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Finding Your Roots

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.
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Schedule

  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: The Road We Took: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    The Road We Took

    Sunday
    Aug 9

    1 Hour

    Mapping the roots of actress Lizzy Caplan and comic Hasan Minhaj, moving from shtetls in Eastern Europe to farmlands in northern India.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: La Famiglia: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Sunday
    Aug 9

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Love & Basketball: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Love & Basketball

    Sunday
    Aug 9

    1 Hour

    The roots of basketball pros Brittney Griner and Chris Paul.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Love & Basketball: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Love & Basketball

    Monday
    Aug 10

    1 Hour

    The roots of basketball pros Brittney Griner and Chris Paul.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: La Famiglia: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Monday
    Aug 10

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Love & Basketball: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Love & Basketball

    Monday
    Aug 10

    1 Hour

    The roots of basketball pros Brittney Griner and Chris Paul.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Stranger Than Fiction: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Sunday
    Aug 16

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Tuesday
    Aug 18

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Tuesday
    Aug 18

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Wednesday
    Aug 19

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Wednesday
    Aug 19

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Friday
    Aug 21

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Sunday
    Aug 23

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Dreamers One and All: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Dreamers One and All

    Sunday
    Aug 23

    1 Hour

    Exploring the ancestry of actress Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen includes traveling across Europe and Thailand.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Sunday
    Aug 23

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Monday
    Aug 24

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.
  • Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Westward Bound: TVSS: Iconic

    Finding Your Roots

    Westward Bound

    Monday
    Aug 24

    1 Hour

    Tracing the family trees of talk show host Sara Haines and playwright Tracy Letts.

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