January 23, 1977 –
The twelve-hour miniseries Roots first aired on ABC-TV on this date.
The show was programmed by ABC to air on several consecutive nights in prime time. It was considered a revolutionary approach to programming a mini-series, since most minis were aired once or twice a week over several weeks’ time. It was revealed years later that the reason the network did this was so that they get the show “out of the way” in a hurry because they felt, nobody would watch the story if it aired over a longer period of time.
The Haus of Dcaligari 