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Ancestry.com and NBC Team Up for a Second Season of 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
By Staff
posted Aug 25, 2010, 06:00 |
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The company provided important family history research for the show, including
tracing the roots of the seven celebrities featured, and collaborated with NBC
to promote the series.
(Provo, Utah) Ancestry.com is pleased to announce it has extended its relationship
with NBC for the second season of the "Who Do You Think You Are?"
television series.
Ancestry.com worked with NBC on the first season of "Who Do You Think
You Are?" that debuted in March 2010. The company provided important family
history research for the show, including tracing the roots of the seven celebrities
featured, and collaborated with NBC to promote the series. Each episode took
one celebrity on an emotional, and often times soul-searching journey to discover
the lives of family members who came before them.
"It is remarkable to work on this series with the leader in the online
family history category, Ancestry.com," said Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice
President of Alternative Programming & Production at NBC Universal. "A
show of this caliber takes a lot of research and ground work to make the celebrities
stories come to life. With the valued collaboration of Ancestry.com, we've been
able to tell seven amazing stories in the first season, and look forward to
even greater family history discoveries to be uncovered in season two."
"We are excited to continue working with NBC on this series," said
Josh Hanna, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Marketing for Ancestry.com.
"The first season of the show has truly elevated awareness around the family
history category and we couldn't be more pleased to be an integral part of a
television series that brings excitement to the discoveries people can make
when researching their ancestral roots."
"Who Do You Think You Are?" is produced by Wall to Wall Entertainment
in collaboration with Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky for their production company,
Is or Isn't Entertainment. NBC has announced the show will air in the 2010-11
season.
Resources:
http://www.ancestry.com
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