--- title: 'Roots' Remake Coming to Your TV description: 'Roots', one of the most successful miniseries of all time, is coming back to television in 2016. canonical: https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-30T19:05:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:50:09.470Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: There is Going to be a 'Roots' Remake on TV og:description: It will hit screens in 2016 og:url: https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a6a6a061c6caa1/6987edc9cd1bba014a6f93c1/levar-burton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Actor LeVar Burton signs and discusses his new book "The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on December 20, 2014 in Burbank, California. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There is Going to be a 'Roots' Remake on TV twitter:description: It will hit screens in 2016 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a6a6a061c6caa1/6987edc9cd1bba014a6f93c1/levar-burton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A _Roots_ Remake Is on the Way > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 30, 2015 7:05 PM UTC  Actor LeVar Burton signs and discusses his new book "The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on December 20, 2014 in Burbank, California. Actor LeVar Burton signs and discusses his new book "The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on December 20, 2014 in Burbank, California.Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 30, 2015 7:05 PM UTC _Roots, o_ne of the most successful miniseries of all time, is coming back to television. The show initially aired over eight nights in 1977, and it will hit screens again in a 2016 reboot by History, A&E and Lifetime, [the networks announced Thursday](http://www.aenetworks.com/article/historyr-ae-and-lifetime-greenlight-roots). _Roots_ is the story of multiple generations of one family from their beginnings in Gambia, through their passage to the United States, enslavement, the Revolutionary and Civil wars, and eventually, Emancipation. It is based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel by the same name and centers on the life of Kunta Kinte. “The opportunity to present one of America’s most powerful stories to a generation that hasn’t seen it is tremendously exciting. Contemporary society needs this story and I’m proud to be a part of it,” said executive producer Will Packer. Original cast member LeVar Burton will be a co-executive producer on the remake, and he echoed Packer’s sentiment: “I believe now is the right time to tell this story so that we can all be reminded of its impact on our culture and identity.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/"},"headline":"A Roots Remake Is on the Way","datePublished":"2015-04-30T19:05:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:50:09.470Z","description":"It will hit screens in 2016","url":"https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a6a6a061c6caa1/6987edc9cd1bba014a6f93c1/levar-burton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96a6a6a061c6caa1/6987edc9cd1bba014a6f93c1/levar-burton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor LeVar Burton signs and discusses his new book \"The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm\" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on December 20, 2014 in Burbank, California.","caption":"Actor LeVar Burton signs and discusses his new book \"The Rhino Who Swallowed A Storm\" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers on December 20, 2014 in Burbank, California.","creditText":"Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3842265/roots-remake-television/","name":"A Roots Remake Is on the Way"}}]}] ```