"Viewed today, "Roots" remains a great drama with nothing Disneyfied or softened about it." The Hallmark Channel begins airing "Roots" on Sunday night at 9:00 (and all day Saturday, Jan. 26, starting at Noon. I will have to try to watch at least some of it. We were glued to the set when it aired the first time, in 1977. No one had seen anything like it. I'm glad to hear that it hasn't lost its power and relevance.