AncestorEbooks Reminds America That Who Do You Think You Are - Season 4 - Premieres July 23 on TLC
(PRWEB) July 03, 2013 -- AncestorEbooks 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 [goo.gl/NHP3d], featured a different celebrity each week and included such famous people as Spike Lee, Brooke Shields and Matthew Broderick and ran 27 episodes long and 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’ [prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10724980.htm]. These programs echo the American push for family history, as the July 2, 2012 press release headline, ‘Reaches Two Million Subscriber Mark’ attests. [goo.gl/FtpJY]
The countdown begins for ‘'Who Do You Think You Are’ Season 4 which premieres July 23, not on NBC but TLC (The Learning Channel) is produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky gave the following Exclusive to Jethro Nededog of ‘The Wrap’ [goo.gl/GtVpJ]. "I've never stopped hearing about how much people love 'Who Do You Think You Are?,' and I've always known that we've had more great stories to share," said executive producer Kudrow in a statement. "TLC is a great home for the series, and we join our excited celebrity participants as we unearth some amazing background and surprising histories."
Who Do You Think You Are on TLC will share the stage with such programs as ‘Best Funeral Ever’,‘Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmades’, ‘19 kids and Counting’, ‘Little People in a Big World’ and ‘Toddlers & Tiaras.’
The first episode will feature Christina Applegate, an American actress who just this past February married ‘her longtime boyfriend Martyn LeNoble in a quiet ceremony at their home in Los Angeles’ according to Liz Raftery of the TV Guide. [tvguide.com/News/Christina-Applegate-Marries-Martyn-LeNoble-1061763.aspx]
According to Megan Smolenyak of the Huffington Post,
the following celebrities will ‘take their turn under the ancestral ‘microscope’: Christina Applegate, Kelly Clarkson, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Chelsea Handler, Chris O'Donnell, Jim Parsons and Trisha Yearwood.
Although this is season 4 in America, ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ is actually a British Genealogy documentary series that had its debut in 2004 on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), a British public service broadcasting corp. BBC will be showing their 9th series, featuring Britons Comedian John Bishop, former Football star John Barnes, famous performer Celia Imrie, and Actor William Roache. These British Celebrities will ‘trace their ancestry, uncovering secrets and surprises from their past’ according to their BBC Program Guide. [bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m2nc9] beginning Monday 27 May at 16:15 (4:14pm) in Britain.
Off TV, the popularity of discovering a person’s ancestors had the audience of RNW, Radio Netherlands Worldwide [goo.gl/9aYn6], listening to the PBS broadcast of In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee, a 2008 film written of in The Daily Californian Online by David Liu, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, where he describes the video as "Haunting and personal, Deann Borshay Liem's "In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee" affirms the role of war in reshaping individual destinies." [archive.dailycal.org/printable.php?id=108848]
TLC will have 8 weekly shows under the "Who Do You Think You Are" headline, beginning July 23 at 9pm Eastern Standard Time, 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]
AncestorEbooks.com, a website for creating Ebooks that are built around a family tree gedcom file, "Is quickly becoming well known for the ease in which our customers can upload their videos as well as photos, audios and documents for blending into an Ebook" states its owner, Cristina Besendorfer.
"Google, in recognition of genealogy being the second largest hobby in the USA," continues Mrs. Besendorfer, "has a video tutorial available on YouTube.com labeled, ‘Tip that Every Genealogy Researcher Needs to Know’. [youtube.com/watch?v=9qefdagiK38] by Robert Ragan from the Treasure Maps How-to Genealogy site." [amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/]
Cristina Besendorfer, Ancestor Ebooks LLC, http://ancestorebooks.com/, 417-843-3999, [email protected]
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