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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 television adaptation of the book aired in January 1977, which stimulated book sales. Within seven months of its release, Roots had sold more than 15 million hard cover copies. [9] In total, Roots spent 22 weeks at the number one spot on The Times' list, including the first 18 weeks of 1977, before falling to number three on May 8. [10]
Premiere date Finale Notes ... 1977: February 24, 1977: Miniseries 1 Rosetti and Ryan: May 9, 1977 ... I Witness Video (1992–94) The Island (2015)
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.
Roots (TV miniseries) (6 P) Pages in category "1970s American television miniseries" ... Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots: The Next Generations; S. Salem's Lot (1979 ...
If any one has the time maybe it should be expanded either by the dates in the series or by the episodes (the episodes may be difficult since 8 originally aired and the DVDs edited them into 6 episodes). Also an episode page could be made summarizing each episode (again difficulty rises because of the different number of episodes).
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) [2] [3] is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), [4] Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006).