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Episode Guide
Ancient Roots
Series: Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Series Progress: Episode 20 of 6232% Completed
Synopsis
Tina Fey, David Sedaris and George Stephanopoulos, who are each descended from Greek immigrants to the US, learn about their roots. Fey discovers that one ancestor was a hero in the Greek War of Independence; Sedaris discovers that his great-grand-aunt was taken captive by the Ottoman military; and Stephanopoulos discovers that his ancestors risked their lives to oppose the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War II.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 58 hours 22 minutes (62 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 62 days
3 episodes/day: 21 days
5 episodes/day: 13 days
Episodes (62)
- S01E01 - Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis
- S01E10 - Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez
- S01E02 - Cory Booker and John Lewis
- S01E03 - Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada
- S01E04 - Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
- S01E05 - Angela Buchdahl, Rick Warren and Yasir Qadhi
- S01E06 - Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal
- S01E07 - Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons
- S01E08 - Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart
- S01E09 - John Legend, Wanda Sykes and Margarett Cooper
- S02E01 - In Search of Our Fathers
- S02E10 - Decoding Our Past Through DNA
- S02E02 - Born Champions
- S02E03 - Our American Storytellers
- S02E04 - Roots of Freedom
- S02E05 - The Melting Pot
- S02E06 - We Come From People
- S02E07 - Our People, Our Traditions
- S02E08 - The British Invasion
- S02E09 - Ancient Roots Viewing
- S03E01 - The Stories We Tell
- S03E10 - Maps of Stars
- S03E02 - The Irish Factor
- S03E03 - In Search of Freedom
- S03E04 - Tragedy + Time = Comedy
- S03E05 - Visionaries
- S03E06 - War Stories
- S03E07 - Family Reunions
- S03E08 - The Pioneers
- S03E09 - The Long Way Home
- S04E01 - The Impression
- S04E10 - Funny Business
- S04E02 - Unfamiliar Kin
- S04E03 - Puritans and Pioneers
- S04E04 - The Vanguard
- S04E05 - Immigrant Nation
- S04E06 - Black Like Me
- S04E07 - Children of the Revolution
- S04E08 - Relatives We Never Knew We Had
- S04E09 - Southern Roots
- S05E01 - Grandparents and Other Strangers
- S05E10 - All in the Family
- S05E02 - Mystery Men
- S05E03 - Reporting on the Reporters
- S05E04 - Dreaming of a New Land
- S05E05 - Freedom Tales
- S05E06 - Roots in Politics
- S05E07 - No Laughing Matter
- S05E08 - Hard Times
- S05E09 - The Eye of the Beholder
- S06E01 - Hollywood Royalty
- S06E10 - Italian Roots
- S06E11 - Criminal Kind
- S06E13 - DNA Mysteries
- S06E15 - War Stories
- S06E02 - Off the Farm
- S06E04 - Homecomings
- S06E05 - This Land is My Land
- S06E06 - Beyond the Pale
- S06E07 - Secrets & Lies
- S06E08 - Science Pioneers
- S06E09 - Slave Trade