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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
26-01-200930 min - Ep 2
2.Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
27-01-200930 min - Ep 3
3.Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
28-01-200930 min - Ep 4
4.Mickey Rourke
29-01-200930 min - Ep 5
5.Danny Boyle
30-01-200930 min - Ep 6
6.Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
02-02-200930 min - Ep 7
7.Garry Shandling
03-02-200930 min - Ep 8
8.Sean Penn
04-02-200930 min - Ep 9
9.Danny Glover, Q-Tip
05-02-200930 min - Ep 10
10.Ashford & Simpson
06-02-200930 min - Ep 11
11.Suze Orman
09-02-200930 min - Ep 12
12.Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
10-02-200930 min - Ep 13
13.Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
11-02-200930 min - Ep 14
14.Graham Nash
12-02-200930 min - Ep 15
15.Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
13-02-200930 min - Ep 16
16.Former President Jimmy Carter
16-02-200930 min - Ep 17
17.Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
17-02-200930 min - Ep 18
18.Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
18-02-200930 min - Ep 19
19.2009 Oscar nominees
19-02-200930 min - Ep 20
20.Joan Baez
20-02-200930 min - Ep 21
21.T.C. Boyle
23-02-200930 min - Ep 22
22.Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
24-02-200930 min - Ep 23
23.Bill Maher
25-02-200930 min - Ep 24
24.Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
26-02-200930 min - Ep 25
25.Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
27-02-200930 min - Ep 26
26.Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
09-03-200930 min - Ep 27
27.Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
10-03-200930 min - Ep 28
28.Robert Gates
11-03-200930 min - Ep 29
29.Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
12-03-200930 min - Ep 30
30.Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
13-03-200930 min - Ep 31
31.Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
16-03-200930 min - Ep 32
32.EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
17-03-200930 min - Ep 33
33.Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
18-03-200930 min - Ep 34
34.Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
19-03-200930 min - Ep 35
35.Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
20-03-200930 min - Ep 36
36.Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
23-03-200930 min - Ep 37
37.Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
24-03-200930 min - Ep 38
38.A tribute to John Hope Franklin
25-03-200930 min - Ep 39
39.Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
26-03-200930 min - Ep 40
40.Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
28-03-200930 min - Ep 41
41.Judith Jamison
27-03-200930 min - Ep 42
42.Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
30-03-200930 min - Ep 43
43.Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
31-03-200930 min - Ep 44
44.A tribute to Marvin Gaye
01-04-200930 min - Ep 45
45.Carlos Santana
02-04-200930 min - Ep 46
46.Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
03-04-200930 min - Ep 47
47.Kevin Spacey
06-04-200930 min - Ep 48
48.Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
07-04-200930 min - Ep 49
49.Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
08-04-200930 min - Ep 50
50.James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
09-04-200930 min - Ep 51
51.Mark Robert Waldman
10-04-200930 min - Ep 52
52.Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
13-04-200930 min - Ep 53
53.Abraham Verghese, Labelle
14-04-200930 min - Ep 54
54.Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
15-04-200930 min - Ep 55
55.Dara Torres, India.Arie
16-04-200930 min - Ep 56
56.Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
17-04-200930 min - Ep 57
57.Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
20-04-200930 min - Ep 58
58.Wangari Maathai
21-04-200930 min - Ep 59
59.Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
22-04-200930 min - Ep 60
60.Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
23-04-200930 min - Ep 61
61.Tracey Ullman
24-04-200930 min - Ep 62
62.Prince
27-04-200930 min - Ep 63
63.Bria Valente, Prince
28-04-200930 min - Ep 64
64.Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
29-04-200930 min - Ep 65
65.Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
30-04-200930 min - Ep 66
66.Mary Higgins Clark
01-05-200930 min - Ep 67
67.Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
04-05-200930 min - Ep 68
68.Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
05-05-200930 min - Ep 69
69.Darryl Strawberry
06-05-200930 min - Ep 70
70.Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
07-05-200930 min - Ep 71
71.J.J. Abrams
08-05-200930 min - Ep 72
72.Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
11-05-200930 min - Ep 73
73.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
12-05-200930 min - Ep 74
74.Steve Earle, John Harwood
13-05-200930 min - Ep 75
75.Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
14-05-200930 min - Ep 76
76.Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
15-05-200930 min - Ep 77
77.Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
18-05-200930 min - Ep 78
78.Steve Martin
19-05-200930 min - Ep 79
79.Reza Aslan, Common
20-05-200930 min - Ep 80
80.Ed Asner
21-05-200930 min - Ep 81
81.Bill Russell
22-05-200930 min - Ep 82
82.Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
01-06-200930 min - Ep 83
83.Norman Lear
02-06-200930 min - Ep 84
84.Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
03-06-200930 min - Ep 85
85.Vernon Jordan
04-06-200930 min - Ep 86
86.Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
05-06-200930 min - Ep 87
87.Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
08-06-200930 min - Ep 88
88.Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
09-06-200930 min - Ep 89
89.Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
10-06-200930 min - Ep 90
90.Larry King
11-06-200930 min - Ep 91
91.Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
12-06-200930 min - Ep 92
92.Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
15-06-200930 min - Ep 93
93.Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
16-06-200930 min - Ep 94
94.Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
17-06-200930 min - Ep 95
95.Roseanne Barr
18-06-200930 min - Ep 96
96.Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
19-06-200930 min - Ep 97
97.Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
22-06-200930 min - Ep 98
98.Francis Ford Coppola
23-06-200930 min - Ep 99
99.Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
24-06-200930 min - Ep 100
100.Mary Mary
25-06-200930 min - Ep 101
101.Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
26-06-200930 min - Ep 102
102.A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
29-06-200930 min - Ep 103
