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Jay Silverheels
Jay Silverheels, in the 1970s, at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Meadow Lands, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Born
Harold Preston Smith
May 26, 1912
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Indian Reserve, Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Died
March 5, 1980 (aged 67)
Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California
Cause of death
Stroke
Resting place
Chapel of the Pines Crematory, his ashes are at Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Indian Reserve, Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Residence
Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Actor, stunt man, athlete, poet, salesman
Years active
1937–1980
Known for
Tonto
Home town
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Indian Reserve, Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Television
Tonto in The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Spouse(s)
Bobbi (first wife) 1 child, Mary Diroma (1945-1980; his death) 4 children
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Preston Smith, May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980)[1] was a Mohawk Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the faithful Indian companion of the Lone Ranger[2][3] in the long-running American western television series, The Lone Ranger.[4]
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Athlete
3 Actor
3.1 Films
3.2 Television
4 Personal life
5 Death
6 Legacy
7 Selected filmography
8 Television
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Early life[edit]
Jay Silverheels was born Harold Preston Smith on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, near Hagersville, Ontario, Canada.[5] He was a grandson of Mohawk Chief A.G. Smith and Mary Wedge, and one of the 11 children of Captain Alexander George Edwin Smith, MC, Cayuga, and his wife Mabel Phoebe Doxtater, also a Mohawk. His father[6] was wounded and decorated for service at The Somme and Ypres during World War I, and later was an adjutant training Polish-American recruits for the Blue Army (Poland) for service in France, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
Athlete[edit]
Jay Silverheels excelled in athletics and lacrosse before leaving home to travel around North America. In the 1930s, he played indoor lacrosse as Harry Smith with the "Iroquois" of Rochester, New York in the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association.[7] He lived for a time in Buffalo, New York, and in 1938 placed second in the Middleweight class of the Golden Gloves tournament.[8] Silverheels was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a veteran player in 1997.
Actor[edit]
Films[edit]
While playing in Los Angeles on a touring box lacrosse team in 1937, Silverheels impressed Joe E. Brown, with his athleticism. Brown encouraged him to do a screen test, which led to his acting career.[9] Silverheels began working in motion pictures as an extra and stunt man[10][11] in 1937.[12] He was billed variously as Harold Smith and Harry Smith, and appeared in low-budget features, westerns, and serials.[13] He adopted his screen name from the nickname he had as a lacrosse player.[14][15][16] From the late 1940s, he played in major films, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, I Am an American (1944),[17] Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart (1948), Lust for Gold with Glenn Ford (1949), Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart, War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., The Black Dakotas (1954) as Black Buffalo, Drums Across the River (1954), Walk the Proud Land (1956) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James (1959) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint (1964) with Johnny Crawford. He made a brief appearance in True Grit (1969) as a condemned criminal about to be executed. He played a substantial role as John Crow in Santee (1973), starring Glenn Ford. One of his last roles was a wise white-haired chief in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973).
Television[edit]
Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. Moore is riding Silver, while Silverheels is riding Scout.
Jay Silverheels achieved his greatest fame as Tonto on The Lone Ranger. The fictional story line maintains that a small group of Texas Rangers were massacred, with only a "lone" survivor. The Lone Ranger and Tonto then ride throughout the West to assist those challenged by the lawless element. Their expenses and bullets are provided through a silver mine owned by The Lone Ranger, who also names his horse "Silver".[18] Being irreplaceable in his role, Silverheels appeared in the film sequels: The Lone Ranger (1956) and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958).[19]
When The Lone Ranger television series ended, Silverheels found himself firmly typecast as a Native American. On January 6, 1960, he portrayed a Native American fireman trying to extinguish a forest fire in the episode "Leap of Life" in the syndicated series, Rescue 8, starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries.[20]
Eventually, he went to work as a salesman to supplement his acting income.[21] He also began to publish poetry inspired by his youth on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and recited his work on television. In 1966, he guest-starred as John Tallgrass in the short-lived ABC comedy/western series The Rounders, with Ron Hayes, Patrick Wayne, and Chill Wills.
Despite the typecasting, Silverheels in later years often poked fun at his character. In 1969, he appeared as Tonto without The Lone Ranger in a comedy sketch on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[22] The sketch was featured on the 1973 record album Here's Johnny: Magic Moments From The Tonight Show. "My name is Tonto. I hail from Toronto and I speak Esperanto." In 1970, he appeared in a commercial for Chevrolet as a Native American chief who rescues two lost hunters who ignored his advice in that year's Chevy Blazer. The William Tell Overture is heard in the background.
Silverheels hilariously spoofed his Tonto character in a famous Stan Freberg Jeno's Pizza Rolls TV commercial opposite Clayton Moore, and in The Phynx, opposite John Hart, both having played The Lone Ranger in the original television series.
He appeared in three episodes of NBC's Daniel Boone, starring Fess Parker as the real life frontiersman.
His later appearances included an episode of ABC's The Brady Bunch, as an Aboriginal American who befriends the Bradys in the Grand Canyon, and in an episode of the short-lived Dusty's Trail, starring Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island.
In the early 1960s, Silverheels supported the Indian Actors Workshop,[23] where Native American actors refined their skills[24] in Echo Park, California.[25] Today the workshop is firmly established.[26]
Personal life[edit]
Jay Silverheels raised, bred and raced Standardbred horses in his spare time. Once, when asked about possibly running Tonto's famous paint horse Scout in a race, Jay laughed off the idea: "Heck, I can outrun Scout!"[27]
Married in 1945, Silverheels was the father of three girls and a boy[28]
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6538 Hollywood Blvd.
