Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley (2004)


  • Genre: Talk, News
  • First Air Date: 2004-01-05
  • Last Air Date: 2014-07-11
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 605
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: The Smiley Group
  • Network: PBS
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Summary

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.

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Tavis Smiley Seasons

Season 6

First Air Date: 2009-01-26
199 Episodes

Season 7

First Air Date:
277 Episodes

Season 11

First Air Date: 2013-12-23
129 Episodes

Tavis Smiley Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 12Episode 128Jack Black30 min
Season 12Episode 129Sen. Bernie Sanders, J.D. Souther30 min
Season 12Episode 130J. Cole30 min
Season 12Episode 131Felicity Huffman30 min
Season 12Episode 132William Hurt30 min
Season 12Episode 133Colin Farrell30 min
Season 12Episode 134Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)30 min
Season 12Episode 135Kristin Davis & Vijay Iyer performs30 min
Season 12Episode 136Charlie Wilson30 min
Season 12Episode 137Josh Groban & Zoe Saldana30 min
Season 12Episode 138Alan Rickman & Gov. Lincoln Chafee30 min
Season 12Episode 139Jack Robbins & Susan Sarandon30 min
Season 12Episode 140Lenny Kravitz30 min
Season 12Episode 141Robert Duvall30 min
Season 12Episode 142Elijah Wood & Mariel Hemingway30 min
Season 12Episode 143Kevin Costner30 min
Season 12Episode 144Anne Heche & New York Mayor Bill de Blasio30 min
Season 12Episode 145Freida Pinto & Marcus Mille30 min
Season 12Episode 146Lisa Scottoline30 min
Season 12Episode 147Boz Scaggs30 min
Season 12Episode 148Kathy Bates30 min
Season 12Episode 149Rapper Michael "Killer Mike" Render30 min
Season 12Episode 150Rapper Michael "Killer Mike" Render30 min
Season 12Episode 151Jeff Bridges & Share Our Strength CEO Bill Shore30 min
Season 12Episode 152Tanya Tucker30 min
Season 12Episode 153Tim Robbins30 min
Season 12Episode 154Chris Tucker30 min
Season 12Episode 155Bobby Caldwell30 min
Season 12Episode 156Ed Asner & Pretty Yende30 min
Season 12Episode 157Mark Ruffalo30 min
Season 12Episode 158Dee Dee Bridgewater & Poet Kataalyst Alcindor30 min
Season 12Episode 159Janet Napolitano the president of the University of California30 min
Season 12Episode 160D'Angelo30 min
Season 12Episode 161D'Angelo30 min
Season 12Episode 162Peter Bogdanovich30 min
Season 12Episode 163Writer Reza Aslan30 min
Season 12Episode 164Author Salman Rushdie30 min
Season 12Episode 165Author Ann Coulter30 min
Season 12Episode 166Dana Delany & Rap artist Luther "Luke" Campbell30 min
Season 12Episode 167Andrew Garfield30 min
Season 12Episode 168Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington30 min
Season 12Episode 169Former New York Gov. George Pataki & Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)30 min
Season 12Episode 170Dr. Richard Haass the president of the Council on Foreign Relations & Hussam Ayloush the chairman of the Syrian American Council30 min
Season 12Episode 171The E Collective, Ravi Patel & Terence Blanchard30 min
Season 12Episode 172Johnny Mathis30 min
Season 12Episode 173Sen. Lindsey Graham & Mark Harmon30 min
Season 12Episode 174Annie Jacobsen & Rev. James Maher30 min
Season 12Episode 175Thomas Friedman30 min
Season 12Episode 176Dr. Jill Stein30 min
Season 12Episode 177Brandi Carlile & Dr. James S. Forrester30 min
Season 12Episode 178Author Ari Berman; singer Kim Burrell30 min
Season 12Episode 179Singer James Taylor30 min
Season 12Episode 180Singer James Taylor30 min
Season 12Episode 181Musician Ringo Starr30 min
Season 12Episode 182Musician Ringo Starr30 min
Season 12Episode 183Robert Reich30 min
Season 12Episode 184Jewel30 min
Season 12Episode 185Slavoj Zizek, Jewel30 min
