List of Finding Your Roots episodes explained

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that premiered on March 25, 2012, on PBS. Ten seasons have been broadcast. Its tenth season premiered on January 2, 2024.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 4 (2017)

Garrison Keillor was scheduled to appear in the season finale, "Funny Business". His segment was edited out of the episode after reports of inappropriate workplace behavior by him were made public.^[1]

Season 5 (2019)

The series was renewed for a fifth season which premiered on January 8, 2019.^{[2] [3]}

Season 6 (2019–2021)

On July 29, 2019, it was announced that the sixth season would premiere on October 8, 2019.^[4] The season, which spanned from October 2019 to January 2021, explored the ancestry stories of Jon Batiste, Sterling K. Brown, RuPaul, Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, Anjelica Huston, Gayle King, Justina Machado, Marc Maron, Melissa McCarthy, Queen Latifah, Jordan Peele, Nancy Pelosi, Zac Posen, Issa Rae, Isabella Rossellini, Amy Ryan, Eric Stonestreet, Diane von Fürstenberg, Sigourney Weaver, Jeffrey Wright and Sasheer Zamata.

Season 10 (2024)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sefton. Dru. PBS removes Keillor segment from upcoming 'Finding Your Roots'. Current.org. December 18, 2017.
2. Web site: de Moraes. Lisa . House Speaker Paul Ryan Discovers Ashkenazi Jewish Heritage On 'Finding Your Roots' – TCA. Deadline Hollywood. August 1, 2018. July 31, 2018.
3. Haddad. Diane. Here's When You Can Watch Season 5 of "Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.". Family Tree Magazine. August 1, 2018. October 25, 2018.
4. Web site: Season Six of "Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." Premieres Fall 2019 and Airs Through Fall 2020 on PBS, Beginning October 8. The Futon Critic. July 29, 2019.