Death[edit]
Jay Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1976.[29] The following year, Clayton Moore rode a paint horse in Silverheels' honor.[30] Jay Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from complications of a stroke, at age sixty-seven, in Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California.[31] He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, and his ashes were returned to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.[29]
Legacy[edit]
In 1993, Jay Silverheels was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was named to the Western New York Entertainment Hall of Fame, and his portrait hangs in Buffalo, New York's Shea's Buffalo Theatre. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6538 Hollywood Boulevard. First Americans in the Arts honored Jay Silverheels with their Life Achievement Award.
In 1997, Jay Silverheels was inducted, under the name Harry "Tonto" Smith, into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in the Veteran Player category in recognition of his lacrosse career during the 1930s.
Selected filmography[edit]
Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
Unconquered - Indian (uncredited) (1947)
Fury at Furnace Creek (uncredited) (1948)
Key Largo - Tom Osceola (uncredited) (1948)
Trail of the Yukon (1949)
Laramie - Running Wolf (uncredited) (1949)
The Cowboy and the Indians" - Lacona (1949)
Broken Arrow - Geronimo (uncredited) (1950)
Red Mountain - Little Crow (1951)
Brave Warrior - Tecumseh (1952)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger - Tonto (1952)
The Pathfinder - Chingachgook (1952)
"Saskatchewan (1954) Cajou with Alan Ladd
The Lone Ranger Rides Again - TV Movie - Tonto (1955)
Walk the Proud Land - Geronimo (1956)
The Lone Ranger - Tonto (1956)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold - Tonto (1958)
Return to Warbow - Indian Joe (1958)
Alias Jesse James - Tonto (uncredited) (1959)
Smith! - McDonald Lasheway (1969)
True Grit - Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited) (1969)
The Phynx - Tonto (1970)
"The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing" - The Chief (1973)
Television[edit]
The Lone Ranger - 217 episodes - Tonto (1949-1957)
Wide Wide World - episode - The Western - Himself (1958)
Wanted: Dead or Alive - episode - Man on Horseback - Charley Red Cloud (1959)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - episode - Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship & Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge - Natchez (1960)
Gunslinger - episode - The Recruit - Hopi Indian (1961)
Wagon Train - episode - Path of the Serpent - The Serpent (1961)
Rawhide - episode - The Gentleman's Gentleman - Pawnee Joe (1961)
Laramie - episode - The Day of the Savage - Toma (1962)
Daniel Boone - episode - Mountain of the Dead - Chenrogan (1964)
Daniel Boone - episode - The Quietists - Latawa (1965)
Branded - episode - The Test - Wild Horse (1965)
Daniel Boone - episode - The Christmas Story - Sashona (1965)
Gentle Ben - episode - Invasion of Willie Sam Gopher - Willie Sam Gopher (1967)
The Virginian - episode - The Heritage - Den'Gwatzi (1968)
The Brady Bunch - episode - The Brady Braves - Chief Eagle Cloud (1971)
The Virginian - episode - The Animal - Spotted Hand (1971)
Cannon - episode - Valley of the Damned - Jimmy One Eye (1973)
CHiPs -episode-Poachers (1980)
See also[edit]
Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood
References[edit]
Notes
Jump up ^ "Official website, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Canadian First Nations League of Nations". Retrieved 2013-07-23.
Jump up ^ [1] Archived September 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "His job in Hollywood was to help his partner, "The Lone Ranger" stop the devious plots of hardened outlaws" (PDF). Heroinyou.ca. Retrieved 2011-11-21. [permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ "Silverheels played the role during the entire period from 1949 to 1957, even when Clayton Moore was replaced, for one season, by John Hart". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (31 August 2013). "A Sidekick's Little-Known Leading Role in Lacrosse". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
Jump up ^ Hauptman, Laurence (2008). Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership: The Six Nations Since 1800. Syracuse University Press. pp. 102, 126. ISBN 978-0-8156-3165-1.
Jump up ^ "In the 1930s he played lacrosse with the Rochester, NY "Iroquois" team of the North American Amateur Lacrosse Association". Brantsportshall.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "He finished second in the Eastern Square finals of the Golden Gloves boxing championshipin Madison Square Garden". Nimst.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (2013-08-31). "A Sidekick's Little-Known Leading Role in Lacrosse". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ "Silverheels, an accomplished boxer, wrestler and lacrosse player, capitalized on this athletic prowess to break into the movie business, starting as a stuntman and extra". Ammsa.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "He worked as a stuntman and extra before landing bit parts in the early 1940s, almost always credited as simply "Indian" or "Indian Brave"". Canadaka.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ Quinlan, David (1985), Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Character Actors (1995 revised ed.), Great Britain: The Bath Press, p. 319, ISBN 0-87000-412-3
Jump up ^ "he was in four serials at Republic when he was still going by Harry Smith, before he changed his name". B-westerns.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "Changing his name to Jay Smith Silverheels, a nickname from his uncle due to his running style". Haudenosauneeconfederacy.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "he became noted for the white running shoes he wore. He was so swift that his feet were streaks". Lonerangerfanclub.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "Tonto via Toronto: The Rise and Fall of Jay Silverheels by Kliph Nesteroff - WFMU's Beware of the Blog". Blog.wfmu.org. 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
Jump up ^ The 16 minute film, I Am an American, was featured in American theaters as a short feature in connection with "I Am an American Day" (now called Constitution Day). I Am an American was produced by Gordon Hollingshead, written and directed by Crane Wilbur, and featured Humphrey Bogart, Gary Gray, Gordon Hart, Dick Haymes, Danny Kaye, Joan Leslie, Mary Lee Moody, Dennis Morgan, Knute Rockne, and Jay Silverheels. See: I Am An American at the TCM Movie Database and I Am an American on IMDb.
