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Tavis Smiley

Rated 7.33 votes20043 seasons30m

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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First aired
Jan 5, 2004
Status
Ended
Network
PBS
Episodes
605
Country
US

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S6 E1: Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter

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S6 E1 Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter

Jan 26, 2009
  1. 1Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
  2. 2Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
  3. 3Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
  4. 4Mickey Rourke
  5. 5Danny Boyle
  6. 6Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
  7. 7Garry Shandling
  8. 8Sean Penn
  9. 9Danny Glover, Q-Tip
  10. 10Ashford & Simpson
  11. 11Suze Orman
  12. 12Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
  13. 13Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
  14. 14Graham Nash
  15. 15Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
  16. 16Former President Jimmy Carter
  17. 17Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
  18. 18Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
  19. 192009 Oscar nominees
  20. 20Joan Baez
  21. 21T.C. Boyle
  22. 22Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
  23. 23Bill Maher
  24. 24Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
  25. 25Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
  26. 26Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
  27. 27Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
  28. 28Robert Gates
  29. 29Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
  30. 30Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
  31. 31Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
  32. 32EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
  33. 33Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
  34. 34Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
  35. 35Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
  36. 36Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
  37. 37Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
  38. 38A tribute to John Hope Franklin
  39. 39Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
  40. 40Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
  41. 41Judith Jamison
  42. 42Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
  43. 43Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
  44. 44A tribute to Marvin Gaye
  45. 45Carlos Santana
  46. 46Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
  47. 47Kevin Spacey
  48. 48Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
  49. 49Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
  50. 50James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
  51. 51Mark Robert Waldman
  52. 52Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
  53. 53Abraham Verghese, Labelle
  54. 54Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
  55. 55Dara Torres, India.Arie
  56. 56Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
  57. 57Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
  58. 58Wangari Maathai
  59. 59Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
  60. 60Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
  61. 61Tracey Ullman
  62. 62Prince
  63. 63Bria Valente, Prince
  64. 64Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
  65. 65Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
  66. 66Mary Higgins Clark
  67. 67Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
  68. 68Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
  69. 69Darryl Strawberry
  70. 70Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
  71. 71J.J. Abrams
  72. 72Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
  73. 73Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
  74. 74Steve Earle, John Harwood
  75. 75Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
  76. 76Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
  77. 77Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
  78. 78Steve Martin
  79. 79Reza Aslan, Common
  80. 80Ed Asner
  81. 81Bill Russell
  82. 82Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
  83. 83Norman Lear
  84. 84Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
  85. 85Vernon Jordan
  86. 86Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
  87. 87Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
  88. 88Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
  89. 89Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
  90. 90Larry King
  91. 91Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
  92. 92Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
  93. 93Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
  94. 94Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
  95. 95Roseanne Barr
  96. 96Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
  97. 97Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
  98. 98Francis Ford Coppola
  99. 99Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
  100. 100Mary Mary
  101. 101Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
  102. 102A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
  103. 103Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
  104. 104Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
  105. 105Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
  106. 106Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
  107. 107Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
  108. 108Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
  109. 109Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
  110. 110Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
  111. 111Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
  112. 112Jay Leno
  113. 113Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
  114. 114Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
  115. 115Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
  116. 116Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
  117. 117Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
  118. 118Smokey Robinson
  119. 119Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
  120. 120Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
  121. 121Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
  122. 122Quentin Tarantino
  123. 123Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
  124. 124Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
  125. 125Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
  126. 126Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
  127. 127Doug Pray, Robert Baer
  128. 128Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
  129. 129Ledisi, Peter Baker
  130. 130George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
  131. 131Terence Blanchard
  132. 132Smokey Robinson
  133. 134Ken Burns
  134. 135Ted Kennedy Jr.
  135. 136R. Dwayne Betts
  136. 137Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
  137. 139Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
  138. 140David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
  139. 141Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
  140. 143Ken Burns
  141. 144Michael Moore
  142. 145Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
  143. 146Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
  144. 148Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
  145. 149Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
  146. 151Dr. Cornel West
  147. 152Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
  148. 153Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
  149. 154James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
  150. 156Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
  151. 157Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
  152. 158Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
  153. 159Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
  154. 160Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
  155. 161Anthony Edwards, The RZA
  156. 162Andy Williams
  157. 163Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
  158. 164Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
  159. 166Dr. Ruth Simmons
  160. 167Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
  161. 168Kris Kristofferson
  162. 169Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
  163. 171Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
  164. 172Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
  165. 173Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
  166. 174Max Cleland, Amerie
  167. 176Bruce Feiler
  168. 177Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
  169. 178Dan Senor, Gail Collins
  170. 179Harry Connick Jr.
  171. 180Paul Mooney
  172. 181Andre Agassi
  173. 18250 Cent
  174. 183Dave Matthews
  175. 184Viggo Mortensen
  176. 185Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
  177. 186Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
  178. 187Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
  179. 188Dr. Ruth Simmons
  180. 189Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
  181. 190Yo-Yo Ma
  182. 191Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
  183. 192Morgan Freeman
  184. 194Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
  185. 195Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
  186. 196Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
  187. 197James Cameron
  188. 198Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
  189. 199Mary J. Blige
  190. 200Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
  191. 201Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
  192. 202Sandra Bullock
  193. 203Joe Torre
  194. 204Rosanne Cash
  195. 205Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
  196. 207Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
  197. 208Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
  198. 209Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
  199. 210Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia

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