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Finding Your Roots | April 2025

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Mark Lasswell
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NDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR
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New stars and new stories. Discover the family histories of Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lonnie Bunch, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Acosta, Van Jones, Billy Crudup, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Valerie Bertinelli, Brendan Fraser and even Henry Louis Gates, Jr. himself!

Finding Your Roots #1109
Moving On Up
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 7pm

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the long-lost roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch, two African Americans whose ancestors broke boundaries and forged families as they moved from slavery to freedom.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 04/01/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/02/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/03/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/06/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/07/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/07/2025 @ 8:00 AM
Finding Your Roots
Moving On Up Preview
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of actor Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch.

Laurence Fishburne and Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Laurence Fishburne and Henry Louis Gates, Jr

Finding Your Roots #1110
Finding My Roots
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 7pm

Cutting-edge DNA detective work solves longstanding family mysteries for actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in a unique and emotional episode where Gates finds himself as a guest on his own show for the first time! 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 04/08/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/09/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/10/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/13/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/14/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/14/2025 @ 8:00 AM

Finding Your Roots #909
Anchormen
Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 7pm

Henry Louis Gates introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 04/15/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/16/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/16/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/17/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/20/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/21/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/21/2025 @ 8:00 AM
Anchormen Preview
Finding Your Roots
Anchormen Preview
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Rating: TV-PG

Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones uncover the ancestors who blazed a trail for them.

Finding Your Roots
Out of the Past Preview
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Rating: TV-PG

Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

Finding Your Roots #910
Out of the Past
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7pm

Henry Louis Gates uncovers the lost roots of actors Billy Crudup and Tamera Mowry-Housley, traveling back generations to recount significant events in history - from the American Revolution to the journey of the Mayflower - in a deeply personal way.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 04/22/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/23/2025 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/24/2025 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sun, 04/27/2025 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/28/2025 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/28/2025 @ 8:00 AM

Finding Your Roots #1002
Forever Young
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 7pm

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser, two actors who found fame when they were young and lived their lives in the limelight, cut off from their roots. Each discovers ancestors who paved the way for their success.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 04/29/2025 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/30/2025 @ 12:00 PM
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Finding Your Roots
Forever Young Preview
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Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser discover ancestors who paved the way for their success.