AncestorEbooks http://www.ancestorebooks.com/ remembers March 5, 2010, when NBC’s opening show featured Sarah Jessica Parker’s search for her ancestral roots. The 60 minute program, Who Do You Think You Are, featured a different celebrity each week and included such famous people as Spike Lee, Brooke Shields and Matthew Broderick and ran 27 episodes for 3 years before being cancelled in 2012.
On May 13, AncestorEbooks mentioned the upcoming premiere of ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ in conjunction with an HBO television series called ‘Family Tree’ [.npr.org/2013/05/09/181995679/in-a-cluster-of-new-sitcoms-family-tree-stands-tall] These programs echo the American push for family history, as the July 2, 2012 press release headline, ‘Ancestry.com Reaches Two Million Subscriber Mark’ attests. [goo.gl/FtpJY]
TLC will have 8 weekly shows under the “Who Do You Think You Are” headline, beginning July 23 at 9pm Eastern Standard Time, http://goo.gl/hSDh9 and according to TLCs ‘About the Show’, these program will be reaching, “From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture as they reveal unknown details about themselves and their families.” [goo.gl/0DOpU]
