Television
February, 1979
In early February (check your local listings for specific dates and hours), Alex Haley's Roofs: The Next Generations will begin as another marathon series on ABC Television, with 14 hours of black history compressed into two-hour segments on successive nights. ABC's bold experiment in programing drew an audience estimated at well over 100,000,000 viewers the first time around, with approximately 80,000,000 clocked for repeat showings of the original Roots last summer. The new series, judged from...
