Tavis Smiley(2004)
TalkNews
First Air Date: 2004-01-05
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 605
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.
Top Cast
Seasons & Episodes
Season 6
Episodes: 199E01
Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
Air Date: 2009-01-26
No episode overview available.
E02
Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
Air Date: 2009-01-27
No episode overview available.
E03
Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
Air Date: 2009-01-28
No episode overview available.
E04
Mickey Rourke
Air Date: 2009-01-29
No episode overview available.
E05
Danny Boyle
Air Date: 2009-01-30
No episode overview available.
E06
Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
Air Date: 2009-02-02
No episode overview available.
E07
Garry Shandling
Air Date: 2009-02-03
No episode overview available.
E08
Sean Penn
Air Date: 2009-02-04
No episode overview available.
E09
Danny Glover, Q-Tip
Air Date: 2009-02-05
No episode overview available.
E10
Ashford & Simpson
Air Date: 2009-02-06
No episode overview available.
E11
Suze Orman
Air Date: 2009-02-09
No episode overview available.
E12
Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
Air Date: 2009-02-10
No episode overview available.
E13
Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
Air Date: 2009-02-11
No episode overview available.
E14
Graham Nash
Air Date: 2009-02-12
No episode overview available.
E15
Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
Air Date: 2009-02-13
No episode overview available.
E16
Former President Jimmy Carter
Air Date: 2009-02-16
No episode overview available.
E17
Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
Air Date: 2009-02-17
No episode overview available.
E18
Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
Air Date: 2009-02-18
No episode overview available.
E19
2009 Oscar nominees
Air Date: 2009-02-19
No episode overview available.
E20
Joan Baez
Air Date: 2009-02-20
No episode overview available.
E21
T.C. Boyle
Air Date: 2009-02-23
No episode overview available.
E22
Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
Air Date: 2009-02-24
No episode overview available.
E23
Bill Maher
Air Date: 2009-02-25
No episode overview available.
E24
Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
Air Date: 2009-02-26
No episode overview available.
E25
Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
Air Date: 2009-02-27
No episode overview available.
E26
Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Air Date: 2009-03-09
No episode overview available.
E27
Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
Air Date: 2009-03-10
No episode overview available.
E28
Robert Gates
Air Date: 2009-03-11
No episode overview available.
E29
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
Air Date: 2009-03-12
No episode overview available.
E30
Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
Air Date: 2009-03-13
No episode overview available.
E31
Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
Air Date: 2009-03-16
No episode overview available.
E32
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
Air Date: 2009-03-17
No episode overview available.
E33
Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
Air Date: 2009-03-18
No episode overview available.
E34
Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
Air Date: 2009-03-19
No episode overview available.
E35
Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
Air Date: 2009-03-20
No episode overview available.
E36
Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
Air Date: 2009-03-23
No episode overview available.
E37
Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
Air Date: 2009-03-24
No episode overview available.
E38
A tribute to John Hope Franklin
Air Date: 2009-03-25
No episode overview available.
E39
Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
Air Date: 2009-03-26
No episode overview available.
E40
Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
Air Date: 2009-03-28
No episode overview available.
E41
Judith Jamison
Air Date: 2009-03-27
No episode overview available.
E42
Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
Air Date: 2009-03-30
No episode overview available.
E43
Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
Air Date: 2009-03-31
No episode overview available.
E44
A tribute to Marvin Gaye
Air Date: 2009-04-01
No episode overview available.
E45
Carlos Santana
Air Date: 2009-04-02
No episode overview available.
E46
Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
Air Date: 2009-04-03
No episode overview available.
E47
Kevin Spacey
Air Date: 2009-04-06
No episode overview available.
E48
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Air Date: 2009-04-07
No episode overview available.
E49
Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
Air Date: 2009-04-08
No episode overview available.
E50
James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
Air Date: 2009-04-09
No episode overview available.
E51
Mark Robert Waldman
Air Date: 2009-04-10
No episode overview available.
E52
Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
Air Date: 2009-04-13
No episode overview available.
E53
Abraham Verghese, Labelle
Air Date: 2009-04-14
No episode overview available.
E54
Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
Air Date: 2009-04-15
No episode overview available.
E55
Dara Torres, India.Arie
Air Date: 2009-04-16
No episode overview available.
E56
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
Air Date: 2009-04-17
No episode overview available.
E57
Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
Air Date: 2009-04-20
No episode overview available.
E58
Wangari Maathai
Air Date: 2009-04-21
No episode overview available.
E59
Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
Air Date: 2009-04-22
No episode overview available.
E60
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
Air Date: 2009-04-23
No episode overview available.
E61
Tracey Ullman
Air Date: 2009-04-24
No episode overview available.
E62
Prince
Air Date: 2009-04-27
No episode overview available.
E63
Bria Valente, Prince
Air Date: 2009-04-28
No episode overview available.
E64
Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
Air Date: 2009-04-29
No episode overview available.
