Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, it…

Talk, News • Series • 2004 • 3 seasons

Start watching: S6 E1

Starring: Tavis Smiley

Season

S6 E1 - Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
Jan 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E2 - Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
Jan 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E3 - Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
Jan 28, 2009 • 30m
S6 E4 - Mickey Rourke
Jan 29, 2009 • 30m
S6 E5 - Danny Boyle
Jan 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E6 - Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
Feb 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E7 - Garry Shandling
Feb 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E8 - Sean Penn
Feb 4, 2009 • 30m
S6 E9 - Danny Glover, Q-Tip
Feb 5, 2009 • 30m
S6 E10 - Ashford & Simpson
Feb 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E11 - Suze Orman
Feb 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E12 - Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
Feb 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E13 - Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
Feb 11, 2009 • 30m
S6 E14 - Graham Nash
Feb 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E15 - Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
Feb 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E16 - Former President Jimmy Carter
Feb 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E17 - Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
Feb 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E18 - Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
Feb 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E19 - 2009 Oscar nominees
Feb 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E20 - Joan Baez
Feb 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E21 - T.C. Boyle
Feb 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E22 - Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
Feb 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E23 - Bill Maher
Feb 25, 2009 • 30m
S6 E24 - Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
Feb 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E25 - Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
Feb 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E26 - Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Mar 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E27 - Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
Mar 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E28 - Robert Gates
Mar 11, 2009 • 30m
S6 E29 - Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
Mar 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E30 - Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
Mar 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E31 - Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
Mar 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E32 - EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
Mar 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E33 - Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
Mar 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E34 - Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
Mar 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E35 - Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
Mar 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E36 - Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
Mar 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E37 - Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
Mar 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E38 - A tribute to John Hope Franklin
Mar 25, 2009 • 30m
S6 E39 - Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
Mar 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E40 - Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
Mar 28, 2009 • 30m
S6 E41 - Judith Jamison
Mar 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E42 - Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
Mar 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E43 - Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
Mar 31, 2009 • 30m
S6 E44 - A tribute to Marvin Gaye
Apr 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E45 - Carlos Santana
Apr 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E46 - Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
Apr 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E47 - Kevin Spacey
Apr 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E48 - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Apr 7, 2009 • 30m
S6 E49 - Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
Apr 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E50 - James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
Apr 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E51 - Mark Robert Waldman
Apr 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E52 - Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
Apr 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E53 - Abraham Verghese, Labelle
Apr 14, 2009 • 30m
S6 E54 - Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
Apr 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E55 - Dara Torres, India.Arie
Apr 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E56 - Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
Apr 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E57 - Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
Apr 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E58 - Wangari Maathai
Apr 21, 2009 • 30m
S6 E59 - Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
Apr 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E60 - Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
Apr 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E61 - Tracey Ullman
Apr 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E62 - Prince
Apr 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E63 - Bria Valente, Prince
Apr 28, 2009 • 30m
S6 E64 - Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
Apr 29, 2009 • 30m
S6 E65 - Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
Apr 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E66 - Mary Higgins Clark
May 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E67 - Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
May 4, 2009 • 30m
S6 E68 - Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
May 5, 2009 • 30m
S6 E69 - Darryl Strawberry
May 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E70 - Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
May 7, 2009 • 30m
S6 E71 - J.J. Abrams
May 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E72 - Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
May 11, 2009 • 30m
S6 E73 - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
May 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E74 - Steve Earle, John Harwood
May 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E75 - Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
May 14, 2009 • 30m
S6 E76 - Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
May 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E77 - Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
May 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E78 - Steve Martin
May 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E79 - Reza Aslan, Common
May 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E80 - Ed Asner
May 21, 2009 • 30m
S6 E81 - Bill Russell
May 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E82 - Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
Jun 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E83 - Norman Lear
Jun 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E84 - Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
Jun 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E85 - Vernon Jordan
Jun 4, 2009 • 30m
S6 E86 - Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
Jun 5, 2009 • 30m
S6 E87 - Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
Jun 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E88 - Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
Jun 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E89 - Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
Jun 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E90 - Larry King
Jun 11, 2009 • 30m
S6 E91 - Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
Jun 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E92 - Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
Jun 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E93 - Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
Jun 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E94 - Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
Jun 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E95 - Roseanne Barr
Jun 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E96 - Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
Jun 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E97 - Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
Jun 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E98 - Francis Ford Coppola
Jun 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E99 - Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
