Revamp of Roots the Miniseries Returning to TV in 2016

Yeah, this is really exciting news. Roots the Alex Haley Miniseries is being revamped and will air on Lifetime, the History Channel and A&E Channel. Actor Levar Burton is one of the Executive Producers. Levar appeared as Kunte Kinte in the original miniseries. According to the Yahoo article, most of the material will come from Alex Haley's novel but they are also going to use new material from historians. So it's not going to be an exact copy of the 1977 original 12 hr series, this time it's only going to be 8 hrs of material. Awww, well, I hope it is just half as good as the original and I will be happy. The original was amazing!!! We were riveted to the TV back in 1977. Best TV miniseries EVER!!! I think that was the first time we saw so many black faces on TV at the same time.  Good luck to the 3 networks, I hope you do us proud again!!! The revamped series is slated to be aired in 2016.