Roots
“The Saga of an American Family.”
1977•NR•1 Seasons•8 Episodes•7.4•Ended
Drama
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
Creator
Alex Haley
Network
ABC
Origin
US
Episodes
Recommended
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
7
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
6.8
The Blue and the Gray
1982
7.5
Parenthood
2010
7.4
The Bible
2013
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
7.2
The Thorn Birds
1983
7.6
Shōgun
1980
7.1
Fosse/Verdon
2019
8
Flowers in the Attic: The Origin
2022
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
7.3
Doctor Thorne
2016
6.7
The Long Song
2018
6.6
Scarlett
1994
7.5
Life Unexpected
2010
7.2
The Village
2013
8
Bleak House
2005
6.3
When We Rise
2017
8.2
Tyler Perry's The Oval
2019
8.1
Downton Abbey
2010
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