EXCLUSIVE: History is taking on one of most celebrated TV programs of all time, blockbuster 1977 miniseries Roots. The cable network is planning a new eight-hour Roots miniseries after acquiring ...

LOS ANGELES — When a newborn Kunta Kinte was lifted triumphantly toward the African sky 25 years ago in "Roots," television seemed to rise along with him. As the mania over the miniseries swept ...

The groundbreaking 1977 miniseries "Roots" returns to television Easter Sunday, giving generations of African-Americans the chance to reconnect with their roots. TV One, a national cable station ...

Amid an already reboot-crazy TV season–a new Ironside here, a new Murder, She Wrote there–History channel now has plans to develop a remake of Roots, the 1977 slavery epic miniseries that remains one ...

*Laurence Fishburne is the first major name to join A&E Networks’ remake of the 1977 miniseries, “Roots,” the network announced Wednesday. The series is set for simulcast on History, A&E and Lifetime ...

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Count Snoop Dogg out when it comes to watching the History Channel's remake of "Roots." In an expletive-filled rant posted on Instagram, the rapper calls for a boycott of the remake of the 1977 ...