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.
Seven Seconds (TV series) Seven Seconds is an American crime drama web television series, based on the Russian film The Major written and directed by Yuri Bykov, premiered on February 23, 2018 on Netflix. The series, created, executive produced, and showrun by Veena Sud, follows the people involved in investigating the death of a young black boy and the boyâ€™s family as they reel after the loss. On April 18, 2018, Netflix confirmed there would not be a second season.