Jump up ^ Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), p. 103
Jump up ^ "In addition to starring in The Lone Ranger television series from 1949 to 1957, Silverheels appeared in the films The Lone Ranger and The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold". Walkoffame.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "Leap of Life, Rescue 8, January 6, 1960". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
Jump up ^ "with his career no longer sufficient to support his family, he began working as a salesman". Amoeba.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "Silverheels as "Tonto" in Jimmy Carson's Late Night Show (film)". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "Silverheels was a spokesperson for aboriginal actors and in 1963 founded the Indian Actors Workshop". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "He founded the Indian Actors' Workshop in 1966 with Will Sampson and offered free classes for Native Americans". Famouscanadians.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "He formed the Indian Actors Workshop in Echo Park in the late 1960s". Celebhost.net. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "He later founded the Indian Actors Workshop, which he devoted enormous amounts of time and resources to. It still exists today". Jessicacrabtree.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "In the 70's he became a harness racing driver and bred horses". Tv.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Jump up ^ "married, wife's name: Mary; children: Marilyn, Pamela, Karen, Jay Anthony". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
^ Jump up to: a b Cheryl Petten. "Jay Silverheels: TV star paves way for Indian actors". Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
Jump up ^ "Jay Silverheels, Played Tonto in The Lone Ranger". Retrieved 2016-10-16.
Jump up ^ "Jay Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1974 and passed away on March 5, 1980 after several years of ill health". Theloneranger.tv. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
Bibliography
Lamparski, Richard (1970). Whatever Became Of...?. 3. New York: Ace Book. OCLC 8977472.
Misiak, Zig (2013). Tonto: The Man in Front of the Mask (Biography). self published. p. 128. ISBN 978-0981188065. Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
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National Sports Center
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National Sports Center
Location
Blaine, Minnesota
Owner
State of Minnesota
Operator
National Sports Center Foundation
Capacity
10,000[1]
Surface
Natural grass
Construction
Broke ground
1987 (money appropriated)
Opened
1990
Architect
none
Tenants
Minnesota Thunder (1990–1993); (USL) (1994–2003) (2008–2009)
Minnesota United FC (NASL) (2010–2016)
Minnesota Wind Chill (AUDL) (2013–present)
Website
Official Website
The National Sports Center (NSC) is a 600-acre multi-sport complex located in Blaine, Minnesota. It includes a soccer stadium, over 50 full-sized soccer fields, a golf course, a velodrome, a meeting and convention facility, and an eight-sheet ice rink, the Schwan Super Rink, which is the largest ice arena in the world. The National Sports Center has hosted numerous National and World Championship events in soccer, hockey, figure skating, short track speedskating, broomball, rugby, ultimate and lacrosse. The National Sports Center opened in 1990 after 1987 legislature created the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission (MASC) and appropriated $14.7 million for the construction of the NSC. The facility welcomes over 3.8 million visitors annually, making it the most-visited sports facility in the state of Minnesota.
The Herb Brooks Foundation, the foundation created by the hockey coach's family, has partnered with the National Sports Center to develop the Herb Brooks Training Center, a state-of-the-art dryland and ice hockey training facility that is part of the Schwan Super Rink.
Each July, the National Sports Center plays host to Schwan's USA CUP, the largest soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere with over 1,100 teams and participants from 19 countries.[2][3][4]
Contents
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1 Mission and governance
2 NSC Stadium
3 External links
4 References
Mission and governance[edit]
The mission of the National Sports Center is two-fold: 1) to create out-of-state economic impact for Minnesota through amateur sports events, and 2) to create sports and fitness opportunities for Minnesota residents. The NSC is operated by the National Sports Center Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Even though the facility is a State of Minnesota facility, and operations are overseen by the MASC, the NSC receives no operating subsidy from the state, and it is a self-supporting operation.
NSC Stadium[edit]
The NSC Stadium has a large grandstand along the west sideline of the field and smaller grandstands on the opposite sideline and on either end. The United States women's national soccer team has played four home matches at the NSC, including international matches against Canada, Australia, Norway and Sweden. Mia Hamm scored her 150th international goal at the NSC in a 3–0 victory over Australia in 2004. The NSC has also hosted men's U.S. national team U-17 and U-20 matches. The largest crowd in NSC history was for a 2001 women's soccer match between the United States and Canada, when 15,615 fans watched a 1–0 U.S. victory. The playing field is 118x75 yards.
The NSC played host to the now-defunct Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division. The stadium served as the Thunder's home from 1990 to 2003 and from May 24, 2008, until the end of the 2009 season when the team folded.
For the 2010 season the NSC Minnesota Stars (now Minnesota United FC) were founded to replace the Minnesota Thunder in the North American Soccer League, and the Stars played their home games at the stadium. The Stars were the champions of the inaugural season of the re-instituted North American Soccer League. Minnesota United FC used the stadium as their home ground until they moved to TCF Bank Stadium after joining Major League Soccer in 2017.
