Season 8 Sneak Peek
Season 8 Sneak Peek
Finding Your Roots Season 8 is bursting with reveals, including family mysteries solved and long-hidden secrets uncovered for Pamela Adlon, Regina King, Rebecca Hall, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, and more! Mark your calendars for an all-new season starting on Tuesday, Jan 4 at 8/7c on PBS.
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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.
TV Schedules
Upcoming
Things We Don't Discuss
Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, whose family trees were obscured by scandals, discover the truth about their ancestors.
- Tuesday January 25, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 25, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday January 27, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday January 27, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday January 28, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday January 28, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday January 28, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday January 28, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday January 30, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday January 29, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Mexican Roots
Mario Lopez and Melissa Villasenor look at the Mexican American experience as seen through the lens of two families.
- Tuesday February 1, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 1, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday February 3, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 3, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday February 4, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday February 4, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday February 4, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday February 4, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday February 6, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday February 5, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Fighters
Terry Crews and Tony Danza discover they aren't the first in their families to beat the odds through sheer force of will.
- Tuesday February 8, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 8, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday February 10, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 10, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday February 11, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday February 11, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday February 11, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday February 11, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday February 13, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday February 12, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Forgotten Journeys
John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors, uncovering crucial pieces of their own identities that were lost on the journey to America.
- Tuesday February 15, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 15, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday February 17, 2022 1:03 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 17, 2022 12:03 am CT on KET
- Friday February 18, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday February 18, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Friday February 18, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday February 18, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Sunday February 20, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday February 19, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
Songs of the Past
Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane meet a cast of inspiring ancestors hidden in their family trees.
- Tuesday February 22, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday February 22, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday February 24, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday February 24, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Friday February 25, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday February 25, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
Recent
Children of Exile
- Sunday January 23, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday January 22, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 21, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday January 21, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 21, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday January 21, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday January 20, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday January 20, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday January 18, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 18, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Activist Roots
- Sunday January 16, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday January 15, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 14, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday January 14, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 14, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday January 14, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday January 13, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday January 13, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday January 11, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 11, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Hidden in the Genes
- Sunday January 9, 2022 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday January 8, 2022 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 7, 2022 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday January 7, 2022 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday January 7, 2022 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday January 7, 2022 12:00 pm CT on KET
- Thursday January 6, 2022 1:00 am ET on KET
- Thursday January 6, 2022 12:00 am CT on KET
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday January 4, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KET
Write My Name in the Book of Life - S7 E5
- Sunday January 2, 2022 12:09 am ET on KET2
- Saturday January 1, 2022 11:09 pm CT on KET2
- Friday December 31, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday December 31, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday December 31, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday December 31, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
The Shirts on Their Backs - S7 E4
- Sunday December 26, 2021 12:00 am ET on KET2
- Saturday December 25, 2021 11:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday December 24, 2021 7:00 pm ET on KET2
- Friday December 24, 2021 6:00 pm CT on KET2
- Friday December 24, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday December 24, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
