Wait a second. A FOX reality show runs afoul of an assortment of advocacy groups who say that the show makes a mockery of their lifestyle and is ultimately trashy and exploitative? Stop us if you've heard this one before.

Adoption groups are -- shockingly -- unhappy that FOX is moving forward with plans to air the audaciously titled "Who's Your Daddy?," a reality special in which a woman attempts to pick her biological father out from a group of anonymous strangers trying to trick her into accepting their claims of paternity.

The Los Angeles Times reports that a loose coalition of adoptees, adoptive parents and birth parents is attempting to reach a large enough mass that FOX will be forced to cancel the broadcast, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 3.

"This is a new low for the FOX network," writes David Youtz, president of Families With Children From China, in a letter sent to FOX president Peter Chernin. "It's hard to imagine a more callous kind of exploitation than the treatment of this most private moment as a crude entertainment."

Critics of the show are filling FOX in-boxes with angry e-mails. While it's unlikely that any of the groups have seen the special, they're confident that any show in which men attempt to lie to an adopted woman in the hopes of scoring a $100,000 prize probably won't be handling the issue in the most sensitive way possible. Some groups also take exception to the fact that promos for the show say that the woman will finally find her "real dad," somehow implying that her adoptive dad was less real than a man she's never met.

"It takes a deeply intimate, important personal experience and trivializes it, turning it into a money-grubbing game show," Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, tells the Times.

In a statement to the paper on Tuesday (Dec. 21), FOX executives admitted that while the title seems trashy, that's just a hook to get fans of trashy TV to watch the special.

"It's not the producers' or network's intention to offend anyone, but clearly the title of this special is attention-grabbing -- possibly contributing to controversy," the statement says. "It is not indicative, however, of the special's actual content. The willing and informed participants are some of the millions of adopted Americans unable to reunite with the biological parent[s]. They seized the opportunity to participate and the result is compelling.

"It is also important to note that this special in no way detracts from the relationship between adoptive parents and their children," the statement continues. "In fact, most participants clearly state that they consider their adoptive parent[s] to be their 'real parents,' but they are curious about their family of origin."

A Jan. 2 protest has been played by Ron Morgan, a San Francisco adoptee who will stand in front of Fox Television Studios with a sign reading "Honk if You're My Daddy."

Assuming the show airs, it will be hosted by "All My Children" vet Finola Hughes.