29th Emmy Awards (Main Categories) - Year 1976
miniseries
1977
8 nominations - 3 awards
Nominations - Roots (TV Miniseries)
- Outstanding Miniseries Winner
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (David Greene (For "part I")) Winner
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Marvin J. Chomsky (For "part III"))
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (John Erman (For "part II"))
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Gilbert Moses (For "part VI"))
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Ernest Kinoy, William Blinn (For "part II")) Winner
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (M. Charles Cohen (For "part VIII"))
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (James Lee (For "part V"))