | February 26, 2017 (2017年02月26日) |
| 12 | 4 | "Born Together, Stay Together" | March 5, 2017 (2017年03月05日) |
| 13 | 5 | "One More Reason to Fight for My Life" | March 12, 2017 (2017年03月12日) |
| 14 | 6 | "Did You Have Dreams, Did You Follow Them?" | March 19, 2017 (2017年03月19日) |
| 15 | 7 | "All the Leaves Fell Off My Family Tree" | March 26, 2017 (2017年03月26日) |
| 16 | 8 | "The Last Time I Saw My Mother, I Was 5 Years Old" | April 2, 2017 (2017年04月02日) |
| 17 | 9 | "Do I Call Him My Son?" | April 9, 2017 (2017年04月09日) |
| 18 | 10 | "If You Bring Your Baby Home, You Can't Come Home" | April 16, 2017 (2017年04月16日) |
| 19 | 11 | "Am I a Secret She Had to Keep?" | April 23, 2017 (2017年04月23日) |
| 20 | 12 | "It's the Fulfillment Of a Promise" | April 24, 2017 (2017年04月24日) |
| 21 | 13 | "We Don't Need Anything From Them Besides Love" | April 25, 2017 (2017年04月25日) |
Season 3 (2017)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "She Just Drove Off and Never Returned" | November 6, 2017 (2017年11月06日) |
| 23 | 2 | "My First Chapter Is Unwritten" | November 13, 2017 (2017年11月13日) |
| 24 | 3 | "If I'd Only Known About Her" | November 20, 2017 (2017年11月20日) |
| 25 | 4 | "The Letters Just Stopped Coming" | November 27, 2017 (2017年11月27日) |
| 26 | 5 | "There's More to Saying Sorry" | December 4, 2017 (2017年12月04日) |
| 27 | 6 | "My Birth Certificate Reads 'Jane Doe'" | December 11, 2017 (2017年12月11日) |
Season 4 (2018)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | "The First and Last Time I Saw My Sister" | April 8, 2018 (2018年04月08日) | 1.42[2] |
| 29 | 2 | "She Never Came Back" | April 15, 2018 (2018年04月15日) | 1.13[3] |
| 30 | 3 | "You Think They Are Blood" | April 22, 2018 (2018年04月22日) | 1.50[4] |
| 31 | 4 | "You Have Been Loved Your Whole Life" | April 29, 2018 (2018年04月29日) | 1.46[5] |
| 32 | 5 | "28 Foster Homes" | May 6, 2018 (2018年05月06日) | 1.42[6] |
| 33 | 6 | "A Slamming Door" | May 13, 2018 (2018年05月13日) | 1.18[7] |
| 34 | 7 | "Nothing Short of a Miracle" | May 14, 2018 (2018年05月14日) | 0.85[8] |
| 35 | 8 | "This Is Your Truth" | May 15, 2018 (2018年05月15日) | 0.94[9] |
| 36 | 9 | "That Was My One Shot" | May 16, 2018 (2018年05月16日) | 1.26[10] |
Season 5 (2018)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | "A Baby In A Shoe Box" | October 8, 2018 (2018年10月08日) | N/A |
| 38 | 2 | "A Mysterious Disappearance" | October 15, 2018 (2018年10月15日) | N/A |
| 39 | 3 | "Waiting a Lifetime" | October 22, 2018 (2018年10月22日) | N/A |
| 40 | 4 | "A Hole in My Soul" | October 29, 2018 (2018年10月29日) | N/A |
| 41 | 5 | "Feelings of Abandonment" | November 5, 2018 (2018年11月05日) | N/A |
| 42 | 6 | "Secrets Are Better Kept Than Said" | November 12, 2018 (2018年11月12日) | N/A |
| 43 | 7 | "She Chose Another Person Over Her Child" | November 19, 2018 (2018年11月19日) | N/A |
| 44 | 8 | "I Want To Go Back" | November 26, 2018 (2018年11月26日) | N/A |
| 45 | 9 | "She's Gone" | December 17, 2018 (2018年12月17日) | N/A |
Season 6 (2019)
[edit ]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 1 | "Why Couldn't They Raise Us?" | October 25, 2019 (2019年10月25日) | 0.87[11] |
| 47 | 2 | "I'm the Only One Left" | November 1, 2019 (2019年11月01日) | 0.92[12] |
| 48 | 3 | "Are They Looking For Me?" | November 8, 2019 (2019年11月08日) | 0.89[13] |
| 49 | 4 | "Not My Child to Keep" | November 15, 2019 (2019年11月15日) | 0.91[14] |
| 50 | 5 | "An Adult Orphan" | November 22, 2019 (2019年11月22日) | 0.85[15] |
| 51 | 6 | "What Family Feels Like" | November 29, 2019 (2019年11月29日) | 0.88[16] |
| 52 | 7 | "The Missing Piece" | December 6, 2019 (2019年12月06日) | 0.93[17] |
| 53 | 8 | "Switched in the Hospital" | December 13, 2019 (2019年12月13日) | 0.93[18] |
Production
[edit ]Development
[edit ]On February 2, 2016, it was announced that TLC had given the production a series order. It was reported that the series would be hosted by Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner and produced by Shed Media.[19]
Season one of Long Lost Family premiered on March 6, 2016.[19] On June 9, 2016, it was announced that TLC had renewed the series for a second season.[20] [21] Season 3 had 6 additional episodes for 2017 and began airing on November 6, 2017.[22] On March 20, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season set to premiere on April 8, 2018.[23] [24] On September 7, 2018, it was announced that additional episodes for 2018 were expected to premiere on October 8, 2018.[25]
Marketing
[edit ]Alongside the initial series announcement, TLC released the first teaser trailer for the series.[19] On March 20, 2018, TLC released the official trailer for season three.[23]
International versions
[edit ]The original British program began airing in 2011 and has so far distributed fourteen series and several specials. It is hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.
There is also a Norwegian version of called Sporløs that has been airing on Norwegian channel TV 2 since 2010 with six seasons so far.
An Australian version of Long Lost Family , hosted by Chrissie Swan and Anh Do, began airing around the same time as the U.S. version in 2016,[26] but was canceled by 2017.
References
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