Would they be interested in an adoption story that took three year, and almost all the way around the world (starting in Russia and ending in Viet Nam)?

Sorry, I disagree that all adoptions are TV worthy.  Adoptions involve the deeply personal stories and emotions of real people who should not be robbed of their privacy at a time of their lives when they are incredibly vulnerable.  Adoptive parents are the beneficiaries of adoptions, but birth parents and the child involved have lifelong losses that result, that will create an enormous amount of pain.  This is not for the voyeuristic public to get a front row seat to view.  Please be respectful of your future child and his/her original parents and family.  Choosing to make their stories public for entertainment purposes is not a fair or wise decision.  Additionally, expectant parents need and deserve privacy when they make the most important decision they can ever make for their child.  If they decide, after the baby’s birth, that placing their child is the wrong one for them and for the child, they should not feel pressured to not change their minds because it will become a TV circus.  Out of respect for them and for the child involved, we should not ask them to put themselves in this position, even if they are willing because they cannot think forward and anticipate how they will feel, at that point. 
 
    Please recognize that it is unfair and potentially very problematic for the CHILD to have his or her original family’s private, emotionally-loaded, and problem-ridden story broadcast publicly.  It will touch the lives of 99.9999% of the people who see it for a moment, but will never ever be able to be taken back for the CHILD’s sake.  His/her extended family members and those in your friendship circle and community (think church or synagogue, colleagues, neighbors, etc…) will always remember that story.  They may say something derogatory to the child years later about his/her birth family that will influence how he/she thinks about themself.  i.e. One adopted finally revealed that he started to use drugs because his grandmother cruelly had revealed that his “real” mother was a druggie and that he would probably become one too. (his adoptive mom and dad had NO idea that she thought that way, or had said that to him). 

  Parenting is all about thinking from your CHILD’s point of view, and not your own.  In adoption, our joy is others’ deep and abiding sorrow.  Don’t violate their privacy by putting their story on TV.

Wow Jane! You brought up some really valid points. Thanks for being a voice of reason. I appreciate it. It’s sometimes difficult for us to see the other side of things.