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The miniseries was watched by an estimated 130 million [18] [19] [20] and 140 million [21] [22] viewers total (more than half of the U.S. 1977 population of 221 million—the largest viewership ever attracted by any type of television series in US history as tallied by Nielsen Media Research) and averaged a 44.9 rating [21] and 66% to 80% ...
Aricles relating to the television miniseries Roots and its spin-offs. It is based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.
The novel was quickly adapted as a hugely popular television miniseries, Roots (1977). Together, the novel and series were a cultural sensation in the United States. The novel spent forty-six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including twenty-two weeks at number one. The last seven chapters of the novel were later adapted in the ...
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Roots (1977 miniseries), based upon the Alex Haley novel; Roots (2016 miniseries), remake of the 1977 miniseries.hack//Roots, a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train "Roots", 2018 television series episode, see list of One Day at a Time (2017 TV series) episodes "Roots", 1990 television series episode, see list of Get a Life episodes
[1] [2] Moving into television, Lee wrote four episodes of the anthology series Omnibus. One of these, "Capital Punishment", won an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. [3] Lee continued to work as a screenwriter, primarily in television, from the 1960s through the 1980s. His greatest success came with the 1977 miniseries Roots.
Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from the Gambia to the Colony of Virginia and his descendants.
Pages in category "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .