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Roots: The Next Generations is an American television miniseries based on the last seven chapters of Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. First aired on ABC in February 1979, it is a sequel to the 1977 Roots miniseries , tracing the lives of Kunta Kinte 's descendants in Henning, Tennessee , from 1882 to 1967.
Season 4 featured many family-themed episodes. The first episode following " The Best of Both Worlds " deals with Picard and Worf's family, and the second with Data 's. Worf's son Alexander appears later in the season, as does Tasha Yar 's sister, and the Enterprise encounters an infant alien space entity.
The series was a follow-up to the original Star Trek series which was broadcast on NBC between 1966 and 1969, [4] with characters from the original series appearing in The Next Generation on several occasions; a crossover movie titled Star Trek Generations was also released. [5] The Next Generation was developed by creator Gene Roddenberry, who ...
Emmalyn Paulette Moody [citation needed] (born February 17, 1945), [note 1] known professionally as Lynne Moody, is an American film and television actress.Beginning her career in the early 1970s, Moody is best known her roles as Tracy Curtis–Taylor in the ABC television sitcom That's My Mama (1974–1975), Irene Harvey in Roots (1977), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), [6] and Patricia ...
McFadden left the show after the first season and was replaced for the second season with Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski, but returned for the third season and remained with the cast thereafter. Wil Wheaton starred as Wesley Crusher in seasons 1–4, returning for guest appearances in seasons 5 and 7.
[3] [4] A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, first aired in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, a Christmas television film, starring LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr., first aired in 1988. A related film, Alex Haley's Queen, is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, who was Alex Haley's paternal grandmother.
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was best known for his role as Andrew Young in 1978's King, George Haley in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime, Captain Davenport in the 1984 film A Soldier's Story, and as Virgil Tibbs on the NBC/CBS television ...
Episode 1 was directed by Phillip Noyce, episode 2 by Mario Van Peebles, episode 3 by Thomas Carter, and episode 4 by Bruce Beresford. In February 2016, a trailer was released [4] and Paul Buccieri, president of A&E and The History Channels, announced that the four night, eight-hour event series would premiere on Memorial Day.