{"id":104583,"date":"2025-08-20T15:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=104583"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:13:53","slug":"finding-your-roots-with-henry-louis-gates-jr-announces-star-studded-season-12-line-up-following-the-second-consecutive-emmy-award-nomination-for-the-beloved-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/20\/finding-your-roots-with-henry-louis-gates-jr-announces-star-studded-season-12-line-up-following-the-second-consecutive-emmy-award-nomination-for-the-beloved-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.&#8221; Announces Star-Studded Season 12 Line-Up Following the Second Consecutive Emmy Award Nomination for the Beloved Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104584\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finding_Your_Roots_.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finding_Your_Roots_.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Finding_Your_Roots_-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Following its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award\u00ae nomination in Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, FINDING YOUR ROOTS announces the celebrity guests for the show&#8217;s upcoming twelfth season, premiering on PBS January 6.<\/p>\n<p>The guest roster for this season includes actors <strong>Lizzy Caplan, Kristin Chenoweth, Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas, Darren Criss, Danielle Deadwyler, America Ferrera, Sanaa Lathan, Tracy Letts<\/strong> and <strong>Delroy Lindo<\/strong>; businessman <strong>Barry Diller<\/strong>; musicians<strong> Flea, Rhiannon Giddens, Wiz Khalifa<\/strong> and <strong>Lizzo<\/strong>; filmmaker <strong>Spike Lee<\/strong>; athletes <strong>Brittney Griner<\/strong> and <strong>Chris Paul<\/strong>; journalist <strong>Sara Haines<\/strong>; comedian <strong>Hasan Minhaj<\/strong>; and one additional celebrity guest to be announced.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1580961601\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Host and Executive Producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shared, &#8220;I am thrilled to announce another season of FINDING YOUR ROOTS filled with inspiring stories from our wonderful guests that further show us that at the level of the genome, we are all 99% the same despite the forces that try to divide us. 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