In the latest season of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., three non-celebrity guests join the 18 celebrities who were selected for the show through a nationwide casting call.
With the help of renowned researcher Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the tenth anniversary season of the groundbreaking Finding Your Roots series delves into the deep ancestral histories of the participants and resolves family mysteries.
With questions on Jeopardy!, Gates’s guest appearance on The Simpsons, mention on RuPaul’s Drag Race as RuPaul had his newly discovered cousin Cory Booker appear, inclusions on scripted shows like Watchmen and And Just Like That, and numerous celebrity press mentions of the series’ impact, the show has recently become part of the mainstream cultural zeitgeist.
The highly regarded show keeps using the most recent DNA technology in conjunction with genealogical detective work to assist new guests in learning about their family’s past. This often involves providing answers to questions that have been unanswered for decades, solving mysteries, sharing tales of unidentified ancestors, and occasionally improving a guest’s life.
Host and executive producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the director of Harvard University’s Hutchins Centre for African & African American Research and an Alphonse Fletcher University professor, is at the center of it all, driving every discovery.
According to Gates, the intimate tales of our guests and their ancestors symbolize the bond we share with PBS and our viewers to tell stories that explore the fullness and diversity of humanity.
“This season, we’ve uncovered some particularly intriguing family trees that are packed with surprises and lessons passed down from one generation to the next. For all of us who work on the show, getting it on public television is a huge privilege. Even after all these years, I’m still in awe of the discoveries we make that show us how interconnected we really are in different ways.
The cast of Finding Your Roots Season 10
Valerie Bertinelli (“One Day at a Time”), Danielle Brooks (“The Colour Purple”), LeVar Burton (“Star Trek”), Michael Douglas (“Wall Street”), Lena Dunham (“Girls”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Tracy Morgan (“30 Rock”), Ed O’Neill (“Modern Family”), Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”), Wes Studi (“The Last of the Mohicans”), Jesse Williams (“Grey’s Anatomy”), comedian Iliza Shlesinger; musicians Ciara, Sammy Hagar, Alanis Morissette, and Dionne Warwick; and journalist Sunny Hostin are among the cast members of Season Ten.
The tenth season will include three non-celebrity guests in the season finale, per the overwhelming requests of fans over the years. In 2022, over 9,000 hopeful fans submitted entries for a nationwide search that resulted in the selection of these special guests.
Social media users were invited to participate in the campaign by submitting a video and application for consideration. The producers of the show were searching for a person who could crack a family mystery.
Though the original intention was to choose one lucky viewer, three very special guests ended up being chosen. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the host, gave each of them their book of life and then sat down to talk about the results. The final episode of the new season will bring the audience together on April 9, 2024.
Release Date & Where to Watch
The first episode of “Finding Your Roots” season 10 is titled “Born to Sing,” and it stars Alanis Morissette and Ciara, two well-known vocalists. The episode will air on PBS on January 2, 2024 at 8:00 PM. Here is the release time for the episode in various parts of the world.
- United Kingdom: 1:00 AM, Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Philippines: 9:00 AM, Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Australia: 12:00 PM, Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Canada: 8:00 PM, Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Germany: 2:00 AM, Wednesday, January 3, 2024
The PBS app and website both offer “Finding Your Roots” for viewing. Additionally, it can be found on a number of streaming services, such as YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. To stream the upcoming season of Finding Your Roots, you will need a subscription to Amazon Prime.
This will cost you $1.99/month. You can watch the previous seasons of this show, Vudu, as well. It will cost you $2.99/month. Besides, the series will also be available to stream on Google Play Movies. You can buy/rent the series for $1.99/month.
