NEW YORK — NBC announced last Friday it was canceling it plans for Mail Order Family only two days after saying it would develop the comedy. <br /> <br />In response to backlash from the Asian-American community, NBC Entertainment executives decided not to go ahead with the show, according to NBC News. <br /> <br />“We purchased the pitch with the understanding that it would tell the creator’s real-life experience of being raised by a strong Filipina stepmother after the loss of her own mother,” an NBC spokesperson said in a statement. “The writer and producers have taken the sensitivity to the initial concept to heart and have chosen not to move forward with the project at this time.” <br /> <br />Deadline reported last Wednesday that NBC was developing a show loosely based on the life of writer and producer Jackie Clarke about a widowed father who orders a Filipina mail order bride to help raise his two daughters. <br /> <br />When Asians talk about getting more roles in and behind the scenes, this is not what we mean. Thankfully, NBC came to its senses.
