Family Trade

Family Trade is an American reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network. The show premiered on March 12, 2013, its eighth and final episode aired on April 16, 2013. The series depicts interactions and negotiations between customers and staff at a car dealership in Middlebury, Vermont.

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Summary Family TradeFamily Trade is an American reality television series broadcast by Game Show Network. The show premiered on March 12, 2013, its eighth and final episode aired on April 16, 2013. The series depicts interactions and negotiations between customers and staff at G. Stone Motors, a car dealership in Middlebury, Vermont. The dealership allows its customers to bring in anything they believe is resalable to the dealership to help cover the cost of a new or used vehicle rather than paying for it with cash. The value of the trade provides the customers with a down payment on the vehicle. Once the trade is completed, Gardner’s son and daughter, Todd and Darcy, work with Travis to resell the items they have acquired, which is where the dealership either earns an additional profit or loses some of their earnings.

Family Trade was a part of GSN’s intent to broaden their programming landscape since the network had historically aired traditional game shows in most of its programming. It was given unfavorable reviews by critics, and its television ratings fell over time, losing almost half of its audience between the series premiere and finale. The Family Trade first appeared in March 21, 2012 as a half-hour reality show under the title The Family trade. After three test episodes, GSN proceeded to order eight episodes of the series on August 9, 2012, which began around five weeks or six weeks later.