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- Cecily Van Praagh
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 8, Episode 1. Premieres Winter 2022.
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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - FINDING YOUR ROOTS
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Brittany Packnett Cunningham - FINDING YOUR ROOTS SEASON 8
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Damon Lindelof - FINDING YOUR ROOTS SEASON 8
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Erin Burnett - FINDING YOUR ROOTS SEASON 8
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Rebecca Hall - FINDING YOUR ROOTS SEASON 8
Upcoming Episodes
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Laughing on the Inside
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. provides comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood, Jr. with their family trees.
Airdate: 11/2/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 708
OB: 5/4/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: The New World
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa.
Airdate: 11/9/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 707
OB: 4/13/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Against All Odds
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces Andy Cohen and Nina Totenberg to their survivor ancestors.
Airdate: 11/16/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 702
OB: 1/26/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Write My Name in the Book of Life
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Pharrell Williams and Kasi Lemmons discover their enslaved ancestors.
Airdate: 11/23/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 705
OB: 2/16/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: The Vanguard
Learn why Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava DuVernay and Janet Mock’s ideas of their families are upended. -
FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Children of the Revolution
Follow Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro as they learn their heritage.
Press Materials
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“FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.” SEASON EIGHT PREMIERES IN JANUARY 2022
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“FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.” SEASON EIGHT TCA Panelist Bios
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