Roots: The Next Generations Stream and Watch Online

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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services – including rental, purchase, and subscription options – along with the availability of "Roots: The Next Generations" on each platform. Now, before we get into the ways and means of how you can watch "Roots: The Next Generations" right now, here are some details about the ABC show.

Originally premiering February 18th, 1979, "Roots: The Next Generations" stars Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Paul Koslo. The series runs 1 season(s), and has a score of 73 (out of 100) on TMDB, which compiled reviews from 29 top people.

Want to know what the show's about? Here’s the plot: "Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original."

"Roots: The Next Generations" is currently available to stream via subscription, rental, or purchase on Amazon Video, Apple iTunes, Vudu, and Google Play Movies .