The popular American television program, Law & Order, now has a British version – and it seems to be doing quite well – at the expense of “Who Do You Think You Are?.” The following is excerpted from an article in the March 22, 2009 edition of the Columbus Dispatch.
Producers were pleased with the audience for the first broadcasts. Law & Order: U.K. attracted more than 6.3 million viewers to ITV1 and won its 9 p.m. Monday slot, beating out the popular BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? in which celebrities trace their ancestry. The second episode drew 5.8 million viewers.
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