Showing posts with label Television programs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television programs. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Genealogy Roadshow

Snowed in and looking for something to binge watch? PBS has episodes of Genealogy Roadshow available on their website.

Watch the St. Louis episode for stories from the Midwest!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? is now airing on Tuesdays nights on TLC but full episodes of the new season are available on the TLC website.

You can now watch the latest episode where Zooey Deschanel discovers her Quaker roots and learns about their abolitionist history.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Finding Your Roots

PBS will air a new genealogy-related television miniseries by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Finding Your Roots premieres Sunday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m.

The show will focus on 2 high profile individuals each week, starting with Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick.

Others in this program will include Tyra Banks, Cory Booker, Angela Buchdahl, Geoffrey Canada, Margaret Cho, Harry Connick, Jr., Robert Downey, Jr., Sanjay Gupta, Samuel L. Jackson, John Legend, John Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Yasir Qadir, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Rodriguez, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rich Warren.

"Who Do You Think You Are?" Season 3

Season 3 of Who Do You Think You Are? will start Friday, February 3 on NBC.

Celebrities participating include Jerome Bettis, Paula Dean, Edie Falco, Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones, Rob Lowe, Reba McEntire, Martin Sheen, Jason Sudeikis, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood and Rita Wilson.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Who Do You Think You Are?


Who Do You Think You Are: Season Two premieres on Friday, February 4, at 7 pm. on NBC.

The series follows a different well-known and popular celebrity each week as they trace their family trees. Each episode will reveal surprising, inspiring and sometimes tragic stories that are often linked to events in American and international history.

As each celebrity discovers†his or her†unknown relatives - most of whom overcame hard times - the show will take viewers back through world history to expose how the lives of everyone's collective ancestors have shaped our world today.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Faces of America Blog


On the Faces of America Blog, Harvard scholar and FACES OF AMERICA host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. offers insights into what he learned during the production of the series.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Faces of America


The new PBS series Faces of America with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. builds on the success of his earlier series African American Lives.

Faces of America uses genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans, in an attempt to answer the questions, "Who made America? what makes us?"

The series premieres nationally Wednesdays, February 10 - March 3, 2010 from 8-9 p.m. on PBS.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Who Do You Think You Are?

"Who Do You Think You Are?" is a very popular British TV show that has been exported to other countries. Each country produces their own shows, featuring local television personalities and stories.

NBC is bringing this television program to American viewers.

The American version of "Who Do You Think You are?" will premier on Friday, March 5, at 7 PM CST. It will feature American celebrities as they unearth their family trees.

Watch the trailer here.