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FINDING YOUR ROOTS
Season 7
Season premieres Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
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Program Description
Contacts
- Sara Serlen, ID
- 212-774-6162
- FindingYourRoots@id-pr.com
- Olivia Wong
- WETA
- 703-998-2086
- OWong@weta.org
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS "Against All Odds" full-length episode. Premieres Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS "No Irish Need Apply" full-length episode. Premieres Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS "The Shirts on their Back" full-length episode. Premieres Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS "Write My Name in the Book of Life" full-length episode. Premieres Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS "Country Roots" full-length episode. Premieres Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET.
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Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - FINDING YOUR ROOTS
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John Waters - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "To the Manor Born"
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Glenn Close - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "To the Manor Born"
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Nina Totenberg - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "Against All Odds"
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Andy Cohen - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "Against All Odds"
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Jane Lynch - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "No Irish Need Apply"
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Jim Gaffigan - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 "No Irish Need Apply"
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Tony Shalhoub - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “The Shirts on their Backs”
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Christopher Meloni - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “The Shirts on their Backs”
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Tony Shalhoub and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “The Shirts on their Backs”
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Kasi Lemmons and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Write My Name in the Book of Life”
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Clint Black - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Country Roots”
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Maria Hinojosa - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “The New World”
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Lewis Black - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Laughing on the Inside”
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Roy Wood, Jr. - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Laughing on the Inside”
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Audra McDonald - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “On Broadway”
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Mandy Patinkin - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “On Broadway”
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Gretchen Carlson - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Anchored to the Past”
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Don Lemon - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 7 “Anchored to the Past”
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Zac Posen - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 6
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Nancy Pelosi - FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 6
Upcoming Episodes
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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: 1/26/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 702
OB: 1/26/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: No Irish Need Apply
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the Irish roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan.
Airdate: 2/2/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 703
OB: 2/2/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: The Shirts on their Back
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub and Christopher Meloni.
Airdate: 2/9/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 704
OB: 2/9/2021
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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: 2/16/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 705
OB: 2/16/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Country Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uncovers the backgrounds of country music icons Clint Black and Rosanne Cash.
Airdate: 2/23/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 706
OB: 2/23/2021
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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.Airdate: 3/16/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 404
OB: 10/24/17
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Reporting on the Reporters
Journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling learn their fascinating family histories.
Airdate: 3/16/2021
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 PM
FIYO: 503
OB: 1/22/2019
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Freedom Tales
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces the family history of S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan.
Airdate: 3/30/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 505
OB: 2/5/2019
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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: 4/13/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 707
OB: 4/13/2021
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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: 4/20/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 708
OB: 4/20/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: On Broadway
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin.
Airdate: 4/27/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 709
OB: 4/27/2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Anchored to the Past
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. examines the family trees of journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon.
Airdate: 5/4/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 710
OB: 5/4/2021
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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.Airdate: 3/16/2021
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 PM
FIYO: 404
OB: 10/24/17
Press Materials
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“FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.” SEASON SEVEN PREMIERES JANUARY 19, 2021
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR. Season 7 Episode Descriptions
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS Virtual Press Tour Summer 2020 Panelist Bios
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FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 6 Summer 2019 TCA Bios
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SEASON SIX OF “FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.” PREMIERES FALL 2019 AND AIRS THROUGH FALL 2020 ON PBS, BEGINNING OCTOBER 8
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