Melissa's Great-Grandfather

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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The Impression - S4 E1

Comedian Larry David and politician Bernie Sanders discover they have more in common than they thought as they trace their roots from 1940s Brooklyn back to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.

Friday March 12, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
Friday March 12, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
Sunday March 14, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
Saturday March 13, 2021 11:00 pm CT on KET2

Reporting on the Reporters - S5 E3

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry, and Lisa Ling that their family stories are just as compelling as the news stories they cover.

Tuesday March 16, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
Tuesday March 16, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
Thursday March 18, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
Thursday March 18, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET

Unfamiliar Kin - S4 E2

Actors Fred Armisen and Christopher Walken and musician Carly Simon each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them - redefining how they see themselves.

Wednesday March 10, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
Wednesday March 10, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
Friday March 19, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
Friday March 19, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
Sunday March 21, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
Saturday March 20, 2021 11:00 pm CT on KET2

Puritans and Pioneers - S4 E3

Actors Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and William H. Macy trace their nonconformist ancestors through American conflicts - the Civil War and the American Revolution, all the way back to the Puritan establishment.

Wednesday March 17, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
Wednesday March 17, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
Friday March 26, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
Friday March 26, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
Sunday March 28, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
Saturday March 27, 2021 11:00 pm CT on KET2

Freedom Tales - S5 E5

Actor S. Epatha Merkerson and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan discover stories that challenge assumptions about Black history.

Tuesday March 30, 2021 8:00 pm ET on KET
Tuesday March 30, 2021 7:00 pm CT on KET
Thursday April 1, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
Thursday April 1, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET

Immigrant Nation - S4 E5

Actors Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, and John Turturro, all with immigrant parents, gain greater understanding of the unique challenges their ancestors faced by way of prejudice and poverty at home and abroad.

Wednesday March 31, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
Wednesday March 31, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET

The Vanguard - S4 E4

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors into the greater context of Black history.

Tuesday March 16, 2021 8:00 pm ET on KET
Tuesday March 16, 2021 7:00 pm CT on KET
Thursday March 18, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
Thursday March 18, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
Wednesday March 24, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
Wednesday March 24, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
Friday April 2, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
Friday April 2, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
Sunday April 4, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
Saturday April 3, 2021 11:00 pm CT on KET2