them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value is to lead humanity forward. if there s a legacy of television in the 70s, it s that you matter. while there s a lot going on
is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value is to lead humanity forward. if there s a legacy of television in the 70s, it s that you matter. while there s a lot going on
roots was so incredibly popular is not because abc had so much faith in it, but because abc didn t. earlier miniseries were broadcast in weekly installments. and the abc executives determined that if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were out a lot of tv time and not many people watching. the television premiere on eight consecutive nights attracted the largest audience in the history of the media. there s something about it that seems to touch all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was meeting humanity. i think that s the primary value is to lead humanity forward. if there s a legacy of television in the 70s, it s that you matter. while there s a lot going on in the world, television was a reminder of how much little things mean to us.
kunta. kunta kintae. the character that i got to portray in roots was a dream role. it was really genius to cast all of america s favorite television dads in the roles of the white slave owners and the villains. i ll be by to fetch ya in the morning, captain. sleep well. it is difficult to explain in today s culture how unprecedented roots was. it may be the first time that television allowed an embracing of black pride. them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular was not because abc had so much faith in it. but because abc didn t. earlier broadcasts were weekly installments. and abc executives did he recalled if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight
them is free. is free, honey. one of the reasons that roots was so incredibly popular was not because abc had so much faith in it. but because abc didn t. earlier broadcasts were weekly installments. and abc executives did he recalled if roots were to fail, they could just be done with it in seven or eight nights. it was high risk, high reward. if it didn t work, you were a lot of tv time and not a lot of people watching. the television viewing attracted the largest audience in the history of media. there was something about it that touched all human beings. it transcends age and race. entertainment was humanity. that s the primary value to lead humanity forward. if there s legacy of television in the 70s, it s that you matter. while there s a lot going on in the world, television was a