Season 12Episode 186Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Sonia Manzano30 min
Season 12Episode 187Fran Drescher, Rissi Palmer30 min
Season 12Episode 188Slavoj Zizek30 min
Season 12Episode 189Henry Greely, Patricia Jennings, Gerry Spence30 min
Season 12Episode 190Los Lobos30 min
Season 12Episode 191Tim Wise, Laura Skandera Trombley30 min
Season 12Episode 192Twyla Tharp30 min
Season 12Episode 193Sen. Bernie Sanders30 min
Season 12Episode 194Lawrence Lessig, S. Pearl Sharp30 min
Season 12Episode 195Laura Skandera Trombley, Terry Gilliam30 min
Season 12Episode 196Seal30 min
Season 12Episode 197Dick Van Dyke30 min
Season 12Episode 198Dr. Freeman Hrabowski30 min
Season 12Episode 199Kevin Costner, Jon Baird30 min
Season 12Episode 200Laura Skandera Trombley, Wagner Moura30 min
Season 12Episode 201Patricia Cornwell, Cecile McLorin Salvant30 min
Season 12Episode 202A tribute to author Grace Lee Boggs30 min
Season 12Episode 203Gloria Steinem.30 min
Season 12Episode 204Kathy Griffin30 min
Season 12Episode 205Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon; singer Shemekia Copeland30 min
Season 12Episode 206Austin Beutner, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times30 min
Season 12Episode 207Judy Collins30 min
Season 12Episode 208Journalist Rula Jebreal; author David Maraniss30 min
Season 12Episode 209Actor-director Paul Bettany; actor Anthony Mackie30 min
Season 12Episode 210Author Kevin Powell; singer Joss Stone30 min
Season 12Episode 211CEO Sangu Delle, Golden Palm Investments; actress Carey Mulligan30 min
Season 12Episode 212Art Garfunkel30 min
Season 12Episode 213Melina Abdullah, David Talbot30 min
Season 12Episode 214Michael McDonald30 min
Season 12Episode 215Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Chapman30 min
Season 12Episode 216Ted Danson30 min
Season 12Episode 217Bryan Cranston30 min
Season 12Episode 218Sasha Abramsky, Dr. Kathryn J. Edin30 min
Season 12Episode 219Michael B. Jordan30 min
Season 12Episode 220Ian McKellen30 min
Season 12Episode 221Jewel30 min
Season 12Episode 222Mitch Albom30 min
Season 12Episode 223Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Ind.-Vt.)30 min
Season 12Episode 224Seal30 min
Season 12Episode 225Gloria Steinem30 min
Season 12Episode 226Andrew Garfield30 min
Season 12Episode 227Carmen de Lavallade30 min
Season 12Episode 228Charles Fazzino & Professor Melissa Murray30 min
Season 12Episode 229Andrea Bocelli30 min
Season 12Episode 230Harvey Keitel30 min
Season 12Episode 231Ballet dancer Misty Copeland30 min
Season 12Episode 232Tom Jones30 min
Season 12Episode 233Brian McKnight & Eli Broad30 min
Season 12Episode 234John Williams30 min
Season 12Episode 235J.J. Abrams30 min
Season 12Episode 236Elizabeth Banks30 min
Season 12Episode 237Tommy LiPuma30 min
Season 12Episode 238A tribute to Natalie Cole30 min
Season 12Episode 239Ringo Starr30 min
Season 12Episode 240Ringo Starr30 min
Season 12Episode 241James Taylor30 min
Season 12Episode 242James Taylor30 min
Season 12Episode 243Keith Wailoo, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & Tamela Mann30 min
Season 12Episode 244Talib Kweli30 min
Season 12Episode 245Julianne Malveaux & Macy Gray30 min
Season 12Episode 246Erin Brockovich, Taj Mahal & Wendell Pierce30 min
Season 12Episode 247Ben Harper30 min
Season 12Episode 248Martin Luther King Jr.30 min
Season 12Episode 249Martin Luther King Jr.30 min
Season 12Episode 250A tribute to Glenn Frey30 min
Season 12Episode 251A tribute to Glenn Frey cont.30 min
Season 12Episode 252Patti Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 253Sen. Trent Lott & Sen. Tom Daschle30 min
Season 12Episode 254Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Patti Davis30 min
Season 12Episode 255Dayo Okeniyi & Marvin Kalb30 min
Season 12Episode 256Christine Ebersole & Frank Luntz30 min
Season 12Episode 257Diane Ladd30 min
