You might think differently though. Maybe you are enraptured by other people flipping through microfilmed newspapers. Or you find some simple joy in watching people look at PDFs of birth certificates. Even the producers seem to think this is boring b-roll footage. The only effort anyone seems to put into this show is the perfectly timed affecting music that begins to swell as the celebrities struggle to find some emotional meaning in a census record.

If you feel the need to become so bored you start looking up your own great-grandparents for fun (on a Friday night no less!), the show airs on NBC at 8 PM. Tonight's episode will feature Vanessa Williams, who like most of the celebrities the show books, is most likely going to make you ask, "Why do I care who you are?"