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Almost four decades after its premiere, "Roots" still stands as an elite landmark in TV history. The saga of author Alex Haley tracing his ancestral roots to a young African boy kidnapped and sold into slavery was a phen...

If you were anywhere near a television in January 1977, you were probably watching "Roots." The ABC miniseries was a surprise smash that attracted a record-setting audience and won nine Emmys. Members of the original cas...

A stage actor struggling with the demons of old age is propped up by his personal assistant in this period piece, set during World War II.

DON'T MISS: "Roots" - Attempting to remake or "re-imagine" a pop-cultural landmark often leads to disaster. But this well-cast and handsomely crafted update of the 1977 miniseries about one American family's tumultuous j...

"Roots" premiered on ABC in January 1977, just a few months after Alex Haley published the historical novel upon which it was based - a phenomenon on the back of a phenomenon. …