Season 12Episode 258Ralph Nader, Jennifer Yuh Nelson30 min
Season 12Episode 259Tim Robbins, Bryonn Bain30 min
Season 12Episode 260Richard Dreyfuss30 min
Season 12Episode 261Mike Binder, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar30 min
Season 12Episode 262Roger Guenveur Smith, Lenny Abrahamson30 min
Season 12Episode 263Robert C. O'Brien, Kurtis Lee30 min
Season 12Episode 264Carl Reiner30 min
Season 12Episode 265Seema Mehta, Pilar Marrero, Tom McCarthy30 min
Season 12Episode 266Carlos Santana30 min
Season 12Episode 267Ben Ratliff, Stanley Nelson30 min
Season 12Episode 268Robert Reich, Glen Hansard30 min
Season 12Episode 269Kiefer Sutherland30 min
Season 12Episode 270Roger Waters30 min
Season 12Episode 271Jason Sudeikis, Stephen James30 min
Season 12Episode 272Carole King30 min
Season 12Episode 273Sen. Bernie Sanders30 min
Season 12Episode 274Hillary Clinton30 min
Season 12Episode 275Sam Quinones, Brian McKnight30 min
Season 12Episode 276Robert G. Brown, Steve Mazzie, Lianne La Havas30 min
Season 12Episode 277Michael Brune, Roger Waters30 min
Season 12Episode 278Michael Brune, Roger Waters30 min
Season 12Episode 279Bishop Robert G. Brown, Steve Mazzie, Lianne La Havas30 min
Season 12Episode 280Dr. Mary Frances Berry30 min
Season 12Episode 281Max Kenner, George Chochos30 min
Season 12Episode 282Black Violin, Glen Hansard30 min
Season 12Episode 283Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Keith Wailoo, Tamela Mann30 min
Season 12Episode 284Alicia Garza, Rashad Robinson, Talib Kweli30 min
Season 12Episode 285Julianne Malveaux, Russlynn Ali, Macy Gray30 min
Season 12Episode 286Erin Brockovich, Wendell Pierce, Taj Mahal30 min
Season 12Episode 287Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Connie Rice, Ben Harper30 min
Season 12Episode 288Kiefer Sutherland30 min
Season 12Episode 289Carlos Santana30 min
Season 12Episode 290Dr. Mary Frances Berry30 min
Season 12Episode 291Carl Reiner30 min
Season 12Episode 292Patti Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 293Michael Dukakis30 min
Season 12Episode 294Rachel Roy, Jose Antonio Vargas30 min
Season 12Episode 295Jerrod Carmichael30 min
Season 12Episode 296Harry Lennix30 min
Season 12Episode 297Take 630 min
Season 12Episode 298Dr. Richard Haass, a tribute to Garry Shandling30 min
Season 12Episode 299Chris Isaak, Andra Day30 min
Season 12Episode 300James Brolin30 min
Season 12Episode 301Don Cheadle30 min
Season 12Episode 302Dov Charney30 min
Season 12Episode 303Piers Morgan, Little Simz30 min
Season 12Episode 304Julianne Malveaux, Jordan Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 305Arianna Huffington, Reginald Dwayne Betts30 min
Season 12Episode 306Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ben Harper30 min
Season 12Episode 307Andre Watts30 min
Season 12Episode 308Michael Waldman30 min
Season 12Episode 309Amy Goodman30 min
Season 12Episode 310Robert Greenwald30 min
Season 12Episode 311Sally Field30 min
Season 12Episode 312Andrew "Dice" Clay30 min
Season 12Episode 313One Great Idea Tour: Cleveland30 min
Season 12Episode 314One Great Idea Tour: Milwaukee30 min
Season 12Episode 315One Great Idea Tour: Boston30 min
Season 12Episode 316One Great Idea Tour: Atlanta30 min
Season 12Episode 317A tribute to Prince30 min
Season 12Episode 318A tribute to Prince, Part 230 min
Season 12Episode 319One Great Idea Tour: Southern California30 min
Season 12Episode 320Connie Rice30 min
Season 12Episode 321Thomas A. Saenz30 min
Season 12Episode 322Shihan Van Clief, Nia Long30 min
Season 12Episode 323Susan Sarandon30 min
Season 12Episode 324Adrian Pantoja, Ange-Marie Hancock30 min
Season 12Episode 325Gregory Porter30 min
Season 12Episode 326Michael Tesler, Akala30 min
Season 12Episode 327Katie Couric30 min
Season 12Episode 328Wendell Potter30 min
Season 12Episode 329Rahsaan Bahati, Diane Guerrero30 min