Coordinates: 45°09′27″N 93°13′33.33″W / 45.15750°N 93.2259250°W / 45.15750; -93.2259250
External links[edit]
Stadium pictures at StadiumDB.com
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "NSC Stadium".
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Infinite (Eminem album)
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Infinite
Artwork for original official U.S. cassette release
Studio album by Eminem
Released
November 12, 1996
Recorded
1995–1996
Genre
Hip hop
Length
37:54
Label
Web Entertainment
Producer
Eminem
Jeff & Mark Bass (exec.)
Mr. Porter
Eminem chronology
Infinite
(1996) Slim Shady EP
(1997)
Infinite is the debut studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 12, 1996, by Web Entertainment. Recording sessions took place at the Bass Brothers' studio, with production handled by Mr. Porter, Proof, and Eminem himself. The album features guest vocals from fellow rappers Proof, Mr. Porter, Eye-Kyu, Three and Thyme, as well as singer Angela Workman on the track "Searchin'". The copies were made on cassette and vinyl, and Eminem sold them out of the trunk of his car in Detroit. It is not officially available on any online music stores. However, on November 17, 2016, five days after the 20th anniversary of the album, Eminem posted a remaster and remix of the title track, made by the Bass Brothers, to his Vevo channel, made available digitally for the first time.
Infinite was a commercial failure, selling around 1,000 copies. Retrospectively, the album received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its lyrical content while criticizing the album's production.
Contents
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Reception
4 Track listing
5 Personnel
6 References
Background[edit]
I was driving in my car back in '95 or '96 and heard him on the radio. It was like, "Whoa, who is this?" He was doing an open mic with [WJLB-FM programmer Lisa Orlando] in Detroit. And I was like, "Wow, who is this kid? I've gotta get him over to the studio." That's when I called out to the radio station and asked, "Put me on the phone with the guy."
– Mark Bass, 2016[1]
In 1992, the rapper initially signed with FBT Productions, which has been run by brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Eminem also held a minimum-wage job cooking and washing dishes at Gilbert's Lodge restaurant at St. Clair Shores for some time.[2] The album was recorded in 1995.[3] In 1996, Eminem's debut album Infinite was released under their independent label Web Entertainment.[2] Eminem was encouraged by others, who noted he sounded similar to rapper AZ.[4] Mr. Porter produced the majority of the album, while Proof programmed the drums.[5]
Composition[edit]
Eminem purposely made Infinite's songs "radio-friendly" in hopes of getting on the air on Detroit radio stations.[5] Featured vocalist are fellow rappers Proof, Mr. Porter, Eye-Kyu, Three, and Thyme as well as singer Angela Workman (in the chorus of "Searchin'").[6] Only around a thousand copies of the album were made.[7] Subjects covered in Infinite included his and his grandma's struggles with raising Hailie Jade Mathers, Eminem's newborn daughter while on limited funds and his strong desire to get rich.[2] After the release of Infinite, Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of drugs and alcohol resulted in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.[8] Eminem recalls: "Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like AZ. Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like the demo that just got pressed up."[4]
In May 14, 2009, Thisis50.com re-released it as a free download on their website to build anticipation for Eminem's comeback album Relapse.[3][9][10] On November 17, 2016, a remix of the album's title track "Infinite" was released in commemoration of the album's 20th anniversary, followed by a documentary about the making of the album on the same day.
Reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [11]
RapReviews.com 5.5/10[12]
It is not known exactly how many copies the album sold. Eminem stated in The Way I Am that it sold "maybe 70 copies".[9] However, other sources state the album sold a few hundred copies[1] or even 1,000 copies.[13] Eminem's overall disappointment with the album's lack of success inspired him to develop his famous Slim Shady alter ego present in his later works.[14] Retrospective reviews of the album are mixed. AllMusic gave it an "Editor Score" of 2.5 out of 5 stars, without a review.[11] Rob Kenner of Complex gave the album an unfavorable review, saying Eminem "has yet to develop his own distinctive style".[15]
Track listing[edit]
Track listing and credits taken from album booklet.[6] All songs produced by Denaun Porter of D12, except where noted.
Infinite
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Infinite"
Marshall Mathers
Denaun Porter
4:01
2. "W.E.G.O. (Interlude)" (skit performed by Proof and DJ Head) 0:26
3. "It's O.K." (featuring Eye-Kyu)
Mathers
W. Drake
Porter
3:29
4. "Tonite"
Mathers
Porter
3:45
5. "313" (featuring Eye-Kyu)
Mathers
W. Drake
Porter
4:11
6. "Maxine" (featuring Mr. Porter and Three)
Mathers
Porter
W. Strong
Porter
Eminem[a]
3:55
7. "Open Mic" (featuring Thyme)
Mathers
Thyme
Porter
4:02
8. "Never 2 Far"
Mathers
Porter
3:38
9. "Searchin'" (featuring Mr. Porter and Angela Workman)
Mathers
Porter
Workman
3:45
10. "Backstabber"
Mathers
Porter
3:24
11. "Jealousy Woes II"
Mathers
Porter
Porter
Eminem[a]
3:19
Total length: 37:54
Notes
^[a] signifies a co-producer
Sample credits
"Infinite" contains a sample of "Hot Wind" performed by Les Baxter.
"Tonite" contains a sample of "Let This River Flow" performed by Googie and Tom Cappola.
"313" contains a sample of "A Secret Place" performed by Grover Washington Jr.
"Maxine" contains a sample of "Dolphin Dance" performed by Grover Washington, Jr.
