Tavis Smiley (2004)
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.
Stars:
Season 6 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
Release Date: 2009-01-26 -
Episode 2 - Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
Release Date: 2009-01-27 -
Episode 3 - Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
Release Date: 2009-01-28 -
Episode 4 - Mickey Rourke
Release Date: 2009-01-29 -
Episode 5 - Danny Boyle
Release Date: 2009-01-30 -
Episode 6 - Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
Release Date: 2009-02-02 -
Episode 7 - Garry Shandling
Release Date: 2009-02-03 -
Episode 8 - Sean Penn
Release Date: 2009-02-04 -
Episode 9 - Danny Glover, Q-Tip
Release Date: 2009-02-05 -
Episode 10 - Ashford & Simpson
Release Date: 2009-02-06 -
Episode 11 - Suze Orman
Release Date: 2009-02-09 -
Episode 12 - Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
Release Date: 2009-02-10 -
Episode 13 - Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
Release Date: 2009-02-11 -
Episode 14 - Graham Nash
Release Date: 2009-02-12 -
Episode 15 - Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
Release Date: 2009-02-13 -
Episode 16 - Former President Jimmy Carter
Release Date: 2009-02-16 -
Episode 17 - Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
Release Date: 2009-02-17 -
Episode 18 - Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
Release Date: 2009-02-18 -
Episode 19 - 2009 Oscar nominees
Release Date: 2009-02-19 -
Episode 20 - Joan Baez
Release Date: 2009-02-20 -
Episode 21 - T.C. Boyle
Release Date: 2009-02-23 -
Episode 22 - Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
Release Date: 2009-02-24 -
Episode 23 - Bill Maher
Release Date: 2009-02-25 -
Episode 24 - Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
Release Date: 2009-02-26 -
Episode 25 - Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
Release Date: 2009-02-27 -
Episode 26 - Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Release Date: 2009-03-09 -
Episode 27 - Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
Release Date: 2009-03-10 -
Episode 28 - Robert Gates
Release Date: 2009-03-11 -
Episode 29 - Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
Release Date: 2009-03-12 -
Episode 30 - Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
Release Date: 2009-03-13 -
Episode 31 - Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
Release Date: 2009-03-16 -
Episode 32 - EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
Release Date: 2009-03-17 -
Episode 33 - Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
Release Date: 2009-03-18 -
Episode 34 - Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
Release Date: 2009-03-19 -
Episode 35 - Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
Release Date: 2009-03-20 -
Episode 36 - Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
Release Date: 2009-03-23 -
Episode 37 - Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
Release Date: 2009-03-24 -
Episode 38 - A tribute to John Hope Franklin
Release Date: 2009-03-25 -
Episode 39 - Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
Release Date: 2009-03-26 -
Episode 40 - Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
Release Date: 2009-03-28 -
Episode 41 - Judith Jamison
Release Date: 2009-03-27 -
Episode 42 - Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
Release Date: 2009-03-30 -
Episode 43 - Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
Release Date: 2009-03-31 -
Episode 44 - A tribute to Marvin Gaye
Release Date: 2009-04-01 -
Episode 45 - Carlos Santana
Release Date: 2009-04-02 -
Episode 46 - Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
Release Date: 2009-04-03 -
Episode 47 - Kevin Spacey
Release Date: 2009-04-06 -
Episode 48 - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Release Date: 2009-04-07 -
Episode 49 - Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
Release Date: 2009-04-08 -
Episode 50 - James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
Release Date: 2009-04-09 -
Episode 51 - Mark Robert Waldman
Release Date: 2009-04-10 -
Episode 52 - Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
Release Date: 2009-04-13 -
Episode 53 - Abraham Verghese, Labelle
Release Date: 2009-04-14 -
Episode 54 - Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
Release Date: 2009-04-15 -
Episode 55 - Dara Torres, India.Arie
Release Date: 2009-04-16 -
Episode 56 - Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
Release Date: 2009-04-17 -
Episode 57 - Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
Release Date: 2009-04-20 -
Episode 58 - Wangari Maathai
Release Date: 2009-04-21 -
Episode 59 - Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
Release Date: 2009-04-22 -
Episode 60 - Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
Release Date: 2009-04-23 -
Episode 61 - Tracey Ullman
Release Date: 2009-04-24 -
Episode 62 - Prince
Release Date: 2009-04-27 -
Episode 63 - Bria Valente, Prince
Release Date: 2009-04-28 -
Episode 64 - Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
Release Date: 2009-04-29 -
Episode 65 - Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
Release Date: 2009-04-30 -
Episode 66 - Mary Higgins Clark
Release Date: 2009-05-01 -
Episode 67 - Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
Release Date: 2009-05-04 -
Episode 68 - Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
