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Americans to get WDYTYA

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 20 Feb 2010 23:47

As you may have already heard, NBC is premiering the new TV show Who Do You Think You Are? on March 5 at 8/7c.

The family history-focused series will lead seven celebrities on a heart-warming journey back in time as they discover more about the ancestors who came before them. Lisa Kudrow, who executive produced the show, will be featured, along with Sarah Jessica Parker, Spike Lee, Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Emmitt Smith, and Brooke Shields.


I wonder when we will get to see it.

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2010/02/11/get-ready-for-nbcs-premiere-of-who-do-you-think-you-are-march-5-at-87c/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ancestry+%28Ancestry.com+blog%29

or..............

http://landing.ancestry.com/spreadtheword/?o_iid=42392&o_lid=42392

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GranOfOzRubySlippers

GranOfOzRubySlippers Report 21 Feb 2010 00:34

Better hope they are interesting, unlike Michael Parkinson who they binned as too boring.

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 21 Feb 2010 00:49

To be fair, I think they thought his ancestors were boring rather than Michael lol :) However, as they worked in the mines, I would have found the programme interesting.

Mind you. I preferred the first series when they didn't use celebrities.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 21 Feb 2010 00:51

And the second Canadian season is finally starting soon!

Of course, you'll *never* get to see that one. ;)

If you've ever been curious about the ancestry of Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper ... one of her ancestors was in on the buidling of Raffles hotel in Singapore ...

http://www.cbc.ca/whodoyouthinkyouare/
http://www.cbc.ca/whodoyouthinkyouare/stories/index.php

For opera fans - Measha Brueggergosman (and how she got that name)
Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall.
Steven Page of Bare Naked Ladies.
And Margot Kidder (Lois Lane!) - like Margaret Trudeau, a sufferer of bipolar disorder.


It sounds like either really big-name Canadians (and yes, there are lots! Capt James Tiberius Kirk himself ...) haven't wanted to be part of it, or their ancestry was just boring. ;)

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 21 Feb 2010 00:56


Watch the trailer here.....

http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/clips/learning-who-you-are/1197302/


I am trying to find on this page whether we can download the program when it comes on

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