Season 12Episode 330Maria Toorpakai, Rob & Nick Reiner30 min
Season 12Episode 331Dr. David B. Agus, Anna Chlumsky30 min
Season 12Episode 332Dr. Lonnie Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 333Jon Shields, Jonathan Butler30 min
Season 12Episode 334W. Kamau Bell30 min
Season 12Episode 335Kristin Chenoweth30 min
Season 12Episode 336Anthony Mackie30 min
Season 12Episode 337Betty Reid Soskin30 min
Season 12Episode 338Sen. Bernie Sanders30 min
Season 12Episode 339Lynn Vavreck, Paul Pierson30 min
Season 12Episode 340Stephon Alexander30 min
Season 12Episode 341Arianna Huffington, Reginald Dwayne Betts30 min
Season 12Episode 342Innovative preschool initiative30 min
Season 12Episode 343Technical colleges30 min
Season 12Episode 344Artists-in-residence program30 min
Season 12Episode 345Criminal justice reform30 min
Season 12Episode 346Breakthrough medical treatments30 min
Season 12Episode 347Sally Field30 min
Season 12Episode 348Don Cheadle30 min
Season 12Episode 349Dov Charney30 min
Season 12Episode 350Maria Toorpakai30 min
Season 12Episode 351Andre Watts30 min
Season 12Episode 352Frank Rich30 min
Season 12Episode 353Samantha Power30 min
Season 12Episode 354Moby30 min
Season 12Episode 355Cheryl Hyman, Kate Beckinsale30 min
Season 12Episode 356Gil Garcetti30 min
Season 12Episode 357TBA30 min
Season 12Episode 358TBA30 min
Season 12Episode 359TBA30 min
Season 12Episode 360Liev Schreiber30 min
Season 12Episode 361William Bell30 min
Season 12Episode 362Dee Dee Myers30 min
Season 12Episode 363Shirley Caesar30 min
Season 12Episode 364Laurence Leamer, Walter Mosley30 min
Season 12Episode 365Shane Claiborne, Rana Forrohar30 min
Season 12Episode 366Maxwell30 min
Season 12Episode 367Terry McMillan30 min
Season 12Episode 368Nely Galán, Roseanne Barr30 min
Season 12Episode 369Norman Lear30 min
Season 12Episode 370Viggo Mortensen30 min
Season 12Episode 371Nely Galán, Jane Lynch30 min
Season 12Episode 372Part 1 of 2: Connie Rice and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss the police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana as well as the killing of five police officers in Dallas.30 min
Season 12Episode 373Part 2 of 2: Connie Rice and Robin D.G. Kelley discuss the police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana as well as the killing of five police officers in Dallas.30 min
Season 12Episode 374Former Seattle PD chief Norm Stamper30 min
Season 12Episode 375Bassem Youssef, Jay Newton-Small30 min
Season 12Episode 376Joshua Cooper Ramo and Take 6 perform30 min
Season 12Episode 377Richard A. Clarke30 min
Season 12Episode 378Hilda Solis, Thomas Perez30 min
Season 12Episode 379Ralph Nader30 min
Season 12Episode 380Part 1 of 2: Corine Woodley, the mother of Gavin Long, is interviewed30 min
Season 12Episode 381Part 2 of 2: Corine Woodley, the mother of Gavin Long, is interviewed30 min
Season 12Episode 382The Democratic National Convention is discussed30 min
Season 12Episode 383Carrie Severino, Peter Morici30 min
Season 12Episode 384Tim Ridge30 min
Season 12Episode 385Emilio T. González30 min
Season 12Episode 386Lynn Scarlett, Sam Polk30 min
Season 12Episode 387Bonnie Raitt30 min
Season 12Episode 388Shirley Caesar30 min
Season 12Episode 389Gil Garcetti30 min
Season 12Episode 390Part 1 of 2: Park Ranger Betty Reid Soski30 min
Season 12Episode 391Part 2 of 2: Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin30 min
Season 12Episode 392Patti Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 393Viggo Mortensen30 min
Season 12Episode 394Terry McMillan30 min
Season 12Episode 395Laurence Leamer, Walter Mosley30 min
Season 12Episode 396W. Kamau Bell30 min
Season 12Episode 397D.L. Hughley30 min
Season 12Episode 398Jane Lynch, Nely Galán30 min
Season 12Episode 399Lonnie Smith30 min
Season 12Episode 400Ben Harper, Viet Thanh Nguyen30 min
