Season 8 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will premiere on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on PBS stations.
The series will feature 21 guests in 10 new episodes.
Jan. 4 – filmmaker Lee Daniels and actress Rebecca Hall
Jan. 11 – activists Anita Hill and Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Jan. 18 – restaurateur David Chang and actor Raul Esparza
Jan. 25 – actresses Pamela Adion and Kathryn Hahn
Feb. 1 – actress Melissa Villasenor and talk show host Mario Lopez
Feb. 8 – actors Terry Crews and Tony Danza
Feb. 15 – actors Lena Waithe and John Leguizamo
Feb. 22 – actors Leslie Odom Jr. and Nathan Lane
April 12 – actress Regina King and filmmaker Damon Lindelof
April 19 – actress Amy Carlson, fashion designer Andre Leon Talley and journalist Erin Burnett
To see previous episodes of the show, go to: https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/
