Hingham Family to Appear on CBS Reality TV Show

A Hingham family will appear on a new CBS reality TV show this week.

On June 17, the Melanson family will have to decide what to do with over $100,000 when they are featured on the Briefcase.

In each episode, two families are given briefcases with $101,000 and must decide if they will keep the money, give some, or all the cash to the other family.

Both families will have 72 hours to learn about each other prior to making their decision. Neither family is aware that the other has an identical briefcase or instructions.

Mark and Cara Melanson currently live on one income while supporting four children and fostering multiple children over six years. Their eldest son started the charity “Guys with Pies” that has raised more than $30,000, and Cara, going back to school to become a lawyer so she can help advocate for foster children and Mark is a firefighter according to a release from CBS.

Locally, the Briefcase airs on WBZ at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.