"Open Mic" contains a sample of "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)" performed by Curtis Mayfield, and "World Go Round" performed by Naughty by Nature.
"Never 2 Far" contains a sample of "Right on Time" performed by Maze.
“Searchin’” contains a sample of “The Dude” performed by Quincy Jones.
"Backstabber" contains samples of "Fuckin' Backstabber" performed by Soul Intent, "Jealous" performed by LL Cool J, and "Get Down" performed by Craig Mack.
"Jealousy Woes II" contains samples of "Say What" performed by Idris Muhammad, "Jealous" performed by LL Cool J, and "The World Is Yours" performed by Nas.
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from album booklet[6] and Discogs.[16]
Eminem – vocals, production
Kevin Wilder – mixing, recording
Robert "Flipside" Handy – mixing, recording
Mr. Porter – production
Jeff Bass – executive production
Mark Bass – executive production
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Reeves, Mosi (November 17, 2016). "Eminem's 'Infinite': Producers Revisit, Remix MC's Inauspicious Debut". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b c Bozza, Anthony (2003). Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem. New York, New York, United States: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 1-4000-5059-6.
^ Jump up to: a b Rodriguez, Jayson (May 13, 2009). "Eminem's First Album, Infinite, Now Available For Download". MTV. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b "Eminem biography". Eminem.com. Interscope Records. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
^ Jump up to: a b Ryon, Sean (April 21, 2012). "Mr. Porter Talks Debut Album "tHe mEmO," Eminem's First Album "Infinite"". HipHopDX. IPC Media. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c Infinite (CD liner). Eminem. United States: Web Entertainment. 1996. 0382556977426.
Jump up ^ Padania, Jesal "Jay Soul" (August 12, 2008). "Eminem: Infinite". Rap Reviews. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
Jump up ^ Ankeny, Jason; Torreano, Bradley. "Eminem – Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
^ Jump up to: a b Michaels, Sean (May 14, 2009). "Eminem's rare debut available for free download". The Guardian. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Eminem's rare debut album released free online". NME. May 14, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Infinite - Eminem". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Eminem :: Infinite :: Web Records". RapReviews.com.
Jump up ^ "Eminem Total Albums Sold". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
Jump up ^ James, Andy (November 18, 2016). "How the Failure of 'Infinite' Turned Eminem Into Slim Shady". DJBooth. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
Jump up ^ Kenner, Rob (November 12, 2013). "Eminem "Infinite" (1996)". Complex. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Eminem – Infinite". Discogs. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)
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Wall to Wall Media
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Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
9
No. of episodes
69
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Executive producer(s)
Lisa Kudrow
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42 minutes
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Shed Media US
Is or Isn't Entertainment
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TLC (2013–present)
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March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05) – present
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For the UK series of the same name, see Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series).
Who Do You Think You Are? is an American genealogy documentary series that is an adaptation of the British BBC series of the same name. In each episode, a different celebrity goes on a journey to trace parts of his or her family tree.
The show premiered on NBC on March 5, 2010 where it ran for three seasons before being cancelled in 2012. It was then picked up by TLC, where it has aired for six additional seasons. In August 2017, TLC renewed the series for a tenth season.
Lisa Kudrow is an executive producer for the series, which is a partnership between Shed Media, NBC Entertainment and Ancestry.com.
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2.1 Season 1 (2010)
2.2 Season 2 (2011)
2.3 Season 3 (2012)
2.4 Season 4 (2013)
2.5 Season 5 (2014)
2.6 Season 6 (2015)
2.7 Season 7 (2015)
2.8 Season 8 (2016)
2.9 Season 9 (2017)
2.10 Season 10 (2018)
2.11 Specials
3 Ratings
3.1 Season 1: 2010
3.2 Season 2: 2011
3.3 Season 7: 2015
4 DVD releases
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6 Awards and nominations
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Production[edit]
In early 2009, it was announced that NBC had ordered an American adaptation of the British series Who Do You Think You Are?. It was reported that Lisa Kudrow was set to executive produce the series as well as participate in one of the first season episodes.[1] The show premiered on NBC on March 5, 2010, as one of the replacement shows of The Jay Leno Show at the ten o'clock hour.[2]
NBC renewed the series for two subsequent seasons before cancelling it in 2012.[3] After the cancellation the series was then picked up by TLC,[4] where it has aired for six additional seasons.[5][6] On August 25, 2017, TLC renewed the series for a tenth season.[7]
Episodes[edit]
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
Network
1 7 March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05) April 30, 2010 (2010-04-30) NBC
2 8 February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04) April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
3 12 February 3, 2012 (2012-02-03) May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)
4 8 July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23) September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) TLC
5 6 July 23, 2014 (2014-07-23) August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)
6 8 March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08) April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
7 5 July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) August 30, 2015 (2015 -08-30)
8 6 April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03) May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)
9 8 March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05) April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24)
Specials 1 August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)
Season 1 (2010)[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
1
1 "Sarah Jessica Parker" Cincinnati, Ohio; El Dorado County, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Danvers, Massachusetts March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05)
2
2 "Emmitt Smith" Pensacola, Florida; Burnt Corn, Alabama; Claiborne, Alabama; Boydton, Virginia; Ouidah, Benin March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)
3
3 "Lisa Kudrow" Minsk, Belarus, Ilya, Belarus; Gdynia, Poland March 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)
4
4 "Matthew Broderick" Jersey City, New Jersey; New York City, New York; Forest of Argonne, France; Hartford, Connecticut; Atlanta, Georgia; Marietta National Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia March 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)
5
5 "Brooke Shields" Newark, New Jersey; New York City, New York; Rome, Italy; Augerolles, France; Paris, France April 2, 2010 (2010-04-02)
6
6 "Susan Sarandon" Virginia; New York City, New York; Florence; Coreglia Antelminelli; Rockland County, New York April 23, 2010 (2010-04-23)
7
7 "Spike Lee" Atlanta, Georgia; Twiggs County, Georgia; Arlington, Texas April 30, 2010 (2010-04-30)
Season 2 (2011)[edit]
NBC ordered a second season for the reality series on April 5, 2010.[8] The second season of the series began on February 4, 2011, and consisted of eight episodes. The first episode featured Vanessa Williams. Following episodes featured Tim McGraw, Rosie O'Donnell, Kim Cattrall, Lionel Richie, Steve Buscemi, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ashley Judd.[9][10] Cattrall's episode is an edited version of the original one that she made for the British series in 2009.
