--- title: Ryan Seacrest's Transgender Reality Show Coming to ABC Family description: The series is set to take a look at how the entire family handles both the divorce and the transition canonical: https://time.com/3630691/abc-family-transgender-ryan-seacrest/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-11T21:02:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:25.661Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: ABC Family Orders Ryan Seacrest-Produced Transgender Documentary Series og:description: The series is set to take a look at how a family handles a father's transition og:url: https://time.com/3630691/abc-family-transgender-ryan-seacrest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5260ae6aac91e4e/69876e5206f2c15f4a332d02/ryan-seacrest1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ryan Seacrest on Dec. 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ABC Family Orders Ryan Seacrest-Produced Transgender Documentary Series twitter:description: The series is set to take a look at how a family handles a father's transition twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5260ae6aac91e4e/69876e5206f2c15f4a332d02/ryan-seacrest1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Transgender Documentary Series Coming to ABC Family > Sponsored content. 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Ryan Seacrest on Dec. 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Steve Granitz—Getty Images/WireImage by [Entertainment Weekly / Jonathon Dornbush](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Jonathon Dornbush Dec 11, 2014 9:02 PM UTC ABC Family has ordered a documentary show called _My Transparent Life_ straight to series from Ryan Seacrest Productions, which will focus on a teenage boy as he deals with major changes to his home life. _My Transparent Life_ will follow Ben, a teenager who learns both that his parents are going to divorce and that his father, Charlie, is transitioning into Carly. The series is set to take a look at how the entire family handles both the divorce and the transition. _My Transparent Life_ will attempt to look at both generations of this family and how they learn to support each other during a period of intense change in their lives. “While Ben’s family situation is unusual, the themes and coming-of-age issues are universal, and we think our viewers will find a real connection to them,” Tom Ascheim, President of ABC Family, said in a statement about the show. No date has been set for the series, but the show certainly continues television’s recent spate of shows offering a look at transgender characters. _EW_‘s Melissa Maerz [spoke to the trend](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/08/transparent-hedwig-orange-is-the-new-black-transgender/), pointing out shows like _Orange Is the New Black_ and [_EW_‘s best show of 2014, _Transparent_](http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20326356%5F20879078,00.html#30260969), as opening minds across the country to the experiences of trans characters. 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