TLC ANNOUNCES SUMMER SEASON AND CELEBRITY CONTRIBUTORS FOR
“WHO DO YOU
THINK YOU ARE?”
Series
returns Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c
The two-time Emmy nominated
series WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? returns this summer
to share more fascinating
stories, and shed light on surprising revelations, of the real life family
history of celebrities. Executive Produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky,
the new season premieres Sunday, July 26 at 9/8c.
The contributors featured in the
upcoming season include:
•
Tom Bergeron, who is aware of his French Canadian roots
on his paternal side, but wants to know what brought his ancestors to North
America. He goes as far back as his 10x great grandmother to find the answer.
•
Bryan Cranston, who uncovers an ancestor’s heroic
dedication during the Civil War.
•
Ginnifer Goodwin, who sets out to learn about her
mysterious paternal great grandparents, whom her father, regretfully, does not
know much about either.
•
Alfre Woodard, who strives to find out more about the
paternal side of her family, and explores how her surname came to be.
Additionally, TLC will air the
U.S. premiere of J.K. Rowling’s episode of the series, where the best-selling
author sets off to uncover her maternal French roots. She finds that a family
war story might not be what she thought when military records reveal a
surprising twist.
Ancestry, the leading family
history company, is teaming up again with TLC as a sponsor of the upcoming
season. As part of the show sponsorship, Ancestry provides exhaustive family
history research on each of the featured celebrities to help make discoveries
possible and build out the story of each episode.
The series is produced for TLC by
Shed Media and Is or Isn’t Entertainment, and is based on an original format created
by Wall to Wall Media and Alex Graham. More information can be found at
TLC.com/WDYTYA. ‘Like’ Who Do You Think You Are? on Facebook.com/WDYTYA and
follow @WDYTYA on Twitter.
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