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Jan. 22, 2010
Television
Stan Margulies--whose career as a producer included such historic productions as the miniseries “Roots” and “The Thorn Birds,” two of the highest-rated television programs of all time--died Tuesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
March 1, 2001
LeVar Burton joins tributes to the historic miniseries ‘Roots,’ which set the then-unknown actor on a heady path to success.
Jan. 18, 2002
A USC theater department student sits alone in a friend’s apartment, engrossed in the premiere of the ABC miniseries “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.”
May 26, 2016
A 90-minute ABC interview with Michael Jackson and a CBS miniseries from the late Alex Haley, “Queen,” may be the keys to TV’s February Nielsen ratings sweeps that begin tonight.
Feb. 4, 1993
‘Queen’ Makes CBS King for the Week They weren’t “Roots”-like ratings, but “Queen”--another miniseries based on Alex Haley’s family--attracted big audiences.
Feb. 24, 1993
Afterword
Aug. 11, 2010
It isn’t easy for CNN’s Michaela Pereira to get around Los Angeles without being recognized.
July 10, 2016
David L. Wolper, known for ‘Roots’ and other spectacular productions, dies at 82
Awards
Comcast should root for Aereo’s legality, analyst says
June 25, 2013