Jun 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E100 - Mary Mary
Jun 25, 2009 • 30m
S6 E101 - Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
Jun 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E102 - A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
Jun 29, 2009 • 30m
S6 E103 - Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
Jun 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E104 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
Jul 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E105 - Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
Jul 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E106 - Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
Jul 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E107 - Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
Jul 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E108 - Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Jul 7, 2009 • 30m
S6 E109 - Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
Jul 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E110 - Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
Jul 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E111 - Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
Jul 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E112 - Jay Leno
Aug 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E113 - Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
Aug 11, 2009 • 30m
S6 E114 - Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
Aug 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E115 - Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
Aug 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E116 - Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
Aug 14, 2009 • 30m
S6 E117 - Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
Aug 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E118 - Smokey Robinson
Aug 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E119 - Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
Aug 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E120 - Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
Aug 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E121 - Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
Aug 21, 2009 • 30m
S6 E122 - Quentin Tarantino
Aug 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E123 - Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
Aug 25, 2009 • 30m
S6 E124 - Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
Aug 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E125 - Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
Aug 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E126 - Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
Aug 28, 2009 • 30m
S6 E127 - Doug Pray, Robert Baer
Aug 31, 2009 • 30m
S6 E128 - Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
Sep 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E129 - Ledisi, Peter Baker
Sep 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E130 - George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
Sep 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E131 - Terence Blanchard
Sep 4, 2009 • 30m
S6 E132 - Smokey Robinson
Sep 7, 2009 • 30m
S6 E134 - Ken Burns
Sep 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E135 - Ted Kennedy Jr.
Sep 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E136 - R. Dwayne Betts
Sep 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E137 - Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
Sep 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E139 - Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
Sep 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E140 - David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
Sep 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E141 - Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
Sep 24, 2009 • 30m
S6 E143 - Ken Burns
Sep 28, 2009 • 30m
S6 E144 - Michael Moore
Sep 29, 2009 • 30m
S6 E145 - Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
Sep 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E146 - Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
Oct 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E148 - Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
Oct 5, 2009 • 30m
S6 E149 - Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
Oct 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E151 - Dr. Cornel West
Oct 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E152 - Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
Oct 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E153 - Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
Oct 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E154 - James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
Oct 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E156 - Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
Oct 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E157 - Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
Oct 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E158 - Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
Oct 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E159 - Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
Oct 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E160 - Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
Oct 21, 2009 • 30m
S6 E161 - Anthony Edwards, The RZA
Oct 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E162 - Andy Williams
Oct 23, 2009 • 30m
S6 E163 - Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Oct 26, 2009 • 30m
S6 E164 - Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
Oct 27, 2009 • 30m
S6 E166 - Dr. Ruth Simmons
Oct 29, 2009 • 30m
S6 E167 - Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
Oct 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E168 - Kris Kristofferson
Nov 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E169 - Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
Nov 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E171 - Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
Nov 5, 2009 • 30m
S6 E172 - Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Nov 6, 2009 • 30m
S6 E173 - Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
Nov 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E174 - Max Cleland, Amerie
Nov 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E176 - Bruce Feiler
Nov 12, 2009 • 30m
S6 E177 - Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
Nov 13, 2009 • 30m
S6 E178 - Dan Senor, Gail Collins
Nov 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E179 - Harry Connick Jr.
Nov 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E180 - Paul Mooney
Nov 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E181 - Andre Agassi
Nov 19, 2009 • 30m
S6 E182 - 50 Cent
Nov 20, 2009 • 30m
S6 E183 - Dave Matthews
Nov 25, 2009 • 30m
S6 E184 - Viggo Mortensen
Nov 30, 2009 • 30m
S6 E185 - Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
Dec 1, 2009 • 30m
S6 E186 - Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
Dec 2, 2009 • 30m
S6 E187 - Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Dec 3, 2009 • 30m
S6 E188 - Dr. Ruth Simmons
Dec 4, 2009 • 30m
S6 E189 - Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Dec 7, 2009 • 30m
S6 E190 - Yo-Yo Ma
Dec 8, 2009 • 30m
S6 E191 - Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
Dec 9, 2009 • 30m
S6 E192 - Morgan Freeman
Dec 10, 2009 • 30m
S6 E194 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec 14, 2009 • 30m
S6 E195 - Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
Dec 15, 2009 • 30m
S6 E196 - Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
Dec 16, 2009 • 30m
S6 E197 - James Cameron
Dec 17, 2009 • 30m
S6 E198 - Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
Dec 18, 2009 • 30m
S6 E199 - Mary J. Blige
Dec 21, 2009 • 30m
S6 E200 - Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
Dec 22, 2009 • 30m
S6 E201 - Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
Jan 11, 2010 • 30m
S6 E202 - Sandra Bullock
Jan 12, 2010 • 30m
S6 E203 - Joe Torre
Jan 13, 2010 • 30m
S6 E204 - Rosanne Cash
Jan 14, 2010 • 30m
S6 E205 - Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
Jan 15, 2010 • 30m
S6 E207 - Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
Jan 19, 2010 • 30m
S6 E208 - Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
Jan 20, 2010 • 30m
S6 E209 - Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
Jan 21, 2010 • 30m
S6 E210 - Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
Jan 22, 2010 • 30m

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About This Show

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, it features interviews with artists, activists, newsmakers, politicians and everyday people. Since its first season, the show has won four NAACP Image Awards for "Outstanding Television, News, Talk, or Information (Series or Special)." Taped at KCET studios, Tavis Smiley is the first West Coast talk show for PBS and is produced by The Smiley Group Inc./TS Media Inc. in association with KCET/Hollywood.

Talk, News • TV Series • 2004

Cast

Tavis SmileySelf - Host

Details

Genre: Talk, News
First aired: Jan 5, 2004
Last aired: Jul 11, 2014
Status: Ended
Episodes: 605
Network: PBS
Studio: The Smiley Group
Language: English