Must See Roots TV

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196976.post-1156489948021937732006-08-25T02:24:00.000-04:002008-04-13T03:58:55.287-04:002008-04-13T03:58:55.287-04:00Must See Roots TVI'm intrigued by the announcement (received by way of <a href="http://megansrootsworld.blogspot.com/2006/08/roots-television-coming-soon.html" target="_blank">Megan's Roots World</a>) of a new channel devoted to genealogy—<a href="http://www.rootstelevision.com/" target="_blank">Roots Television</a>. The website offers no info on the scheduled programs, but allow me to speculate. <ul div="nohand"><li>7 a.m. - 8 a.m. — An animated series for kids based on the Elizabeth Shown Mills book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806315431/thegenealogue-20" target="_blank">Evidence! Citation & Analysis For The Family Historian</a>.</li><li>8 a.m. - 9 a.m. — Barney the Purple Dinosaur reads selected obituaries from the nation's morning newspapers.</li><li>9 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Census records scroll across the screen while Muzak plays in the background.</li><li>4 p.m. - 5 p.m. — Psychic John Edward helps people get in touch with their departed ancestors, and in doing so liberates them from their common sense and spare change.</li><li>6 p.m. - 7 p.m. — Dr. Phil helps people cope with the divorce of their great-great-great-great-grandparents.</li><li>7 p.m. - 8 p.m. — The gang from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition visits the homes of genealogists and knocks down their brick walls. </li><li>8 p.m. - 9 p.m. — A Fear Factor spin-off on which people are dared to consume traditional dishes from their ancestral homelands.</li><li>9 p.m. - 11 p.m. — A nightly movie with a family-history theme—usually Back to the Future. </li><li>11 p.m. - 7 a.m. — Ancestry.com infomercials, occasionally interrupted by MyFamily.com infomercials.</li></ul>Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.com