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Finding Your Roots
Website: | http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/ |
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Next Airing: | Sat, Feb 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM on KUED-HD |
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Join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 28 cultural trailblazers with fascinating histories. The series ends with an exploration of how science and history can inspire the next generation.
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Family Recipes
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of celebrity chefs Jose Andres and Sean Sherman, traveling from small-town Spain to Native American lands in the Dakotas to reveal his guests' hidden connections to history - and to food.
Next Airing: Sat, Feb 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM on KUED-HD Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Latin Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family trees of musician Ruben Blades and journalist Natalie Morales - interweaving stories from across Latin America. Along the way, both guests learn secrets that their ancestors tried hard to conceal.
Next Airing: Tue, Feb 11th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:15 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
The Ties That Bind
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard - a married couple who whose ancestors had some remarkable similarities. Telling stories of soldiers, settlers & criminals, Gates compels the pair to reimagine their family trees.
Next Airing: Tue, Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
The Butterfly Effect
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped their families - and unwittingly transformed the lives of their descendants.
Next Airing: Tue, Feb 25th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Born to Sing
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the remarkable roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara, using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to travel back centuries, revealing his guest's hidden connections to history and to music.
Next Airing: Tue, Mar 18th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 1/2/2024 to 1/1/2028 -
The Brick Wall Falls
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actor Danielle Brooks and singer Dionne Warwick to their distant ancestors -- breaking down the barriers imposed by slavery.
Next Airing: Tue, Mar 25th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 2/13/2024 to 2/12/2028 -
Moving On Up
Next Airing: Tue, Apr 1st, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Finding My Roots
Next Airing: Tue, Apr 8th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Anchormen
Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.
Next Airing: Tue, Apr 15th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 3/28/2023 to 3/27/2027 -
Out of the Past
Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations to recount significant events in history - from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower - in a deeply personal way.
Next Airing: Tue, Apr 22nd, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 4/4/2023 to 4/3/2027 -
Forever Young
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser two actors who found fame when they were young and lived their lives in the limelight, cut off from their roots. Each discovers ancestors who paved the way for their success.
Next Airing: Tue, Apr 29th, 2025 at 7:00 PM on KUED-HD Length: 00:56:46 Usage rights: 1/9/2024 to 1/8/2028 -
Dreamers One and All
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone & model Chrissy Teigen, traveling across Europe & Thailand to reveal they aren't the first in their families who dared to dream big.
Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
La Famiglia
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. visits tiny towns in Calabria, Italy to trace the roots of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli, revealing the challenges that their ancestors faced - and overcame - on both sides of the Atlantic.
Length: 00:56:15 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Larger Than Life
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they've played on stage and screen, telling stories of relatives who survived heart-wrenching ordeals.
Length: 00:56:14 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031 -
Stranger Than Fiction
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove - traveling across China and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work.
Length: 01:00:00 Usage rights: 1/7/2025 to 1/6/2031