Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. Premiering in 1968, SOUL! was the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, merging artists from the margins with post-Civil Rights Black radical thought. "Mr. SOUL!" delves into this critical moment in television history, as well as the man who guided it, highlighting a turning point in representation whose impact continues to resonate to this day.