103.Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
30-06-200930 min - Ep 104
104.Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
01-07-200930 min - Ep 105
105.Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
02-07-200930 min - Ep 106
106.Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
03-07-200930 min - Ep 107
107.Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
06-07-200930 min - Ep 108
108.Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
07-07-200930 min - Ep 109
109.Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
08-07-200930 min - Ep 110
110.Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
09-07-200930 min - Ep 111
111.Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
10-07-200930 min - Ep 112
112.Jay Leno
10-08-200930 min - Ep 113
113.Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
11-08-200930 min - Ep 114
114.Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
12-08-200930 min - Ep 115
115.Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
13-08-200930 min - Ep 116
116.Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
14-08-200930 min - Ep 117
117.Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
17-08-200930 min - Ep 118
118.Smokey Robinson
18-08-200930 min - Ep 119
119.Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
19-08-200930 min - Ep 120
120.Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
20-08-200930 min - Ep 121
121.Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
21-08-200930 min - Ep 122
122.Quentin Tarantino
24-08-200930 min - Ep 123
123.Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
25-08-200930 min - Ep 124
124.Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
26-08-200930 min - Ep 125
125.Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
27-08-200930 min - Ep 126
126.Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
28-08-200930 min - Ep 127
127.Doug Pray, Robert Baer
31-08-200930 min - Ep 128
128.Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
01-09-200930 min - Ep 129
129.Ledisi, Peter Baker
02-09-200930 min - Ep 130
130.George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
03-09-200930 min - Ep 131
131.Terence Blanchard
04-09-200930 min - Ep 132
132.Smokey Robinson
07-09-200930 min - Ep 134
134.Ken Burns
15-09-200930 min - Ep 135
135.Ted Kennedy Jr.
16-09-200930 min - Ep 136
136.R. Dwayne Betts
17-09-200930 min - Ep 137
137.Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
18-09-200930 min - Ep 139
139.Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
22-09-200930 min - Ep 140
140.David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
23-09-200930 min - Ep 141
141.Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
24-09-200930 min - Ep 143
143.Ken Burns
28-09-200930 min - Ep 144
144.Michael Moore
29-09-200930 min - Ep 145
145.Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
30-09-200930 min - Ep 146
146.Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
01-10-200930 min - Ep 148
148.Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
05-10-200930 min - Ep 149
149.Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
06-10-200930 min - Ep 151
151.Dr. Cornel West
08-10-200930 min - Ep 152
152.Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
09-10-200930 min - Ep 153
153.Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
12-10-200930 min - Ep 154
154.James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
13-10-200930 min - Ep 156
156.Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
15-10-200930 min - Ep 157
157.Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
16-10-200930 min - Ep 158
158.Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
19-10-200930 min - Ep 159
159.Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
20-10-200930 min - Ep 160
160.Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
21-10-200930 min - Ep 161
161.Anthony Edwards, The RZA
22-10-200930 min - Ep 162
162.Andy Williams
23-10-200930 min - Ep 163
163.Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
26-10-200930 min - Ep 164
164.Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
27-10-200930 min - Ep 166
166.Dr. Ruth Simmons
29-10-200930 min - Ep 167
167.Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
30-10-200930 min - Ep 168
168.Kris Kristofferson
02-11-200930 min - Ep 169
169.Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
03-11-200930 min - Ep 171
171.Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
05-11-200930 min - Ep 172
172.Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
06-11-200930 min - Ep 173
173.Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
09-11-200930 min - Ep 174
174.Max Cleland, Amerie
10-11-200930 min - Ep 176
176.Bruce Feiler
12-11-200930 min - Ep 177
177.Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
13-11-200930 min - Ep 178
178.Dan Senor, Gail Collins
16-11-200930 min - Ep 179
179.Harry Connick Jr.
17-11-200930 min - Ep 180
180.Paul Mooney
18-11-200930 min - Ep 181
181.Andre Agassi
19-11-200930 min - Ep 182
182.50 Cent
20-11-200930 min - Ep 183
183.Dave Matthews
25-11-200930 min - Ep 184
184.Viggo Mortensen
30-11-200930 min - Ep 185
185.Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
01-12-200930 min - Ep 186
186.Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
02-12-200930 min - Ep 187
187.Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
03-12-200930 min - Ep 188
188.Dr. Ruth Simmons
04-12-200930 min - Ep 189
189.Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
07-12-200930 min - Ep 190
190.Yo-Yo Ma
08-12-200930 min - Ep 191
191.Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
09-12-200930 min - Ep 192
192.Morgan Freeman
10-12-200930 min - Ep 194
194.Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
14-12-200930 min - Ep 195
195.Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
15-12-200930 min - Ep 196
196.Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
16-12-200930 min - Ep 197
197.James Cameron
17-12-200930 min - Ep 198
198.Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
18-12-200930 min - Ep 199
199.Mary J. Blige
21-12-200930 min - Ep 200
200.Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
22-12-200930 min - Ep 201
201.Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
11-01-201030 min - Ep 202
202.Sandra Bullock
12-01-201030 min - Ep 203
203.Joe Torre
13-01-201030 min - Ep 204
204.Rosanne Cash
14-01-201030 min - Ep 205
205.Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
15-01-201030 min - Ep 207
207.Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
19-01-201030 min - Ep 208
208.Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
20-01-201030 min - Ep 209
209.Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
21-01-201030 min - Ep 210
210.Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
22-01-201030 min
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