LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton now and Star Trek

Exclusive: LeVar Burton Talks ‘Roots,’ Trekkies, Strangest Fan Encounter & Working With Laurence Fishburne

LeVar Burton is a Hollywood institution (and a very cool guy).
Collage of T miniseries

Miniseries Madness Countdown! Our Top 20 of These TV Classics

We counted down our top 20 favorite miniseries plus gave you a chance to vote!
Reading Rainbow LeVar Burton (left) talks to students at P.S. 234 in Manhattan, an elementary school just blocks away from the World Trade Center, to ask how they've coped during the past year, (Season 14, ep. 1407, aired September 2, 2002), 1983-2006

‘Butterfly In The Sky’ Tells Untold Story of ‘Reading Rainbow’ & LeVar Burton

A new documentary takes a look back at the importance of the PBS show ‘Reading Rainbow.’
ROOTS, (key art), 1977

8 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Roots’

Look back at the epic mini-series that had us all glued to our television’s in January of 1977.
LaVar Burton then and now

LeVar Burton On What He’s Up to Now & Finding His ‘Roots’

Roots Star LeVar Burton recently discovered some secrets about his own ‘roots’ in an episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots.