LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laurence Fishburne is joining the “Roots” miniseries remake. A&E Networks said Wednesday that Fishburne will play writer Alex Haley, whose novel about his African-American ancestry ...

NEW YORK -- Will history repeat itself with the remake of "Roots?" The original miniseries, based on Alex Haley's best-seller, became a national phenomenon in 1977 as it told the multigenerational ...

Back in ’77, there was no HBO, Hulu or iTunes. When it came to your television-watching possibilities, you were pretty much a captive of network TV. (And, perhaps, on a good night, PBS.) But even with ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He ...

LOS ANGELES — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84 ...

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John Amos, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the older Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died at 84, TheWrap has learned. A representative for the actor confirmed to TheWrap that ...