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Below, you’ll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services – including rental, purchase, and subscription choices – along with the availability of "Roots: The Next Generations" on each platform. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch "Roots: The Next Generations" right now, here are some finer points 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 74 (out of 100) on TMDB, which collated reviews from 31 respected people.
Interested in knowing what the series is 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 Google Play Movies, Vudu, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, and The Roku Channel .
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