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Finding Your Roots
About 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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Hard Times
Premiered On: 02/26/2019
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny - three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.
- Tuesday June 28, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday June 28, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday June 30, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday June 30, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday July 1, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 1, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday July 1, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday July 1, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday July 3, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday July 2, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
All in the Family
Premiered On: 04/09/2019
Radio host Joe Madison receives startling family news, and series host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. learns his own DNA story. Also features the "Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings" STEM Camp, with science and history inspiring the next generation.
- Tuesday July 5, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 5, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday July 7, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday July 7, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday July 8, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 8, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday July 8, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday July 8, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday July 10, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday July 9, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Grandparents and Other Strangers
Premiered On: 01/08/2019
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actor Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin answer some family mysteries when DNA detective work uncovers new branches of their family trees.
- Tuesday July 12, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 12, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday July 14, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday July 14, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday July 15, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 15, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday July 15, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday July 15, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday July 17, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday July 16, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Secrets & Lies
Premiered On: 01/28/2020
Sigourney Weaver, Justina Machado, and Amy Ryan discover revelations about their family histories, forever altering how they see themselves.
- Tuesday July 19, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 19, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday July 21, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday July 21, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday July 22, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 22, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday July 22, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday July 22, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday July 24, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday July 23, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Science Pioneers
Premiered On: 02/04/2020
Pioneering scientists Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Harold Varmus learn about their families.
- Tuesday July 26, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 26, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
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Homecomings - S6 E3
- Sunday June 26, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday June 25, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 24, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday June 24, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 24, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday June 24, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday June 23, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday June 23, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday June 21, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday June 21, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
This Land is My Land - S6 E4
- Sunday June 19, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday June 18, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 17, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday June 17, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 17, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday June 17, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday June 16, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday June 16, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday June 14, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday June 14, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Freedom Tales - S5 E5
- Sunday June 12, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday June 11, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 10, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday June 10, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
Grandparents and Other Strangers - S5 E1
- Friday June 10, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday June 10, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday June 9, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday June 9, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday June 7, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday June 7, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Dreaming of a New Land - S5 E4
- Sunday June 5, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday June 4, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 3, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday June 3, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday June 3, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday June 3, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday June 2, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday June 2, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday May 31, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday May 31, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Breaking the Silences - S6 E15
- Sunday May 29, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday May 28, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday May 27, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday May 27, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday May 27, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday May 27, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday May 26, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday May 26, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET