The "Roots" Tribute and Outstanding Mini-Series

Queen Latifah introduces the “Roots” tribute…The finale on January 30, 1977 is still the third most watched TV program of all time (after the “M*A*S*H finale and the “Who shot J.R.?” episode of “Dallas”)…Okay, apparently Queen is doing the entire tribute…

Okay, I was starting to think that was it…Several of the cast members take the stage and get a standing ovation…Cicely Tyson commandeers the microphone…Now LeVar Burton speaks…John Amos…Ed Asner…Louis Gossett Jr., who is still incredibly eloquent…Ben Vereen and Leslie Uggams present Outstanding Mini-Series to…

No big shock…“Broken Trail”…I told you they’d have a big night…Robert Duvall, one of the executive producers accepts it…And for the second time tonight, he gets played off…I think one of the other producers wanted to say something, but he didn’t get the chance…