Like It Is (TV series)
Like It Is | |
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Presented by | Gil Noble |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 30–60 minutes |
Production company | WABC-TV |
Original release | |
Network | WABC-TV |
Release | June 2, 1968[1] – October 23, 2011 |
Like It Is was a
Like It Is was originally co-hosted by actor Robert Hooks and WABC-TV news reporter Gil Noble. Noble eventually became sole host, and produced the series after 1975.
History
Within the backdrop of the
Along with discussions on current events, Like It Is featured full-length interviews with many prominent
- Ralph Abernathy
- Muhammad Ali
- Arthur Ashe
- Amiri Baraka
- Yosef Ben-Jochannan
- Maurice Bishop
- H. Rap Brown
- Jim Brown
- Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
- John Henrik Clarke
- Bill Cosby
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Billy Eckstine
- Louis Farrakhan
- Aretha Franklin
- Lena Horne
- Jesse Jackson
- Leonard Jeffries
- Michael Manley
- Bob Marley
- Robert Mugabe
- Sidney Poitier
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
- Leontyne Price
- Max Roach
- David Ruffin
- Al Sharpton
- Fred Shuttlesworth
- Chuck Stone
- Billy Taylor
- Sarah Vaughan
- Andrew Young
Other episodes have featured Noble presenting archival material on figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Paul Robeson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and many others. Special episodes were also devoted to single topics, such as the civil rights movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the effects of drug use, particularly that of heroin, in the Black community.[citation needed]
Scheduling
Like It Is aired on Saturday, and later Sunday afternoons. Later, it was part of a dedicated two-hour block of public affairs programming on WABC-TV, paired with Up Close with
Like It Is was occasionally preempted for
Like It Is was put on production hiatus in August 2011, after Gil Noble suffered a severe stroke. In October 2011 Noble's family announced that he would not return to the program, ending Like It Is' 43-year run.[7] The series concluded on October 16, 2011, with a tribute program hosted by Lori Stokes. The episode featured appearances from past guests including Leontyne Price, Bill Cosby, Danny Glover, and others who shared their memories and thoughts on the significant role Like It Is, and by extension Gil Noble, played in the advancement and preservation of the African-American experience. This program was repeated the following week.
WABC-TV premiered a new African-American public affairs show, titled Here and Now, in the Like It Is time slot on October 30, 2011.
References
- Like It Is. Season 43. October 16, 2011. 00:27 minutes in. WABC-TV.
- ^ Here and Now | 7online
- ^ Gil Noble: Visionary Videos: NVLP: African American History
- ^ "The return of the black veteran". October 14, 1973.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Inman Bernie and Sheila | Bio of Inman Bernie and Sheila | AEI Speakers Bureau
- ^ Website Disabled
- ^ Huff, Richard (September 28, 2011). "Gil Noble will not return to hosting Ch. 7's 'Like It Is' after suffering stroke in July". Daily News. New York.
Further reading
- Hender, Liz (June 26, 2008). "'Like It Is' Still Swimming Upstream". ProQuest 390297215(subscription required).