We're Taking the Commentary On Air ~ #WDYTYA?

I absolutely cannot wait for this Friday night's episode of WDYTYA? with Blair Underwood.  I missed WDYTYA? last Friday night. I really don't think it's such a good idea to start a series, run 2 episodes, and then have a "break" for an awards show. But? I guess you can't really do anything about scheduling. I just think you'd want to train your viewers, so to speak.

Nevertheless, I'm thrilled it's back this Friday night at 7pm CST on NBC. However, I won't be tweeting throughout the show. Too many people on the West Coast complain about it. And even though Twitter is as much mine as it is theirs, I'm just not gonna tweet throughout the show. [However, I'll be scheduling some tweets about the show to go post during the show for the benefit of my non-genealogist Twitter friends.




However, I'll be hosting a Spreecast on my Spreecast Channel. What is Spreecast? It's a social video platform, where I can produce and host a broadcast, of sorts. I can have up to 4 people on screen at a time, and as many people as I want chatting in the chat room as possible. That's right. We'll have a chat room.

So. It'll be like we're watching it together in person, but not.

Why not do a Hangout on Google+?
Spreecast is different than a Hangout in that this is a broadcast on my Spreecast Channel that will be archived on Spreecast. It also has some other capabilities to the broadcast. For example, I could have a second person be a producer [or several someones] and help me with who is on the screen so that I can run the show. This would be very helpful if I were interviewing someone, which I may want to do down the line among other things. Plus, if people don't want to be on camera, they can still participate through the chat room. I'll be keeping up with the chat room while we watch and comment on the show. [And I hope you realize how much I don't want to be on camera, but I'm doing it because I like the idea of the video medium. And that desire is bigger than my hate of me on camera.]

So. Who's in on this little venture of mine? We'll start at 15 minutes before the show [6:45pm CST] and end promptly at 8pm when Geneabloggers goes live on Blog Talk Radio. It's gonna be casual. Nothing formal. Just a bunch of genealogists gabbing about NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?

Helpful Links:
URL for the Spreecast: http://www.spreecast.com/events/genealogyshowcommentarygoesonair
Info about Joining a Spreecast:  http://help.spreecast.com/
Spreecast FAQs: http://help.spreecast.com/faq

And you can RSVP below in the bottom right hand corner of the box below. If you want.

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So, See ya' Friday night at 6:45pm CST!
~Caroline

And here's the preview to Blair Underwood's episode that will air this Friday night on NBC:

And if you're unable to watch the video here, here's the direct link to the video:
http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/Preview-Blair-Underwood/1384511