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  • Like It Is (1968–2012)
  • TV Series | Talk-Show
Like It Is (1968–2012)
TV Series | Talk-Show

Charles Hobson the original creative force behind the long-running "Like It Is," a morning current affairs program hosted by Gil Noble. Actor Robert Hooks was the original host and Noble was the interviewer. When Hooks accepted an acting ...See moreCharles Hobson the original creative force behind the long-running "Like It Is," a morning current affairs program hosted by Gil Noble. Actor Robert Hooks was the original host and Noble was the interviewer. When Hooks accepted an acting job, Noble replaced him as host, and originally co-hosted with Melba Tolliver. In the beginning, "Like It Is" focused on mostly entertainers, however, when Noble became producer in 1975, he turned its focus to the more serious issues of the black experience. Noble's show debuted on ABC's flagship station in 1968 amid the racial and political turmoil of the era. As producer and host, Noble's goal was to document untold stories of African-American history. Among the notables he interviewed for the program and other WABC-TV broadcasts were African leaders Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe; entertainers Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne; sports legends Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe; and political figures including Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Written by Anonymous See less
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Producer
Editor
Herb Aust (1977)
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Updated Dec 31, 1970

Release date (First episode)
1970 (United States)

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Cast

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88 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Gil Noble
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Ralph Abernathy
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Amiri Baraka
Self (2000) Self (2000)   See fewer
Charles Barron
Self (2010) Self (2010)   See fewer
Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochanan
Self (1982) Self (1982)   See fewer
Herb Boyd
Self (2010) Self (2010)   See fewer
H. Rap Brown
Self (1968) Self (1968)   See fewer
Calvin O. Butts III
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Stokely Carmichael
Self (1976) Self (1976)   See fewer
Sonny Carson
Self (1997) Self (1997)   See fewer
Fidel Castro
Self (1968) (archive footage) Self (1968) (archive footage)   See fewer
Benjamin F. Chavis
Self (1988) (as Ben Chavis) Self (1988) (as Ben Chavis)   See fewer
Chuck D
Self (1989) Self (1989)   See fewer
John Henrik Clarke
Self (1976) Self (1976)   See fewer
Eldridge Cleaver
Self (1974) Self (1974)   See fewer
John Conyers
Self (1997) Self (1997)   See fewer
Dorothy Cotton
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Ron Daniels
Self (1997) Self (1997)   See fewer
Herbert Daughtry
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Ossie Davis
Self (2003) Self (2003)   See fewer
Joy Degruy
Self (2004) Self (2004)   See fewer
Billy Eckstine
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Kenny Gamble
Self (1992) Self (1992)   See fewer
Danny Glover
Self (1994) Self (1994)   See fewer
Alex Haley
Self (1979) Self (1979)   See fewer
Fannie Lou Hamer
Self (1971) Self (1971)   See fewer
Isaac Hayes
Self (1992) Self (1992)   See fewer
Robert Hooks
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Bobbi Humphrey
Self (1979) Self (1979)   See fewer
Leonard Jeffries
Self (1988) Self (1988)   See fewer
Hank Jones
Self (1991) Self (1991)   See fewer
Coretta Scott King
Self (1991) Self (1991)   See fewer
Martin Luther King
Self (1968) (archive footage) Self (1968) (archive footage)   See fewer
KRS-One
Self (1989) Self (1989)   See fewer
Abbey Lincoln
Self (1979) Self (1979)   See fewer
Delroy Lindo
Self (1994) Self (1994)   See fewer
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Manley
Self (1977) Self (1977)   See fewer
Bill McCreary
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Jackie McLean
Self (1968) Self (1968)   See fewer
Robert Mugabe
Self (1978) Self (1978)   See fewer
Khalid Muhammad
Self (1998) Self (1998)   See fewer
C. Herbert Oliver
Self (2011) Self (2011)   See fewer
Gordon Parks
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Les Payne
Self (2010) Self (2010)   See fewer
Sidney Poitier
Self (1978) Self (1978)   See fewer
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self (1971) Self (1971)   See fewer
Charles Rangel
Self (2010) Self (2010)   See fewer
Gloria Richardson
Self (1988) Self (1988)   See fewer
Max Roach
Self (1992) Self (1992)   See fewer
Randall Robinson
Self (1982) Self (1982)   See fewer
Sonny Rollins
Self (2007) Self (2007)   See fewer
Gil Scott-Heron
Self (1979) Self (1979)   See fewer
Betty Shabazz
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Assata Shakur
Self (1987) Self (1987)   See fewer
Mutulu Shakur
Self (1986) Self (1986)   See fewer
Al Sharpton
Self (1988) Self (1988)   See fewer
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Chuck Stone
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Melba Tolliver
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Ivan Van Sertima
Self (1982) Self (1982)   See fewer
Sarah Vaughan
Self (1969) Self (1969)   See fewer
C.T. Vivian
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Self (1990) Self (1990)   See fewer
Wyatt Tee Walker
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
Randy Weston
Self (2010) Self (2010)   See fewer
Reggie Workman
Self (1979) Self (1979)   See fewer
Andrew Young
Self (1985) Self (1985)   See fewer
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