High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictional story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley`s fictional novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material from Haley.