Good Morning POU! Did you know, By the eighth and final night of "Roots," movie theaters in many cities didn't even try to compete. They simply closed their doors. Eighty million viewers watched that last two-hour episode. Its 51.1 rating and 71 Nielsen share were a record that will likely never be matched. Mayors in more than 30 cities declared it "Roots" … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Roots
Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Good Morning POU! Did you know, By the eighth and final night of "Roots," movie theaters in many cities didn't even try to compete. They simply closed their doors. Eighty million viewers watched that last two-hour episode. Its 51.1 rating and 71 Nielsen share were a record that will likely never be matched. Mayors in more than 30 cities declared it "Roots" … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Thursday Evening Thread: Television History – Roots
On this day in 1977, ABC0TV began televising the Roots mini-series. This series would go on to be the most watched mini-series in history. The mini-series was based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Roots received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It won also a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen … [Read more...] about Thursday Evening Thread: Television History – Roots
Sunday Open Thread: Many Rains Ago
Good Morning Obots! Pbomb's topic last week made me think of this artist and this song which would bring me to tears as a very young child. I had no idea what the song was even about at the time, but I would tear up and cry just listening to it. It's the last song on the soundtrack for "Roots", produced by Quincy Jones and performed by South African jazz artist Letta … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Many Rains Ago