Release Date: 2009-05-05 -
Episode 69 - Darryl Strawberry
Release Date: 2009-05-06 -
Episode 70 - Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
Release Date: 2009-05-07 -
Episode 71 - J.J. Abrams
Release Date: 2009-05-08 -
Episode 72 - Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
Release Date: 2009-05-11 -
Episode 73 - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
Release Date: 2009-05-12 -
Episode 74 - Steve Earle, John Harwood
Release Date: 2009-05-13 -
Episode 75 - Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
Release Date: 2009-05-14 -
Episode 76 - Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
Release Date: 2009-05-15 -
Episode 77 - Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
Release Date: 2009-05-18 -
Episode 78 - Steve Martin
Release Date: 2009-05-19 -
Episode 79 - Reza Aslan, Common
Release Date: 2009-05-20 -
Episode 80 - Ed Asner
Release Date: 2009-05-21 -
Episode 81 - Bill Russell
Release Date: 2009-05-22 -
Episode 82 - Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
Release Date: 2009-06-01 -
Episode 83 - Norman Lear
Release Date: 2009-06-02 -
Episode 84 - Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
Release Date: 2009-06-03 -
Episode 85 - Vernon Jordan
Release Date: 2009-06-04 -
Episode 86 - Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
Release Date: 2009-06-05 -
Episode 87 - Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
Release Date: 2009-06-08 -
Episode 88 - Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
Release Date: 2009-06-09 -
Episode 89 - Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
Release Date: 2009-06-10 -
Episode 90 - Larry King
Release Date: 2009-06-11 -
Episode 91 - Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
Release Date: 2009-06-12 -
Episode 92 - Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
Release Date: 2009-06-15 -
Episode 93 - Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
Release Date: 2009-06-16 -
Episode 94 - Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
Release Date: 2009-06-17 -
Episode 95 - Roseanne Barr
Release Date: 2009-06-18 -
Episode 96 - Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
Release Date: 2009-06-19 -
Episode 97 - Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
Release Date: 2009-06-22 -
Episode 98 - Francis Ford Coppola
Release Date: 2009-06-23 -
Episode 99 - Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
Release Date: 2009-06-24 -
Episode 100 - Mary Mary
Release Date: 2009-06-25 -
Episode 101 - Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
Release Date: 2009-06-26 -
Episode 102 - A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
Release Date: 2009-06-29 -
Episode 103 - Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
Release Date: 2009-06-30 -
Episode 104 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
Release Date: 2009-07-01 -
Episode 105 - Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
Release Date: 2009-07-02 -
Episode 106 - Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
Release Date: 2009-07-03 -
Episode 107 - Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
Release Date: 2009-07-06 -
Episode 108 - Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Release Date: 2009-07-07 -
Episode 109 - Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
Release Date: 2009-07-08 -
Episode 110 - Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
Release Date: 2009-07-09 -
Episode 111 - Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
Release Date: 2009-07-10 -
Episode 112 - Jay Leno
Release Date: 2009-08-10 -
Episode 113 - Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
Release Date: 2009-08-11 -
Episode 114 - Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
Release Date: 2009-08-12 -
Episode 115 - Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
Release Date: 2009-08-13 -
Episode 116 - Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
Release Date: 2009-08-14 -
Episode 117 - Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
Release Date: 2009-08-17 -
Episode 118 - Smokey Robinson
Release Date: 2009-08-18 -
Episode 119 - Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
Release Date: 2009-08-19 -
Episode 120 - Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
Release Date: 2009-08-20 -
Episode 121 - Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
Release Date: 2009-08-21 -
Episode 122 - Quentin Tarantino
Release Date: 2009-08-24 -
Episode 123 - Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
Release Date: 2009-08-25 -
Episode 124 - Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
Release Date: 2009-08-26 -
Episode 125 - Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
Release Date: 2009-08-27 -
Episode 126 - Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
Release Date: 2009-08-28 -
Episode 127 - Doug Pray, Robert Baer
Release Date: 2009-08-31 -
Episode 128 - Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
Release Date: 2009-09-01 -
Episode 129 - Ledisi, Peter Baker
Release Date: 2009-09-02 -
Episode 130 - George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
Release Date: 2009-09-03 -
Episode 131 - Terence Blanchard
Release Date: 2009-09-04 -
Episode 132 - Smokey Robinson
Release Date: 2009-09-07 -
Episode 134 - Ken Burns
Release Date: 2009-09-15 -
Episode 135 - Ted Kennedy Jr.
