It looks like Roots is making a comeback in the form of a remake. The 12-hour 1977 miniseries earned itself 37 Emmy nominations and 9 wins. History’s plan to remake the series apparently ...

History is lining up its next high-profile event miniseries to follow Hatfields & McCoys and Texas Rising — a remake of one of the most celebrated TV programs of all time, blockbuster 1977 ...

This makes it official; slavery is trendy in cinema. The History channel has purchased the rights to Roots and will be remaking the 1977 ABC miniseries.

History is hoping to make a little of its namesake by remaking one of the most celebrated TV miniseries of all time, "Roots." The record-breaking television event of 1977 will be re-imagined into ...

While the 'Roots' mini series' is firmly established in American television history, the story of Kunte Kinte has a deeper significance.

Janelle Hall sits down with the star as well as the Executive Producer of the new remake of "Roots" about how it is a fresh take on the classic series.

History is hoping to make a little of its namesake by remaking one of the most celebrated TV miniseries of all time, "Roots." The record-breaking television event of 1977 will be re-imagined into ...

Laurence Fishburne is joining the "Roots" miniseries remake. A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ancestry was the basis ...

A remake of the miniseries Roots returns to TV on Monday.

The History Channel remake of the iconic '70s miniseries is more graphic and more punishingly intense as an account of how plantation owners brutalized slaves to surrender their identities – to ...

Roots has had a huge impact on entertainment and society ever since Alex Haley wrote the original 1976 novel on which the miniseries is based. That went on to be a best-selling and win a Pulitzer ...

New “Roots” TV miniseries is better-made, more accurate, never more relevant The reimagined “Roots” miniseries premiering Monday seems a case of whiplash, looking both backward and forward ...