First air date: 01/23/1977
Last air date: 01/30/1977
Number of episodes: 8
Number of seasons: 1
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
Rating:
7.4
The Saga of an American Family.
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
Specials
Season 1
1977-01-23
John Amos
Older Kunta Kinte
Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Olivia Cole
Mathilda
Ben Vereen
Chicken George Moore
Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
Roots: The Next Generations
02/18/1979
Black Jesus
08/07/2014
Czterdziestolatek
05/16/1975
Ripping Yarns
01/07/1976
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
09/17/1966
Wannous
06/07/2016
Stand By Your Man
06/13/2014
Berlin Alexanderplatz
10/12/1980
The Prisoner
09/29/1967
Roots
05/30/2016
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
12/25/1979
Man from Atlantis
09/22/1977
Living Single
08/29/1993
Tía Alison
07/26/2023
Reto 4 Elementos
03/19/2018
Scenes from a Marriage
04/11/1973
Giri/Haji
10/17/2019
The Vietnam War
09/17/2017
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
09/14/1964