Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Morgenstern Rhoda Faye Morgenstern, portrayed by Valerie Harper, is a fictional character on the television sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and subsequent spin-off, "Rhoda". The original opening of the series "Rhoda" establishes that Rhoda Faye Morgenstern was born in the Bronx, New York, in December 1941. She is the daughter of Ida and Martin Morgenstern (Nancy Walker and Harold Gould), and grew up in New York before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota sometime in the late 1960s. On "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Rhoda had a sister named Debbie (Liberty Williams), seen in one episode, and a briefly-mentioned brother
Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots (1977 miniseries) Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel "". The series first aired on ABC in January 1977. "Roots" received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the second-most watched overall series finale in U.S. television history. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million. The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte. A