when did the mini series roots come out
Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The series first aired on ABC-TV in January 1977. Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third highest rated episode for any type of television series, and the second most watched overall series finale in U.S. television history.[1][2] It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million.[3][4] The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte.