Roots was so successful that it won nine of the 37 Emmy Awards for which it was nominated, as well as a Golden Globe and a Peabody, and it spawned spin-off series that did well in their own rights.

Below is Newsday's review of the original 1977 series, which ran in the newspaper's Thursday, Jan. 27 edition. With ‘Roots,’ very few nits to pick Sure there are some things wrong with ...

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. TV One’s airings ...

Roots was an important moment in cultural history in 1977 when it premiered on TV and nearly four decades later, A+E Networks is hoping to repeat that. But more important is the history of slavery ...

History is remaking history. Thirty six years after “Roots” changed television and helped steer the course of racial discorse in the United States, the A&E-owned cable channel is w… ...

LeVar Burton is co-executive producer of the 'Roots' remake. (Reading Rainbow) A new "Roots" is coming in 2016. Incorporating material from Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an American ...