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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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88 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Gil Noble Self - Host Self - Host See fewer		The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
Ralph Abernathy Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
Muhammad Ali Self Self See fewer		The Greatest (1977)
Amiri Baraka Self (2000) Self (2000) See fewer		Bulworth (1998)
Charles Barron Self (2010) Self (2010) See fewer		HAPI: The Role of Economics in the Development of Civilization (2020)
Harry Belafonte Self Self See fewer		Bobby (I) (2006)
Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochanan Self (1982) Self (1982) See fewer		Malcolm's Echo: The Legacy of Malcolm X (I) (2008)
Herb Boyd Self (2010) Self (2010) See fewer		Haiti Cri De Couer (2011)
H. Rap Brown Self (1968) Self (1968) See fewer		The Fall (1969)
Jim Brown Self Self See fewer		Mars Attacks! (1996)
Calvin O. Butts III Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		Ethiopia Through Art (2012)
Stokely Carmichael Self (1976) Self (1976) See fewer		The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Sonny Carson Self (1997) Self (1997) See fewer		The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
Fidel Castro Self (1968) (archive footage) Self (1968) (archive footage) See fewer		Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Benjamin F. Chavis Self (1988) (as Ben Chavis) Self (1988) (as Ben Chavis) See fewer		Belly (1998)
Chuck D Self (1989) Self (1989) See fewer		Star Trek Beyond (2016)
John Henrik Clarke Self (1976) Self (1976) See fewer		America's Dream (1996)
Eldridge Cleaver Self (1974) Self (1974) See fewer		Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back) (1971)
John Conyers Self (1997) Self (1997) See fewer		Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Bill Cosby Self Self See fewer		The Cosby Show (1984)
Dorothy Cotton Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)
Ron Daniels Self (1997) Self (1997) See fewer		Disappearing Voices: The Decline of Black Radio (2008)
Herbert Daughtry Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self Self See fewer		The Cannonball Run (1981)
Ossie Davis Self (2003) Self (2003) See fewer		Do the Right Thing (1989)
Joy Degruy Self (2004) Self (2004) See fewer		Out of Darkness (2015)
Billy Eckstine Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		Fido (2006)
Louis Farrakhan Self Self See fewer		Harlem: Voices, Faces (1973)
Aretha Franklin Self Self See fewer		The Blues Brothers (1980)
Kenny Gamble Self (1992) Self (1992) See fewer		Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Erroll Garner Self Self See fewer		Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Dizzy Gillespie Self Self See fewer		The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Danny Glover Self (1994) Self (1994) See fewer		Lethal Weapon (1987)
Alex Haley Self (1979) Self (1979) See fewer		Malcolm X (1992)
Fannie Lou Hamer Self (1971) Self (1971) See fewer		Fannie (2022)
Isaac Hayes Self (1992) Self (1992) See fewer		Escape from New York (1981)
Robert Hooks Self - Host Self - Host See fewer		Trouble Man (1972)
Lena Horne Self Self See fewer		Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Bobbi Humphrey Self (1979) Self (1979) See fewer		Skeppsholmen (2002)
Jesse Jackson Self Self See fewer		The Burning
Milt Jackson Self Self See fewer		Wild (I) (2014)
Leonard Jeffries Self (1988) Self (1988) See fewer		HAPI: The Role of Economics in the Development of Civilization (2020)
Hank Jones Self (1991) Self (1991) See fewer		Stardust Memories (1980)
Coretta Scott King Self (1991) Self (1991) See fewer		Nationtime (1972)
Martin Luther King Self (1968) (archive footage) Self (1968) (archive footage) See fewer		Freedom Writers (2007)
KRS-One Self (1989) Self (1989) See fewer		The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Sugar Ray Leonard Self Self See fewer		The Fighter (I) (2010)
Abbey Lincoln Self (1979) Self (1979) See fewer		Nothing But a Man (1964)
Delroy Lindo Self (1994) Self (1994) See fewer		Get Shorty (1995)
Alton Maddox Self Self See fewer		Like It Is (1968)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer		Malcolm X (1992)
Michael Manley Self (1977) Self (1977) See fewer		Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story (1982)
Bob Marley Self Self See fewer		I Am Legend (2007)
Wynton Marsalis Self Self See fewer		A Star Is Born (2018)
Bill McCreary Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		New York Undercover (1994)
Jackie McLean Self (1968) Self (1968) See fewer		The Forger (2012)
Carmen McRae Self Self See fewer		Real Genius (1985)
Robert Mugabe Self (1978) Self (1978) See fewer		Zimbabwe i dag (1982)
Khalid Muhammad Self (1998) Self (1998) See fewer		Street Wars (1991)
C. Herbert Oliver Self (2011) Self (2011) See fewer		Black Journal (1968)
Gordon Parks Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		The Learning Tree (1969)
Les Payne Self (2010) Self (2010) See fewer		Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
Oscar Peterson Self Self See fewer		Just Cause (1995)
Sidney Poitier Self (1978) Self (1978) See fewer		In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (1971) Self (1971) See fewer		Howard K. Smith (1962)
Charles Rangel Self (2010) Self (2010) See fewer		Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993)
Gloria Richardson Self (1988) Self (1988) See fewer		American Experience (1987)
Max Roach Self (1992) Self (1992) See fewer		Shining Girls (2022)
Randall Robinson Self (1982) Self (1982) See fewer		Vancouver Vagabond (2009)
Sonny Rollins Self (2007) Self (2007) See fewer		Project Power (2020)
Nipsey Russell Self Self See fewer		The Wiz (1978)
Gil Scott-Heron Self (1979) Self (1979) See fewer		State of Play (2009)
Betty Shabazz Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		Malcolm X (1992)
Assata Shakur Self (1987) Self (1987) See fewer		Fred Baker- filmmaker (2007)
Mutulu Shakur Self (1986) Self (1986) See fewer		All Power to the People! (the Black Panther Party and Beyond) (1996)
Al Sharpton Self (1988) Self (1988) See fewer		Mr. Deeds (2002)
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
Chuck Stone Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		Today (1952)
Melba Tolliver Self - Host Self - Host See fewer		Summer of Sam (1999)
Ivan Van Sertima Self (1982) Self (1982) See fewer		For The People (1985)
Sarah Vaughan Self (1969) Self (1969) See fewer		The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
C.T. Vivian Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		Being Mary Jane (2013)
Dhoruba Bin Wahad Self (1990) Self (1990) See fewer		Passin' It On (1993)
Wyatt Tee Walker Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		Malcolm X (1992)
Randy Weston Self (2010) Self (2010) See fewer		Christopher Robin (2018)
Nancy Wilson Self Self See fewer		Vanilla Sky (2001)
Reggie Workman Self (1979) Self (1979) See fewer		Cosby (1996)
Andrew Young Self (1985) Self (1985) See fewer		Fandango at the Wall (2020)