As part of a new deal with A+E Networks, Hulu has acquired the exclusive subscription streaming rights to History’s well-received Roots remake.
Will you be rewatching Roots when it becomes available?
In addition to Roots, which will become available to stream in the fall, the expanded Hulu/A+E agreement includes the rights to Lifetime’s War and Peace (available on Hulu this summer) and History’s Barbarians Rising (available in 2017).
Roots’ Memorial Day premiere drew 5.3 million total viewers, making it the No. 1 mini premiere on cable since A+E’s Bonnie & Clyde three years earlier.