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updated 12:19 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2005

NEW YORK - Television viewers gave a collective shrug to Fox’s attempt to turn a daughter’s search for her birth father into a game show.

“Who’s Your Daddy?” was seen by 6.3 million viewers Monday, fourth in its time slot, according to Nielsen Media Research. The Fox special starred a woman who picked her birth father from a group of seven impostors for a $100,000 prize.

The Sugar Bowl between Auburn and Virginia Tech was seen by 14.8 million viewers in the 8 p.m. hour, Nielsen said. CBS comedies and NBC’s “Fear Factor” each got about five million more viewers than “Who’s Your Daddy?”

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Adoption advocates protested the special, and tried to get Fox affiliates not to air it. In the end, viewer indifference will likely doom the concept — “Who’s Your Daddy?” continues a trend of lackluster ratings for new reality shows.