When the original adaptation of Alex Haley’s “Roots” premiered as a TV miniseries in 1977, important civil rights victories had been won and the history of how Africans were captured ...

TV One will showcase the the original 1977 miniseries “Roots” in primetime later this month. The original series aired over eight consecutive nights on ABC in January 1977.

It also received a Peabody Award and the Golden Globe for best TV drama. Based on the novel by Alex Haley, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” the series traces the capture of West ...

With ‘Roots,’ very few nits to pick Sure there ... Among the other landmark shows in TV history are the last episode of “The Fugitive” in 1967, which drew a 45.9 rating, and a Bob Hope ...

When the original Roots aired in 1977 ... And with the new series telling the story from a fresh perspective, it’s still an experience that TV audiences are being invited to understand.

In time to mark 40 years since its debut, “Roots: the complete orginal series” is being re-released online in high definition. The TV mini-series came out in 1977 and told the story of an ...

Roots, the mini-series that was shown to pupils for generations, is 'Eurocentric' and has no place in the classroom, teachers have heard. Members of the National Education Union were told it was ...