Finding Your Roots
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Finding Your Roots (2012)
Educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. has hosted several PBS series that examine U.S. history. In "Finding Your Roots," the Harvard professor continues his quest to "get into the DNA of American culture".
Series, 2012, Documentary
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Finding Your Roots - TV Showtimes
Wednesday, May 27
3:15am
Finding Your Roots ‘Impression: Larry David, Bernie Sanders’
SBS
Finding Your Roots
'Impression: Larry David, Bernie Sanders'
SBS, 3:15am, Wed, 27 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Two guests linked by one hilarious impersonation trace their roots from 1940s Brooklyn back to Jewish communities in Europe. Larry David discovers his German heritage by way of ancestors who settled in Mobile, Alabama in the mid-19th century - including one who became a slaveholding Confederate; Bernie Sanders gains greater understanding of his father's dangerous childhood in Austrian Galicia during World War I. Both guests discover what happened to the family members who were still in Europe during the Holocaust.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 4 Episode 1
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Finding Your Roots ‘Impression: Larry David, Bernie Sanders’
SBS HD
Finding Your Roots
'Impression: Larry David, Bernie Sanders'
SBS HD, 3:15am, Wed, 27 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Two guests linked by one hilarious impersonation trace their roots from 1940s Brooklyn back to Jewish communities in Europe. Larry David discovers his German heritage by way of ancestors who settled in Mobile, Alabama in the mid-19th century - including one who became a slaveholding Confederate; Bernie Sanders gains greater understanding of his father's dangerous childhood in Austrian Galicia during World War I. Both guests discover what happened to the family members who were still in Europe during the Holocaust.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 4 Episode 1
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Thursday, May 28
3:20am
Finding Your Roots ‘Puritans And Pioneers: Ted Danson, Mary...’
SBS
Finding Your Roots
'Puritans And Pioneers: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, William H. Macy'
SBS, 3:20am, Thu, 28 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself. Ted Danson learns of a Connecticut Revolutionary colonel who allowed his slave to buy his freedom. William H. Macy discovers his own family's nonconformist - a Puritan punished for helping Quakers. Mary Steenburgen's ancestors, too, refused to follow the script, including a rowdy drunkard who served under George Washington in the French and Indian War.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 4 Episode 2
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Finding Your Roots ‘Puritans And Pioneers: Ted Danson, Mary...’
SBS HD
Finding Your Roots
'Puritans And Pioneers: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, William H. Macy'
SBS HD, 3:20am, Thu, 28 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Three mainstays of modern-day Hollywood discover family legacies that predate the United States itself. Ted Danson learns of a Connecticut Revolutionary colonel who allowed his slave to buy his freedom. William H. Macy discovers his own family's nonconformist - a Puritan punished for helping Quakers. Mary Steenburgen's ancestors, too, refused to follow the script, including a rowdy drunkard who served under George Washington in the French and Indian War.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 4 Episode 2
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Friday, May 29
2:50am
Finding Your Roots ‘No Laughing Matter: Seth Meyers, Tig...’
SBS
Finding Your Roots
'No Laughing Matter: Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro, Sarah Silverman'
SBS, 2:50am, Fri, 29 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. Gates also reveals to each one news of an unexpected DNA cousin.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 5 Episode 1
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Finding Your Roots ‘No Laughing Matter: Seth Meyers, Tig...’
SBS HD
Finding Your Roots
'No Laughing Matter: Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro, Sarah Silverman'
SBS HD, 2:50am, Fri, 29 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. Gates also reveals to each one news of an unexpected DNA cousin.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 5 Episode 1
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Saturday, May 30
3:35am
Finding Your Roots ‘Hard Times: Michael Moore, Laura Linney,...’
SBS
Finding Your Roots
'Hard Times: Michael Moore, Laura Linney, Chloe Sevigny'
SBS, 3:35am, Sat, 30 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny - three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 5 Episode 2
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Finding Your Roots ‘Hard Times: Michael Moore, Laura Linney,...’
SBS HD
Finding Your Roots
'Hard Times: Michael Moore, Laura Linney, Chloe Sevigny'
SBS HD, 3:35am, Sat, 30 May 2026, 60 minutes
REPEAT
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny - three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.
Series, United States, English, Documentary, Season 5 Episode 2
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