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THE TOP FIVE
01
10.0
THE ROAD WE TOOK
S12E04
02
9.5
ARTISTIC ROOTS
S12E08
03
8.0
HIDDEN KIN
S09E01
04
6.8
WESTWARD BOUND
S12E06
05
6.0
IN SEARCH OF OUR FATHERS
S02E01
THE LOW
LARGER THAN LIFE · S11E01
SERIES AVG
4.3
BEST SEASON
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SEASONS
12
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S01E01 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. — unrated
S01E02 John Lewis and Cory Booker — unrated
S01E03 Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada — unrated
S01E04 Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon — unrated
S01E05 Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl and Yasir Qadhi — unrated
S01E06 Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal — unrated
S01E07 Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons — unrated
S01E08 Martha Stewart, Margaret Cho and Sanjay Gupta — unrated
S01E09 John Legend and Wanda Sykes — unrated
S01E10 Adrian Grenier, Michelle Rodriguez and Linda Chavez — unrated
S02E01 In Search of our Fathers — 6.0
S02E01
6.0
S02E02 Born Champions — unrated
S02E03 Our American Storytellers — 6.0
S02E03
6.0
S02E04 Roots of Freedom — 6.0
S02E04
6.0
S02E05 The Melting Pot — unrated
S02E06 We Come From People — unrated
S02E07 Our People, Our Traditions — unrated
S02E08 The British Invasion — unrated
S02E09 Ancient Roots — unrated
S02E10 Decoding Our Past Through DNA — unrated
S03E01 The Stories We Tell — unrated
S03E02 The Irish Factor — unrated
S03E03 In Search Of Freedom — unrated
S03E04 Tragedy + Time = Comedy — unrated
S03E05 Visionaries — unrated
S03E06 War Stories — unrated
S03E07 Family Reunions — unrated
S03E08 The Pioneers — unrated
S03E09 The Long Way Home — unrated
S03E10 Maps of Stars — unrated
S04E01 The Impression — unrated
S04E02 Unfamiliar Kin — unrated
S04E03 Puritans and Pioneers — unrated
S04E04 The Vanguard — unrated
S04E05 Immigrant Nation — unrated
S04E06 Black Like Me — unrated
S04E07 Children of the Revolution — unrated
S04E08 Relatives We Never Knew We Had — unrated
S04E09 Southern Roots — unrated
S04E10 Funny Business — unrated
S05E01 Grandparents and Other Strangers — unrated
S05E02 Mystery Men — unrated
S05E03 Reporting on the Reporters — unrated
S05E04 Dreaming of a New Land — unrated
S05E05 Freedom Tales — unrated
S05E06 Roots in Politics — unrated
S05E07 No Laughing Matter — unrated
S05E08 Hard Times — unrated
S05E09 The Eye of the Beholder — unrated
S05E10 All in the Family — unrated
S06E01 Hollywood Royalty — unrated
S06E02 Off the Farm — unrated
S06E03 Homecomings — unrated
S06E04 This Land is My Land — unrated
S06E05 Beyond the Pale — unrated
S06E06 Secrets & Lies — unrated
S06E07 Science Pioneers — unrated
S06E08 Slave Trade — unrated
S06E09 Italian Roots — unrated
S06E10 Criminal Kind — unrated
S06E11 Fashion's Roots — unrated
S06E12 DNA Mysteries — unrated
S06E13 War Stories — unrated
S06E14 Flight — unrated
S06E15 Breaking Silences — unrated
S06E16 Coming to America — unrated
S07E01 To the Manor Born — unrated
S07E02 The Mole Agent — unrated
S07E03 No Irish Need Apply — unrated
S07E04 The Shirts on Their Backs — unrated
S07E05 Write My Name in the Book of Life — unrated
S07E06 Country Roots — unrated
S07E07 The New World — unrated
S07E08 Anchored to the Past — unrated
S07E09 On Broadway — unrated
S07E10 Laughing on the Inside — unrated
S08E01 Hidden in the Genes — unrated
S08E02 Children of Exile — unrated
S08E03 Activists Roots — unrated
S08E04 Things we Dont Discuss — unrated
S08E05 Mexican Roots — unrated
S08E06 Fighters — unrated
S08E07 Incredible Journeys — unrated
S08E08 Songs of the Past — unrated
S08E09 Watchmen — unrated
S08E10 Where Did We Come From? — unrated
S09E01 Hidden Kin — 8.0
S09E01
8.0
S09E02 Salem's Lot — unrated
S09E03 Secret Lives — unrated
S09E04 Far From Home — unrated
S09E05 Rising From the Ashes — unrated
S09E06 Family: Lost and Found — unrated
S09E07 Chosen — unrated
S09E08 And Still I Rise — unrated
S09E09 Anchormen — unrated
S09E10 Out of the Past — unrated
S10E01 Born To Sing — unrated
S10E02 Forever Young — unrated
S10E03 Fathers and Sons — unrated
S10E04 Buried Secrets — unrated
S10E05 Hold the Laughter — unrated
S10E06 Far and Away — unrated
S10E07 The Brick Wall Falls — unrated
S10E08 Mean Streets — unrated
S10E09 In the Blood — unrated
S10E10 "Viewers Like You" — unrated
S11E01 Larger Than Life — 1.0
S11E01
1.0
S11E02 La Famiglia — 1.0
S11E02
1.0
S11E03 Stranger Than Fiction — 1.0
S11E03
1.0
S11E04 Dreamers One and All — 1.0
S11E04
1.0
S11E05 Family Recipes — unrated
S11E06 Latin Roots — unrated
S11E07 The Ties That Bind — unrated
S11E08 The Butterfly Effect — unrated
S11E09 Moving on Up — unrated
S11E10 Finding My Roots — unrated
S12E01 American Dreams — 1.0
S12E01
1.0
S12E02 Great Migrations — 5.5
S12E02
5.5
S12E03 Caribbean Roots — 1.0
S12E03
1.0
S12E04 The Road We Took — 10.0
S12E04
10.0
S12E05 Love & Basketball — 1.0
S12E05
1.0
S12E06 Westward Bound — 6.8
S12E06
6.8
S12E07 Family Harmonies — unrated
S12E08 Artistic Roots — 9.5
S12E08
9.5
S12E09 Song of the South — unrated
S12E10 Rags to Riches — unrated
AVG
6.0
1.0
5.0
RATING SCALE
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7.5
9.5
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Episode ratings grid for Finding Your Roots: 15 rated episodes across 12 seasons, ratings 1.0–10.0. Peak: S12E04 The Road We Took, 10.0.
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