Season 12Episode 401Carole King30 min
Season 12Episode 402Sheldon Danziger30 min
Season 12Episode 403Willie J.R. Fleming, Mia Birdsong30 min
Season 12Episode 404Jackie Starkey, Julian Castro30 min
Season 12Episode 405Robert Hines, Kshama Sawant30 min
Season 12Episode 406Angela Danovi, Robert Reich30 min
Season 12Episode 407Maureen Dowd30 min
Season 12Episode 408Amy Goodman30 min
Season 12Episode 409Dr. Damon Tweedy, Craig Wilder30 min
Season 12Episode 410Patrisia Macias-Rojas, Tom Arnold30 min
Season 12Episode 411Ellis Hall30 min
Season 12Episode 412Kurtis Lee, Janet Napolitano30 min
Season 12Episode 413Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ann Coulter30 min
Season 12Episode 414Courting Justice: Tavis talks with judges from across the country30 min
Season 12Episode 415Courting Justice Part 230 min
Season 12Episode 416Thandie Newton30 min
Season 12Episode 417Margaret Huang30 min
Season 12Episode 418Peter Singer, Bill Hanage30 min
Season 12Episode 419Freddy Cole30 min
Season 12Episode 420Jamie Lee Curtis30 min
Season 12Episode 421Betye Saar30 min
Season 12Episode 422Andrew Sullivan30 min
Season 12Episode 423Shira Scheindlin30 min
Season 12Episode 424Joshua Bell30 min
Season 12Episode 425Cookie Johnson, Will Downing30 min
Season 12Episode 426Dr. Mehmet Oz, Norah Jones30 min
Season 12Episode 427Cyndi Lauper, Part 130 min
Season 12Episode 428Cyndi Lauper, Part 230 min
Season 12Episode 429Corey Fields, Dick Van Dyke30 min
Season 12Episode 430Heather Ann Thompson, Phoebe Robinson30 min
Season 12Episode 431Derek W. Black, Mike Massimino30 min
Season 12Episode 432Donna Brazile30 min
Season 12Episode 433Albert J. Rabotea, Dr. Naomi Neufeld30 min
Season 12Episode 434Chris Hedges30 min
Season 12Episode 435Jeremy Irons, UCLA Professor Richard J. Jackson30 min
Season 12Episode 436Joey Alexander, Matt Berninger30 min
Season 12Episode 437Dr. Jill Stein, New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, Part 130 min
Season 12Episode 438Dr. Jill Stein, New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, Part 230 min
Season 12Episode 439Naomie Harris30 min
Season 12Episode 440Doris Meissner, Julissa Arce30 min
Season 12Episode 441Carole Bayer Sager30 min
Season 12Episode 442Episode 44230 min
Season 12Episode 443Episode 44330 min
Season 12Episode 444Episode 44430 min
Season 12Episode 445Episode 44530 min
Season 12Episode 446Episode 44630 min
Season 12Episode 447Sen. Bernie Sanders30 min
Season 12Episode 448Dr. Robert K. Ross, Tippi Hedren30 min
Season 12Episode 449Graham Nash30 min
Season 12Episode 450Frederick Wiseman, Ryan Speedo Green30 min
Season 12Episode 451Kenny Burrell30 min
Season 12Episode 452Episode 45230 min
Season 12Episode 453Oliver Stone30 min
Season 12Episode 454Trevor Noah30 min
Season 12Episode 455Kathy Bates30 min
Season 12Episode 456Episode 45630 min
Season 12Episode 457Episode 45730 min
Season 12Episode 458Kathy Griffin30 min
Season 12Episode 459Kenneth Braswell, Meg Ryan, Nzinga Braswell30 min
Season 12Episode 460Peter Singer, Phoebe Robinson30 min
Season 12Episode 461Jordan Smith, Thandie Newton30 min
Season 12Episode 462Connie Rice, Robin D.G. Kelley30 min
Season 12Episode 463Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock30 min
Season 12Episode 464Joe Buck, Joey Alexander30 min
Season 12Episode 465Simone Biles, Thomas B. Cavanagh30 min
Season 12Episode 466Robert Wagner30 min
Season 12Episode 467Ibram X. Kendi30 min
Season 12Episode 468Courting Justice Townhall -- Cleveland, Part 130 min
Season 12Episode 469Courting Justice Townhall -- Cleveland, Part 230 min
Season 12Episode 470Mike Massimino, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris30 min
Season 12Episode 471Charley Pride30 min
Season 13Episode 1Cyndi Lauper30 min
Season 13Episode 62Apr 4, 201730 min
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