{"id":228,"date":"2015-10-07T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2015-10-07T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T17:33:36","slug":"tv-one-to-air-classic-mini-series-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/07\/tv-one-to-air-classic-mini-series-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"TV One to Air Classic Mini-series \u201cRoots\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roots_to_air_on_tv_one.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-227\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roots_to_air_on_tv_one.jpg\" alt=\"Roots: The Saga of an American Family\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roots_to_air_on_tv_one.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roots_to_air_on_tv_one-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTV One will debut the remastered, high definition version of iconic mini-series <em>Roots: The Saga of an American Family<\/em> beginning Sunday, Oct. 18 at 8PM ET. The six-part, special enhanced version of <em>Roots<\/em> \u00a0will air in its entirety during the week each night that time (preempted on Friday, October 23) , with the finale on Saturday, October 24.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roots<\/em> is based on Alex Haley\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning book telling the stirring, sweeping saga of his unforgettable family and its struggle over many generations to survive slavery and regain freedom.<\/p><div id=\"morty-947298922\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Roots: The Saga of an American Family<\/em>; first aired, on ABC-TV, in 1977. <em>Roots<\/em> received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It won also 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.<\/p>\n<p>A new version of <em>Roots<\/em> will air on the cable networks of A&amp;E, History and Lifetime next year.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/tvone.tv\/get-tv-one\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find TV One on your TV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV One will debut the remastered, high definition version of iconic mini-series Roots: The Saga of an American Family beginning Sunday, Oct. 18 at 8PM ET. 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