What is Roots (TV miniseries)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Television film |name = Roots |format = [[Historical novel]]-based<br />[[Drama]] |runtime = 570 minutes |writer = [[Alex Haley]] |screenplay = Alex Haley<br />James Lee |director = [[Marvin J. Chomsky]]<br />[[John Erman]]<br />[[David Green]]<br />[[Gilbert Moses]] |producer = Stan Margulies |executive producer = [[David L. Wolper]] |starring = [[John Amos]]<br />[[Ben Vereen]]<br />[[LeVar Burton]]<br />[[Louis Gossett, Jr.]]<br />[[Leslie Uggams]]<br />[[Vic Morrow]]<br />[[Ralph Waite]]<br>[[Olivia Cole]] |narrated = Alex Haley |music = [[Gerald Fried]]<br />[[Quincy Jones]] (episode 1) |opentheme = |endtheme = |country = United States |budget = US $6.6 million<ref name=budget2>{{cite news |title=New Roots series expected to yield big bucks for ABC |page = 54 |first= |last= |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |date=February 20, 1979 |accessdate= 2010-02-28|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t0MzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vu4FAAAAIBAJ&dq=cost%20abc%20%246%20million%20and%20ran%2012%20hours&pg=5309%2C265933 }}</ref> |language = English |network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] |first_aired = January 23, 1977 |last_aired = January 30, 1977 |num_episodes = 8 (re-edited to 6 for video) |followed_by = ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]'' }} '''''Roots''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television]] [[miniseries]] based on [[Alex Haley]]'s 1976 book ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family''. It was first shown on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1977. It was shown over eight nights, from January 23 to January 30, 1977. It was followed by two [[sequel]]s: ''Roots: The Next Generations'', which was shown on ABC in 1979, and ''Roots: The Gift'', a [[Christmas]] [[television movie]] which was shown on ABC in 1988. It got 37 [[Emmy Award]] nominations and won nine. It also won a [[Golden Gl