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‘Roots’ Remake is Coming Soon

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It’s official: ‘Roots’ is returning to TV.

One of TV’s most successful miniseries will be getting the reboot treatment and air across History, A&E and Lifetime netwokrs.

According to reports, Ride Along director, Will Packer, will executive produce the series alongside the original ‘Roots’ star LeVar Burton. The series will air in 2016.

The first ‘Roots’ series received unprecedented 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. The planned new eight hour miniseries, with Mark Wolper as executive producer, will draw on Haley’s novel and the original miniseries albeit from a contemporary perspective.

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