Finding Your Roots TV Show Returns to PBS on January 8, 2019, at 8 p.m. EST

Season five of Finding Your Roots will premiere Tuesday, January 8, 2019, on your local PBS station at 8 p.m. EST. This is the hour-long genealogy television show headed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The season will spotlight 26 new guests. By episode they are: 1) Actor Andy Samberg and author George R.R. Martin; 2) Michael K. Williams and Felicity Huffman; 3) Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling; 4) Sheryl Sandberg, Kal Penn and Marisa Tomei; 5) S. Epatha Merkerson and Michael Strahan; 6) Laura Linney, Michael Moore and Chloe Sevigny; 7) Tulsi Gabbard, Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan; 8) Marina Abramovic, Alejandro Innaritu and Kehinde Wiley; 9) Tig Notaro, Seth Meyers and Sarah Silverman; 10) Ty Burrell, Joe Madison, Dr. Gates’ personal DNA story and “The Finding Your Roots: The Seedlings” STEM Camp.

Everyone has different television delivery/provider systems. Use your television provider's schedule system or PBS Detroit's schedule system to find the PBS channel number on your provider system and to learn when the show will be re-aired again. (On PBS Detroit's schedule system you can customize the listing to your service provider by edit or change provider so the schedule generated reflects your television provider's channels and schedule.) You can usually catch the episodes on your provider's in-demand service or on the PBS website a day or two after the episode has aired.

See You Soon at the Mt. Clemens Public Library!
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