Network: NBC, TLC
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: March 5, 2010 — TBD
Series status: Cancelled by NBC, revived by TLC, revived on NBC
Performers include: Mocean Melvin (narrator)
TV show description:
This documentary series is adapted from the British version of the same name. It follows popular celebrities as they trace their roots back through their own genealogy. Lisa Kudrow is an executive producer for the series that is part of a partnership with Ancestry.com.
Each episode features a different celebrity and usually focuses around a truth that is waiting to be uncovered or a family legend that needs to be investigated. The celebrity meets with genealogists and different experts from all over the world as they trace their relatives back through records to learn the truth about their families.
Not only does the series give a glimpse into the unknown lives and backgrounds of these celebrities, but it’s also an interesting take on history, as we see the different walks of life that make up our nation. Often we find that the celebrities’ lives may have even crossed paths with our own lives.
Kudrow herself has researched back through her own family tree, along with celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Emmitt Smith, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, and Spike Lee. These celebrities turn up ties to royalty, war heroes with Purple Hearts, ancestors who died in the Holocaust, enslaved ancestors, and ties to the Gold Rush.
Episode #TBD
This TV series has not ended yet.
First aired: TBD
What do you think? Do you like the Who Do You Think You Are? TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for another season?
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Please renew this wonderful show. My family has been in the US since approx 1700 and I can’t even find out how to get them out of the country and back to no doubt the UK….France, Ireland, Scandinavia, and Iberian Peninsula.
I am truly sorry to see that Who Do You Think You Are television series has been discontinued. This was a very enlightening program… along with a personal history of someone, there was the very interesting historical aspect to it. Will it come back on TV>
Please renew it. It was a great series. Deb Hulley
Please renew,we cant wait for next fall season.
I absolutely love this show. Never enough episode during the season and way too long waiting between seasons.
I love this show. I’ve never missed an episode, have the first two seasons on DVD, and have watched each episode multiple times. I’d love to see the rest of the series and hope that they will be released soon. To repeat what others have posted, I too ask that this show please be kept going. There are plenty of celebrities who could be profiled, and only 6 or 8 episodes a year leaves a long gap between seasons. I’m sure that there are many others who would want to be profiled, and perhaps some of our “older” celebrities such… Read more »
Please increase the number of episodes per season in this series as the waiting time is so long between seasons. I love this series and never miss an episode.
It all began here . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOFiPBfnbA
Please make more episodes! I love this show!!
I enjoy this show very much because I am a family genealogist. While it is interesting to see celebrity ancestors, I would suggest that you change your format to include average people like myself, who have hit “brick walls” in their research and need help.
I’m into geneology so this show is really of interest to me.I absolutely love it. Look forward to each season. It really amazes me that the stars they pick have such an interesting family history. Please don’t cancel this series.
Love this show…an avid fan please continue the series.
Love this show! Please don’t cancel it.
Please don’t cancel this show i love it.
I love this show. It is amazing how far back through the generations you have gone for some of the people. History is very interesting. Keep up the good work. Please don’t cancel this show. It is educational and a good clean show.