Release Date: 2009-09-16 -
Episode 136 - R. Dwayne Betts
Release Date: 2009-09-17 -
Episode 137 - Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
Release Date: 2009-09-18 -
Episode 139 - Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
Release Date: 2009-09-22 -
Episode 140 - David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
Release Date: 2009-09-23 -
Episode 141 - Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
Release Date: 2009-09-24 -
Episode 143 - Ken Burns
Release Date: 2009-09-28 -
Episode 144 - Michael Moore
Release Date: 2009-09-29 -
Episode 145 - Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
Release Date: 2009-09-30 -
Episode 146 - Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
Release Date: 2009-10-01 -
Episode 148 - Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
Release Date: 2009-10-05 -
Episode 149 - Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
Release Date: 2009-10-06 -
Episode 151 - Dr. Cornel West
Release Date: 2009-10-08 -
Episode 152 - Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
Release Date: 2009-10-09 -
Episode 153 - Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
Release Date: 2009-10-12 -
Episode 154 - James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
Release Date: 2009-10-13 -
Episode 156 - Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
Release Date: 2009-10-15 -
Episode 157 - Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
Release Date: 2009-10-16 -
Episode 158 - Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
Release Date: 2009-10-19 -
Episode 159 - Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
Release Date: 2009-10-20 -
Episode 160 - Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
Release Date: 2009-10-21 -
Episode 161 - Anthony Edwards, The RZA
Release Date: 2009-10-22 -
Episode 162 - Andy Williams
Release Date: 2009-10-23 -
Episode 163 - Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Release Date: 2009-10-26 -
Episode 164 - Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
Release Date: 2009-10-27 -
Episode 166 - Dr. Ruth Simmons
Release Date: 2009-10-29 -
Episode 167 - Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
Release Date: 2009-10-30 -
Episode 168 - Kris Kristofferson
Release Date: 2009-11-02 -
Episode 169 - Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
Release Date: 2009-11-03 -
Episode 171 - Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
Release Date: 2009-11-05 -
Episode 172 - Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Release Date: 2009-11-06 -
Episode 173 - Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
Release Date: 2009-11-09 -
Episode 174 - Max Cleland, Amerie
Release Date: 2009-11-10 -
Episode 176 - Bruce Feiler
Release Date: 2009-11-12 -
Episode 177 - Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
Release Date: 2009-11-13 -
Episode 178 - Dan Senor, Gail Collins
Release Date: 2009-11-16 -
Episode 179 - Harry Connick Jr.
Release Date: 2009-11-17 -
Episode 180 - Paul Mooney
Release Date: 2009-11-18 -
Episode 181 - Andre Agassi
Release Date: 2009-11-19 -
Episode 182 - 50 Cent
Release Date: 2009-11-20 -
Episode 183 - Dave Matthews
Release Date: 2009-11-25 -
Episode 184 - Viggo Mortensen
Release Date: 2009-11-30 -
Episode 185 - Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
Release Date: 2009-12-01 -
Episode 186 - Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
Release Date: 2009-12-02 -
Episode 187 - Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Release Date: 2009-12-03 -
Episode 188 - Dr. Ruth Simmons
Release Date: 2009-12-04 -
Episode 189 - Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Release Date: 2009-12-07 -
Episode 190 - Yo-Yo Ma
Release Date: 2009-12-08 -
Episode 191 - Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
Release Date: 2009-12-09 -
Episode 192 - Morgan Freeman
Release Date: 2009-12-10 -
Episode 194 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Release Date: 2009-12-14 -
Episode 195 - Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
Release Date: 2009-12-15 -
Episode 196 - Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
Release Date: 2009-12-16 -
Episode 197 - James Cameron
Release Date: 2009-12-17 -
Episode 198 - Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
Release Date: 2009-12-18 -
Episode 199 - Mary J. Blige
Release Date: 2009-12-21 -
Episode 201 - Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
Release Date: 2010-01-11 -
Episode 202 - Sandra Bullock
Release Date: 2010-01-12 -
Episode 203 - Joe Torre
Release Date: 2010-01-13 -
Episode 204 - Rosanne Cash
Release Date: 2010-01-14 -
Episode 205 - Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
Release Date: 2010-01-15 -
Episode 207 - Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
Release Date: 2010-01-19 -
Episode 208 - Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
Release Date: 2010-01-20 -
Episode 209 - Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
Release Date: 2010-01-21 -
Episode 210 - Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
Release Date: 2010-01-22