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"Roots was a success because it was a family story that caught people's imagination. Once they got hooked on this family, they wanted to see what happened to it. ...This show came at the right moment, the right time." - David Wolper, Producer

TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials describe programs with a conclusive story-arc and scheduled for a fixed time frame.

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A B D E H M R S T V W
  • A
  • Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The
  • B
  • Barbarians at the Gate
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • D
  • Duel
  • E
  • Eleanor, First Lady of the World
  • H
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame
  • Homecoming: A Christmas Story, The
  • M
  • Mary and Rhoda
  • My Sweet Charlie
  • R
  • Raisin in the Sun, A
  • Roots
  • S
  • Sacco-Vanzetti Story, The (1960)
  • Scream of the Wolf
  • Shogun
  • Skyward
  • T
  • That Certain Summer
  • Trilogy Of Terror
  • V
  • Very Brady Christmas, A
  • W
  • Woman Called Golda, A

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Watch Interview Highlights

  • Ron Howard on his struggle to gain the acceptance of Bette Davis, while directing her in the TV movie Skyward
  • Phylicia Rashad on the television movie A Raisin in the Sun  and winning the Tony Award for the stage revival
  • Larry Gelbart on this TV movie which Ray Stark helped him bring to HBO
  • Richard Matheson on the TV movie Trilogy of Terror
  • David Wolper on why he thinks Roots  was right for the time it came out, and its impact
  • Fred Silverman on developing specials, mini-series, and television movies for ABC
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