E65
Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
Air Date: 2009-04-30
No episode overview available.
E66
Mary Higgins Clark
Air Date: 2009-05-01
No episode overview available.
E67
Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
Air Date: 2009-05-04
No episode overview available.
E68
Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
Air Date: 2009-05-05
No episode overview available.
E69
Darryl Strawberry
Air Date: 2009-05-06
No episode overview available.
E70
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
Air Date: 2009-05-07
No episode overview available.
E71
J.J. Abrams
Air Date: 2009-05-08
No episode overview available.
E72
Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
Air Date: 2009-05-11
No episode overview available.
E73
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
Air Date: 2009-05-12
No episode overview available.
E74
Steve Earle, John Harwood
Air Date: 2009-05-13
No episode overview available.
E75
Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
Air Date: 2009-05-14
No episode overview available.
E76
Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
Air Date: 2009-05-15
No episode overview available.
E77
Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
Air Date: 2009-05-18
No episode overview available.
E78
Steve Martin
Air Date: 2009-05-19
No episode overview available.
E79
Reza Aslan, Common
Air Date: 2009-05-20
No episode overview available.
E80
Ed Asner
Air Date: 2009-05-21
No episode overview available.
E81
Bill Russell
Air Date: 2009-05-22
No episode overview available.
E82
Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
Air Date: 2009-06-01
No episode overview available.
E83
Norman Lear
Air Date: 2009-06-02
No episode overview available.
E84
Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
Air Date: 2009-06-03
No episode overview available.
E85
Vernon Jordan
Air Date: 2009-06-04
No episode overview available.
E86
Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
Air Date: 2009-06-05
No episode overview available.
E87
Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
Air Date: 2009-06-08
No episode overview available.
E88
Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
Air Date: 2009-06-09
No episode overview available.
E89
Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
Air Date: 2009-06-10
No episode overview available.
E90
Larry King
Air Date: 2009-06-11
No episode overview available.
E91
Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
Air Date: 2009-06-12
No episode overview available.
E92
Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
Air Date: 2009-06-15
No episode overview available.
E93
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
Air Date: 2009-06-16
No episode overview available.
E94
Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
Air Date: 2009-06-17
No episode overview available.
E95
Roseanne Barr
Air Date: 2009-06-18
No episode overview available.
E96
Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
Air Date: 2009-06-19
No episode overview available.
E97
Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
Air Date: 2009-06-22
No episode overview available.
E98
Francis Ford Coppola
Air Date: 2009-06-23
No episode overview available.
E99
Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
Air Date: 2009-06-24
No episode overview available.
E100
Mary Mary
Air Date: 2009-06-25
No episode overview available.
E101
Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
Air Date: 2009-06-26
No episode overview available.
E102
A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
Air Date: 2009-06-29
No episode overview available.
E103
Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
Air Date: 2009-06-30
No episode overview available.
E104
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
Air Date: 2009-07-01
No episode overview available.
E105
Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
Air Date: 2009-07-02
No episode overview available.
E106
Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
Air Date: 2009-07-03
No episode overview available.
E107
Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
Air Date: 2009-07-06
No episode overview available.
E108
Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Air Date: 2009-07-07
No episode overview available.
E109
Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
Air Date: 2009-07-08
No episode overview available.
E110
Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
Air Date: 2009-07-09
No episode overview available.
E111
Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
Air Date: 2009-07-10
No episode overview available.
E112
Jay Leno
Air Date: 2009-08-10
No episode overview available.
E113
Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
Air Date: 2009-08-11
No episode overview available.
E114
Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
Air Date: 2009-08-12
No episode overview available.
E115
Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
Air Date: 2009-08-13
No episode overview available.
E116
Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
Air Date: 2009-08-14
No episode overview available.
E117
Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
Air Date: 2009-08-17
No episode overview available.
E118
Smokey Robinson
Air Date: 2009-08-18
No episode overview available.
E119
Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
Air Date: 2009-08-19
No episode overview available.
E120
Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
Air Date: 2009-08-20
No episode overview available.
E121
Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
Air Date: 2009-08-21
No episode overview available.
E122
Quentin Tarantino
Air Date: 2009-08-24
No episode overview available.
E123
Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
Air Date: 2009-08-25
No episode overview available.
E124
Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
Air Date: 2009-08-26
No episode overview available.
E125
Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
Air Date: 2009-08-27
No episode overview available.
E126
Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
Air Date: 2009-08-28
No episode overview available.
E127
Doug Pray, Robert Baer
Air Date: 2009-08-31
No episode overview available.
E128
Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
Air Date: 2009-09-01
No episode overview available.
E129
Ledisi, Peter Baker
Air Date: 2009-09-02
No episode overview available.
E130
George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
Air Date: 2009-09-03
No episode overview available.
E131
Terence Blanchard
Air Date: 2009-09-04
No episode overview available.
E132
Smokey Robinson
Air Date: 2009-09-07
No episode overview available.
