Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Lynda Day George, Olivia Cole
| All season 1 mistakes | Mistakes | |
|---|---|---|
| Show generally | 2 | |
| 1 | Part 1 Roots: The Saga of An American Family | 4 |
| 2 | Part 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Part 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Part 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Part 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Part 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Part 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Part 8 | 0 |
Part 1 Roots: The Saga of An American Family - S1-E1
Other mistake: During the voyage aboard the Lord Ligonier, none of the African captives have shaved nor had haircuts during the long voyage across the sea, but they are clean-shaven and their hair the same length when they berth in Annapolis as when they were first loaded aboard ship in Africa.
Kunta Kinti: What's snow, Fiddler?
Fiddler: Never you mind, boy, never you mind. Let's get on back to home. I got enough trouble teaching you the difference between manure and massa. 'Course there ain't all that much difference when you gets right down to it.
Trivia: Madge Sinclair and Leslie Uggams play mother and daughter. In real life, Sinclair was only five years older than Uggams.