he was renting it. but this is the point. if this wasn t raging bull s town house, we wouldn t have known about chanise. you don t hear about all the crimes that are committed against regular people. producer told me about her brother who was mugged why a gang of teens. they approached him, acting like they were armed. you know, the old finger in the pocket move, and demanded money. he didn t have any money but he just had gotten back from the deli. all he had on him was an italian sub. they took 9 sub, by force, and he went home without dinner. local news didn t cover it. abc didn t even touch it. but primetime does. because, to us, there s no difference between robert den do and my producer s hungry brother. whether christmas presents, italian subs or donation boxes, all crimes are created equal. my neighborhood is forever changed because this hit so close to home and because i m so
portray in roots, kunta kintae, the adult, 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. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. 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 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 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. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. 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 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
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 medium. 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
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. no one had ever seen the story of slavery before told from the point of view of the africans. 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 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.