On May 10, 2013, the network placed a series order for the single camera comedy,[2][3] which was canceled from NBC television schedule on October 18, 2013 after three episodes had aired.

The pair decide to get married, forcing a bonding and blending of their two very different families.

The series was available on Hulu at the time of its premiere,[9][10] and was also available on STAR World India.

[12] In a review for Variety, Brian Lowry said Welcome to the Family was "a sitcom with all the depth of a knock-knock joke.

"[13] The Washington Post's Hank Steuver anointed it as his "nominee for quickest and most punitive cancellation" and gave it an F.[14] A writer for TV by the Numbers described the viewership as "dismal", falling to "anemic" by the second week.