E134
Ken Burns
Air Date: 2009-09-15
No episode overview available.
E135
Ted Kennedy Jr.
Air Date: 2009-09-16
No episode overview available.
E136
R. Dwayne Betts
Air Date: 2009-09-17
No episode overview available.
E137
Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
Air Date: 2009-09-18
No episode overview available.
E139
Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
Air Date: 2009-09-22
No episode overview available.
E140
David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
Air Date: 2009-09-23
No episode overview available.
E141
Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
Air Date: 2009-09-24
No episode overview available.
E143
Ken Burns
Air Date: 2009-09-28
No episode overview available.
E144
Michael Moore
Air Date: 2009-09-29
No episode overview available.
E145
Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
Air Date: 2009-09-30
No episode overview available.
E146
Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
Air Date: 2009-10-01
No episode overview available.
E148
Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
Air Date: 2009-10-05
No episode overview available.
E149
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
Air Date: 2009-10-06
No episode overview available.
E151
Dr. Cornel West
Air Date: 2009-10-08
No episode overview available.
E152
Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
Air Date: 2009-10-09
No episode overview available.
E153
Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
Air Date: 2009-10-12
No episode overview available.
E154
James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
Air Date: 2009-10-13
No episode overview available.
E156
Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
Air Date: 2009-10-15
No episode overview available.
E157
Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
Air Date: 2009-10-16
No episode overview available.
E158
Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
Air Date: 2009-10-19
No episode overview available.
E159
Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
Air Date: 2009-10-20
No episode overview available.
E160
Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
Air Date: 2009-10-21
No episode overview available.
E161
Anthony Edwards, The RZA
Air Date: 2009-10-22
No episode overview available.
E162
Andy Williams
Air Date: 2009-10-23
No episode overview available.
E163
Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Air Date: 2009-10-26
No episode overview available.
E164
Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
Air Date: 2009-10-27
No episode overview available.
E166
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Air Date: 2009-10-29
No episode overview available.
E167
Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
Air Date: 2009-10-30
No episode overview available.
E168
Kris Kristofferson
Air Date: 2009-11-02
No episode overview available.
E169
Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
Air Date: 2009-11-03
No episode overview available.
E171
Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
Air Date: 2009-11-05
No episode overview available.
E172
Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Air Date: 2009-11-06
No episode overview available.
E173
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
Air Date: 2009-11-09
No episode overview available.
E174
Max Cleland, Amerie
Air Date: 2009-11-10
No episode overview available.
E176
Bruce Feiler
Air Date: 2009-11-12
No episode overview available.
E177
Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
Air Date: 2009-11-13
No episode overview available.
E178
Dan Senor, Gail Collins
Air Date: 2009-11-16
No episode overview available.
E179
Harry Connick Jr.
Air Date: 2009-11-17
No episode overview available.
E180
Paul Mooney
Air Date: 2009-11-18
No episode overview available.
E181
Andre Agassi
Air Date: 2009-11-19
No episode overview available.
E182
50 Cent
Air Date: 2009-11-20
No episode overview available.
E183
Dave Matthews
Air Date: 2009-11-25
No episode overview available.
E184
Viggo Mortensen
Air Date: 2009-11-30
No episode overview available.
E185
Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
Air Date: 2009-12-01
No episode overview available.
E186
Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
Air Date: 2009-12-02
No episode overview available.
E187
Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Air Date: 2009-12-03
No episode overview available.
E188
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Air Date: 2009-12-04
No episode overview available.
E189
Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Air Date: 2009-12-07
No episode overview available.
E190
Yo-Yo Ma
Air Date: 2009-12-08
No episode overview available.
E191
Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
Air Date: 2009-12-09
No episode overview available.
E192
Morgan Freeman
Air Date: 2009-12-10
No episode overview available.
E194
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Air Date: 2009-12-14
No episode overview available.
E195
Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
Air Date: 2009-12-15
No episode overview available.
E196
Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
Air Date: 2009-12-16
No episode overview available.
E197
James Cameron
Air Date: 2009-12-17
No episode overview available.
E198
Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
Air Date: 2009-12-18
No episode overview available.
E199
Mary J. Blige
Air Date: 2009-12-21
No episode overview available.
E200
Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
Air Date: 2009-12-22
No episode overview available.
E201
Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
Air Date: 2010-01-11
No episode overview available.
E202
Sandra Bullock
Air Date: 2010-01-12
No episode overview available.
E203
Joe Torre
Air Date: 2010-01-13
No episode overview available.
E204
Rosanne Cash
Air Date: 2010-01-14
No episode overview available.
E205
Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
Air Date: 2010-01-15
No episode overview available.
E207
Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
Air Date: 2010-01-19
No episode overview available.
E208
Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
Air Date: 2010-01-20
No episode overview available.
E209
Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
Air Date: 2010-01-21
No episode overview available.
E210
Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
Air Date: 2010-01-22
No episode overview available.
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