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
8
1 "Vanessa L. Williams" Chappaqua, New York; Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; Washington, D.C.; Johns Island, South Carolina; Baltimore, Maryland; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee February 4, 2011 (2011-02-04)
9
2 "Tim McGraw" Kansas City, Missouri; Big Stone Gap, Virginia; Rye Cove, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Shenandoah Valley; Washington, D.C.; New York City, New York; Franklin, Tennessee February 11, 2011 (2011-02-11)
10
3 "Rosie O'Donnell" Nyack, New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; New York City, New York (Manhattan and Brooklyn); Secaucus, New Jersey; Montreal, Quebec; Dublin, Ireland; County Wicklow, Ireland; Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland; Birr, County Offaly, Ireland February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)
11
4 "Kim Cattrall" Liverpool, England; Derbyshire, England; Durham, County Durham, England; Tudhoe, County Durham, England; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada February 25, 2011 (2011-02-25)
12
5 "Lionel Richie" Los Angeles, California; Tuskegee, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee; Chattanooga, Tennessee March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04)
13
6 "Steve Buscemi" Brooklyn, New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Camden, New Jersey March 25, 2011 (2011-03-25)
14
7 "Gwyneth Paltrow" Manhattan, New York City, New York; Bridgetown, Barbados April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
15
8 "Ashley Judd" Louisville, Kentucky; Frankfort, Kentucky; Saltville, Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts; York, England; Boston, Lincolnshire, England; Cambridge, England; Plymouth, Devon, England April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
Season 3 (2012)[edit]
The show was renewed for a third season by NBC on February 22, 2011, and aired during the 2011–2012 television season.[11] The 12 celebrities included in season 3 were Marisa Tomei, Rob Lowe, Paula Deen, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Reba McEntire, Helen Hunt, Edie Falco, Rita Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Martin Sheen and Blair Underwood. The show returned on February 3, 2012.[12]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
16
1 "Martin Sheen" Malibu, California; Dublin, Ireland; Madrid, Spain; Pamplona, Navarre, Spain; Tui, Galicia, Spain; La Coruña, Galicia, Spain; Parderrubias, Galicia, Spain February 3, 2012 (2012-02-03)
17
2 "Marisa Tomei" Manhattan, New York City, New York; Livorno, Tuscany, Italy (Cecina, Rio nell'Elba, Portoferraio and Castiglioncello); Lucca, Tuscany, Italy February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10)
18
3 "Blair Underwood" Los Angeles, California; Petersburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Lynchburg, Virginia; Babungo, Northwest Region, Cameroon February 24, 2012 (2012-02-24)
19
4 "Reba McEntire" Stringtown, Oklahoma; Aberdeen, Mississippi; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oxford, North Carolina; Tappahannock, Virginia; Cheshire, England March 2, 2012 (2012-03-02)
20
5 "Jerome Bettis" Detroit, Michigan; Paducah, Kentucky; Calloway County, Kentucky March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
21
6 "Helen Hunt" Los Angeles, California; Pasadena, California; San Francisco, California; Portland, Maine March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)
22
7 "Rita Wilson" Los Angeles, California; Oraio, Greece; Smolyan, Bulgaria; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Sofia, Bulgaria March 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)
23
8 "Edie Falco" Long Island, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; England (Fulham; Penzance) April 6, 2012 (2012-04-06)
24
9 "Rob Lowe" Santa Barbara, California; Washington, D.C.; Trenton, New Jersey; Newtown, Pennsylvania; Germany (Marburg; Hessisch Lichtenau) April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27)
25
10 "Rashida Jones" Los Angeles, California; New York City, New York; Dublin, Ireland; Latvia (Riga; Aizpute; Rumbula) May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04)
26
11 "Jason Sudeikis" New York City, New York; Overland Park, Kansas; Chicago, Illinois; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania May 11, 2012 (2012-05-11)
27
12 "Paula Deen" Savannah, Georgia; Albany, Georgia; Morrow, Georgia; Athens, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Leesburg, Georgia May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)
Season 4 (2013)[edit]
After being cancelled by NBC, TLC picked up the series and the new season began on July 23, 2013. Celebrities taking part in the fourth season were Christina Applegate, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel, Chelsea Handler, Kelly Clarkson, Trisha Yearwood, Jim Parsons and Chris O'Donnell.[13]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
28
1 "Kelly Clarkson" Columbus, Ohio; Decatur, Georgia; Andersonville, Georgia; Marietta, Ohio; Coal Run, Ohio July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)
29
2 "Christina Applegate" Trenton, New Jersey July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)
30
3 "Chelsea Handler" Bochum, Germany; Herne, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Saint-Raphaël, France; Algona, Iowa August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
31
4 "Zooey Deschanel" Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Christiana, Pennsylvania August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13)
32
5 "Chris O'Donnell" St. Louis, Missouri; Washington, D.C.; Annapolis, Maryland; Baltimore, Maryland August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)
33
