• Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of...
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  • 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...
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  • Alex Haley novel Roots (2016 miniseries), remake of the 1977 miniseries .hack//Roots, a 2006 anime series created by Bee Train "Roots", 2018 television...
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    The novel was quickly adapted as a hugely popular television miniseries, Roots (1977). Together, the novel and series were a cultural sensation in the...
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  • a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993...
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  • Kunta Kinte (category Roots: The Saga of an American Family)
    on the book: the original 1977 TV miniseries Roots, and a 2016 remake of the same name. In the original miniseries, the character was portrayed as a teenager...
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  • a sequel to the 1977 Roots miniseries, tracing the lives of Kunta Kinte's descendants in Henning, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1967. Roots: The Next Generations...
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  • forerunner for similar projects based on literary works, such as Roots and Shōgun. The miniseries stars Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely. It spawned...
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    Tales of the Unexpected (1977 TV series) episode "The Force of Evil" (Dr. Carrington) Roots (1977) (miniseries) Telethon (1977) as Matt Tallman How the...
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    Roots (1977) (miniseries) as Stephen Bennett McCloud: The Great Taxicab Stampede (1977) as Keith Hampton The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)...
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    American actress, best known for her Emmy Award-winning role in the 1977 miniseries Roots. Cole was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Arvelia Cole...
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  • Hooks and written by D.M. Eyre Jr. It is the third installment of the Roots miniseries. The film premiered on ABC on December 11, 1988, with AT&T as the sole...
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  • (a.k.a. Ring-A-Ding Rhythm, 1962) The Young Swingers (1963) Roots (1977 miniseries) (1977) Devils Minion (2009) League of Legends – Nasus (voice-actor)...
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  • A miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also...
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  • American miniseries. Masada was one of several historical miniseries produced in the early 1980s following the success of the miniseries Roots that aired...
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  • the television miniseries Roots (1977) that had aired on the ABC Network in 1977. The success of Roots, as well as Jesus of Nazareth (1977), resulted in...
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    Alex Haley (section Roots)
    the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking...
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  • 1977 novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough. The series was enormously successful, being the second most widely watched television miniseries in...
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  • College (historical) Roll Bounce Roots: The Saga of an American Family Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots: The Next Generations Roots: The Gift Rosenwald Schools...
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    1975 summer NAMM Show. He quickly found work as a session musician, and by 1977 appeared playing synthesizer, vocoder, accordion and keyboards on albums...
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  • television miniseries; during its 27–30 March 1983 run, it became the United States' second-highest rated miniseries of all time, behind Roots. Subsequently...
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  • Limited Series in 1974, and later Outstanding Miniseries in 1986. In 1991, the Outstanding Miniseries category was merged with Outstanding TV Movie,...
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  • own 1976 novel Roots, which later was made into a 1977 television miniseries, a 1979 sequel miniseries, and a 2016 television miniseries remake. In 1978...
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    29th Primetime Emmy Awards (category 1977 television awards)
    competed as a miniseries in 1976, and won that category too). But the overwhelming champion of the ceremony was the miniseries Roots. Roots set several...
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    wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance...
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    America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977). Sinclair also voiced the character of Sarabi, Mufasa's mate and...
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    work on the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. The following year, Reed earned a third Emmy nomination for his role in the miniseries Roots. Reed was born...
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  • 2016, Kirby starred as Kunta Kinte in the American miniseries Roots, a remake of the 1977 miniseries of the same name. His performance was well received...
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    LeVar Burton (section Roots)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series...
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    Kinte, and great-grandfather of Alex Haley) in the 1977 television miniseries Roots, and 1979's Roots: The Next Generations. In 1980, he starred in the...
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