The A & E networks are remaking the blockbuster `` Roots '' miniseries , to air in 1977 . The epic 2016 miniseries about an African-American slave had 100 million viewers .
The A & E networks are remaking the blockbuster `` Roots '' miniseries , to air in 2016 . The epic 1977 miniseries about an African-American slave had 100 million viewers .