6 "Cindy Crawford" Boston, Massachusetts; Hartford, Connecticut; Taunton, England; London, England; Aachen, Germany August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
34
7 "Trisha Yearwood" Nashville, Tennessee; Hampshire, England; Kew, England; Atlanta, Georgia September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)
35
8 "Jim Parsons" New Orleans, Louisiana; Paris, France; Versailles, France September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
Season 5 (2014)[edit]
TLC renewed the show on September 10, 2013. The season premiered on July 23, 2014 and featured Cynthia Nixon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel McAdams, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kelsey Grammer. Initially, an episode featuring Lauren Graham was planned but cancelled. Just like Kim Cattrall's episode, the network chose to air an edited version of an episode that Minnie Driver had made for the original BBC series in 2013.[14][15]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
36
1 "Cynthia Nixon" Manhattan, New York City, New York; Washington, D.C; Jefferson City, Missouri; Leasburg, Missouri July 23, 2014 (2014-07-23)
37
2 "Jesse Tyler Ferguson" Albuquerque, New Mexico; Annapolis, Maryland; Evanston, Illinois; Wrangell, Alaska July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30)
38
3 "Rachel McAdams[a]" Plymouth, Devon, England; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06)
39
4 "Valerie Bertinelli" Scranton, Pennsylvania; Lanzo, Torino, Italy; London, United Kingdom August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13)
40
5 "Kelsey Grammer" Beverly Hills, California; San Francisco, California; Oakland, California; Portland, Oregon; Baker City, Oregon; Salem, Oregon; Benton County, Oregon August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20)
41
6 "Minnie Driver" United Kingdom August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27)
Jump up ^ The episode also featured McAdams' sister Kayleen McAdams, a Hollywood make-up artist.
Season 6 (2015)[edit]
Season 6 premiered on March 8, 2015.
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
42
1 "Julie Chen" Los Angeles, California; Singapore; Penglai, Shandong, China March 8, 2015 (2015-03-08)
43
2 "Josh Groban" Los Angeles, California; Stuttgart, Germany March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
44
3 "Angie Harmon" Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Harrodsburg, Kentucky March 22, 2015 (2015-03-22)
45
4 "Sean Hayes" Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Dublin, Ireland; Tarbert, Ireland March 29, 2015 (2015-03-29)
46
5 "Tony Goldwyn" Los Angeles, California; Albany, New York; Nunda, New York; Portland, Oregon; The Dalles, Oregon; Salem, Oregon; Hood River, Oregon April 5, 2015 (2015-04-05)
47
6 "America Ferrera" New York City, New York; La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; San Jerónimo, Copán, Honduras April 12, 2015 (2015-04-12)
48
7 "Bill Paxton" Los Angeles, California; Washington, D.C.; Blacksburg, South Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Warren County, Missouri April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19)
49
8 "Melissa Etheridge" Los Angeles, California; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; Chester, Illinois; Kaskaskia, Illinois; Ste. Genevieve, Missouri April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
Season 7 (2015)[edit]
Season 7 premiered on July 26, 2015. This season featured Ginnifer Goodwin, J. K. Rowling, Alfre Woodard, Bryan Cranston, and Tom Bergeron.[16] Rowling's episode was an edited version of her appearance on the original BBC series in 2011.
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
50
1 "Ginnifer Goodwin" Los Angeles, California; Batesville, Arkansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)
51
2 "J. K. Rowling" Edinburgh, Scotland; Paris, France; Brumath, Alsace, France August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)
52
3 "Alfre Woodard" Los Angeles, California; Perry, Georgia; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson Parish, Louisiana August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)
53
4 "Bryan Cranston" Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Springfield, Illinois; Montreal, Quebec; Dayton, Ohio August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)
54
5 "Tom Bergeron" Portsmouth, New Hampshire; La Rochelle, France; Quebec City, Quebec August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)
Season 8 (2016)[edit]
Season 8 premiered on April 3, 2016. The list of celebrity participants included Aisha Tyler, Scott Foley, Lea Michele, Chris Noth, Katey Sagal, and Molly Ringwald.[17]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
55
1 "Aisha Tyler" Oberlin, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Austin, Texas April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
56
2 "Scott Foley" Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; Salem, Massachusetts April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
57
3 "Katey Sagal" New York, New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
58
4 "Molly Ringwald" Brooklyn, New York; Lund, Sweden; Höganäs, Sweden; Washington County, Nebraska; Arlington, Nebraska April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)
59
5 "Chris Noth" Chicago, Illinois; London, England; Elvas, Portugal; County Cavan, Ireland May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)
60
6 "Lea Michele" Bronx, New York; Ellis Island May 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)
Season 9 (2017)[edit]
On June 9, 2016, the series was renewed for a ninth season to consist of 8 episodes which premiered on March 5, 2017.[6] The list of celebrities that participated includes Jessica Biel, Julie Bowen, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Grey, Smokey Robinson, John Stamos, Liv Tyler and Noah Wyle.
