Fox TV has made six episodes of the show, where a woman is introduced to eight men and through three elimination rounds of questioning she has to pick who she thinks her real father is. If she guesses correctly she will win the $100,000 cash prize, if she picks an imposter then he will win the prize. Either way the daughter and father are reunited.
Producers of the show, which airs in the US on January 3, have called the series an emotional "five-hanky show" with a happy ending.
Kevin Healey, one of the executive producers on the show, added: "The dads want to find their daughter and the daughters want to find their dad. All of them were pitched the concept well in advance of coming on the show."
They also ascertain that the money is purely an added twist to keep the imposters interested as they try to fool the daughter.
Only one show has been scheduled for broadcast and, in light of the critcism from adoption groups and the sensitive nature of the show's content, it is unlikely the other programmes will make it on air.
Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan P Donaldson Adoption Institute, says the show turns a deeply personal experience into a "money-grubbing game show".
This is not the first time Murdoch's Fox TV has come under fire. In May this year the Fox show 'Seriously Dude, I'm Gay' was canned after criticism from gay rights groups saying the show was "systematic humiliation".
The show involved straight men convincing a panel they were gay after living with gay room-mates, telling their friends they were and even going out on dates with other gay men.
Separately, the ABC network was criticised about a programme called 'Be My Baby', where prospective adoptive parents competed against each other to win the right to adopt a teenage girl's unborn child.
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