The Zorg struggled, plagued by poor weather and low provisions. Scurvy spread among the ranks. Collingwood slipped into a ...

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 ...

Amid an already reboot-crazy TV season–a new Ironside here, a new Murder, She Wrote there–History channel now has plans to develop a remake of Roots, the 1977 slavery epic miniseries that remains one ...

(CNN) — Before “Roots” premiered on the History Channel Memorial Day, there was plenty of discussion among fans about whether there should be a remake of the iconic miniseries. Even rapper T.I., who ...

Rapper Snoop Dogg called for a boycott of the new Roots miniseries in an expletive-filled Instagram post. Snoop Dogg "Roots" paints a historical portrait of American slavery, focusing on the journey ...

In an interview with New York magazine, Roots star LeVar Burton had one simple question about the History Channel’s intended remake of the popular 1970s miniseries: “My initial reaction was, why?” ...

In "Slavery and the Making of America," an ambitious four-hour PBS documentary told in two parts, viewers are introduced to "the Founding Fathers you never knew." Those enslaved were the "nameless, ...