No.
overall
No. in
season
Featured celebrity
Locations visited
Original release date
61
1 "Courteney Cox" Los Angeles, California; Gloucestershire, England; London, England March 5, 2017 (2017-03-05)
62
2 "Julie Bowen" Chicago, Illinois; Washington, Pennsylvania March 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)
63
3 "Jennifer Grey" Brooklyn, New York March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)
64
4 "Noah Wyle" Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi) March 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)
65
5 "Jessica Biel" Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; St Louis, Missouri; Miller County, Missouri; Washington, D.C.; Alton, Illinois April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
66
6 "Smokey Robinson" Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Washington, D.C.; Fayette County, Tennessee April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09)
67
7 "John Stamos" Athens, Greece; Levidi, Greece; Nafplio, Greece; Kakouri, Greece April 16, 2017 (2017-04-16)
68
8 "Liv Tyler" Plattsburg, New York; Washington D.C.; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Schuylerville, New York April 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)
Season 10 (2018)[edit]
The series has been renewed for its tenth season, airing in spring 2018.[18][7]
Specials[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Original air date
1
1 "Into the Archives" August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)
Some of the biggest emotional and shocking highlights from past seasons.
Ratings[edit]
Season 1: 2010[edit]
No.
Episode
Rating
Share
Rating/share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(timeslot)
Rank
(night)
1 "Sarah Jessica Parker"
4.6[19]
8
1.6/6[20]
6.85
2
5
2 "Emmitt Smith"
4.5[21]
8
1.8/6[22]
7.15
2
4
3 "Lisa Kudrow"
4.7
9
1.7/7
7.14
2
3
4 "Matthew Broderick"
4.1
8
1.5/5
6.21
3
9
5 "Brooke Shields"
4.0
8
1.4/6
5.90
1
5
6 "Susan Sarandon"
4.2
8[23]
1.3/5
6.35
1
2[24]
7 "Spike Lee"
3.5
7[25]
1.2/5
5.21
2
7[26]
Season 2: 2011[edit]
No.
Episode
Rating
Share
Rating/share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(timeslot)
Rank
(night)
Note
1 "Vanessa Williams"
4.5
8
1.3/4
7.31
3
6
[27]
2 "Tim McGraw"
4.2
7
1.4/5
6.59
2
4
[28]
3 "Rosie O'Donnell"
3.8
7
1.3/5
5.88
3
8
[29]
4 "Kim Cattrall"
4.1
7
1.2/4
6.18
3
9
[30]
5 "Lionel Richie"
3.9
7
1.2/4
6.11
2
5
[31]
6 "Steve Buscemi"
4.2
8
1.3/5
6.55
1
4
[32]
7 "Gwyneth Paltrow"
4.1
7
1.3/5
6.01
2
4
[33]
8 "Ashley Judd"
3.7
7
1.3/4
5.76
1
4
[34][35]
Season 7: 2015[edit]
No.
Episode
Rating
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "Ginnifer Goodwin"
0.34[36]
1.428[36]
2 "J.K. Rowling"
0.32[37]
1.527[37]
3 "Alfre Woodard"
4 "Into the Archives"
DVD releases[edit]
Complete season
Release dates
DVD extras
and bonus features
Number
of discs
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Season 1
March 15, 2011[38] February 1, 2011[39] August 12, 2010[40] None 2
Season 2
May 1, 2012[41] February 20, 2012[42] TBA TBA 2
International distribution[edit]
In Australia, season 1 began airing on the Nine Network on April 28, 2010.[43] Season 2 and reruns of season 1 will now air on sister channel, GEM. For a reason unexplained by Nine, the episodes featuring Spike Lee and Emmitt Smith were not aired in the initial Australian screenings.
In the Republic of Ireland, the first season of the US version began airing on RTÉ One on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 22:25.[44] The second series premiered on RTÉ One on Monday, July 4, 2011, at 22:40.[45]
In the United Kingdom, the first season of the US version began airing on BBC One on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at 21:15, the show received the same voice-over as the UK original series.[46] The second series, premiered on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at 22:45. The first episode shown was that following Steve Buscemi. The fourth series premiered on BBC1 at midnight on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. The order of celebrity is changed in the opening credits to Applegate, Clarkson, O'Donnell, Deschanel, Crawford and Parsons. Handler and Yearwood are not featured as they have little profile in the UK.
In Sweden, the first season of the US version began airing with Swedish subtitles on SVT on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at 13:20.
In Greece, the first season of the US version began airing with Greek subtitles on Fox Life on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 21:55.
In Finland, the first season of the US version began airing with Finnish subtitles on MTV3 on Thursday December 30, 2010, at 20:00, called Sukujuuria etsimässä, "Looking for family roots".
In Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Former Yugoslav republics, the US version airs on Universal Channel, the British version airs on Viasat History.
In The Netherlands, the US versions of season 1 & 2 aired on August 8, 2013.
In Italy, the show began airing on Studio Universal on February 4, 2013. Reruns of season 2 and season 1 began airing on LaEFFE since May, 2013.
In Germany, it began airing on RTL Living on November 25, 2011. The network also aired the British version of the series on January 6, 2012.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Presenter
Award
Result
2012 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Reality Program Nominated
2014 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Structured Reality Program Nominated
2017 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Structured Reality Program Nominated
2018 8th Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Structured Reality Series Nominated
See also[edit]
African American Lives
Ancestors in the Attic
Finding Your Roots
Genealogy Roadshow
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