Home > News >

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley (2004)

January. 05,2004

7.3

| News Talk

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.

Free Trial Channels
AD

Apple TV+

Free Trial

Watch on Apple TV+

With 7-Day Free Trial

Stream Now

Tavis Smiley

2004

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 11 : 2013

129 Episode

Episode 1 - Episode 1

December. 23,2013

Kenny Loggins.

Watch Similar on Apple TV+

Watch 7-day Free

Your Friends & Neighbors

The Buccaneers

Episode 2 - Episode 2

December. 24,2013

Joshua Bell.

Episode 3 - Episode 3

January. 09,2014

Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.

Episode 4 - Episode 4

January. 13,2014

Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").

Episode 5 - Episode 5

January. 14,2014

Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.

Episode 6 - Episode 6

January. 15,2014

Bruce Dern.

Episode 7 - Episode 7

January. 16,2014

Don Cheadle.

Episode 8 - Episode 8

January. 17,2014

Kenneth Branagh.

Episode 9 - Episode 9

January. 20,2014

Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."

Episode 10 - Episode 10

January. 21,2014

Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."

Episode 11 - Episode 11

January. 22,2014

Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.

Episode 12 - Episode 12

January. 23,2014

Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.

Episode 13 - Episode 13

January. 24,2014

Itzhak Perlman.

Episode 14 - Episode 14

January. 27,2014

L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.

Episode 15 - Episode 15

January. 28,2014

Chita Rivera.

Episode 16 - Episode 16

January. 29,2014

Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.

Episode 17 - Episode 17

January. 30,2014

Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.

Episode 18 - Episode 18

January. 31,2014

Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.

Episode 19 - Episode 19

February. 03,2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.

Episode 20 - Episode 20

February. 04,2014

International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.

Episode 21 - Episode 21

February. 05,2014

Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.

Episode 22 - Episode 22

February. 06,2014

Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

Episode 23 - Episode 23

February. 07,2014

Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

Episode 24 - Episode 24

February. 10,2014

Jamie Lee Curtis.

Episode 25 - Episode 25

February. 11,2014

Disney animator Floyd Norman.

Episode 26 - Episode 26

February. 12,2014

David Hyde Pierce.

Episode 27 - Episode 27

February. 13,2014

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Episode 28 - Episode 28

February. 14,2014

Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.

Episode 29 - Episode 29

February. 17,2014

Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.

Episode 30 - Episode 30

February. 18,2014

Will Forte; Earl Klugh.

Episode 31 - Episode 31

February. 19,2014

Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.

Episode 32 - Episode 32

February. 20,2014

Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Episode 33 - Episode 33

February. 21,2014

Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.

Episode 34 - Episode 34

February. 24,2014

USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.

Episode 35 - Episode 35

February. 25,2014

Harry Lennix.

Episode 36 - Episode 36

February. 26,2014

Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.

Episode 37 - Episode 37

February. 27,2014

Forest Whitaker.

Episode 38 - Episode 38

February. 28,2014

A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.

Episode 39 - Episode 39

March. 03,2014

Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.

Episode 40 - Episode 40

March. 04,2014

Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.

Episode 41 - Episode 41

March. 05,2014

Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.

Episode 42 - Episode 42

March. 06,2014

Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.

Episode 43 - Episode 43

March. 07,2014

Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.

Episode 44 - Episode 44

March. 10,2014

Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.

Episode 45 - Episode 45

March. 11,2014

Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.

Episode 46 - Episode 46

March. 12,2014

Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.

Episode 47 - Episode 47

March. 13,2014

M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Episode 48 - Episode 48

March. 14,2014

Teller; Robert Hilburn.

Episode 49 - Episode 49

March. 17,2014

The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.

Episode 50 - Episode 50

March. 18,2014

Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").

Episode 51 - Episode 51

March. 19,2014

Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.

Episode 52 - Episode 52

March. 20,2014

Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.

Episode 53 - Episode 53

March. 21,2014

Tim Conway.

Episode 54 - Episode 54

March. 24,2014

Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").

Episode 55 - Episode 55

March. 25,2014

Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.

Episode 56 - Episode 56

March. 26,2014

Errol Morris; Ledisi.

Episode 57 - Episode 57

March. 27,2014

Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").

Episode 58 - Episode 58

March. 28,2014

Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.

Episode 59 - Episode 59

March. 31,2014

Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.

Episode 60 - Episode 60

March. 31,2014

Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").

Episode 61 - Episode 61

April. 01,2014

Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.

Episode 62 - Episode 62

April. 03,2014

The real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, reflects on his experience, 20 years ago, during one of the worst mass slaughters in modern history.

Episode 63 - Episode 63

April. 07,2014

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.

Episode 64 - Episode 64

April. 08,2014

David Crosby.

Episode 65 - Episode 65

April. 09,2014

Frank Langella.

Episode 66 - Episode 66

April. 10,2014

Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.

Episode 67 - Episode 67

April. 11,2014

Stewart Copeland.

Episode 68 - Episode 68

April. 14,2014

Ken Burns.

Episode 69 - Episode 69

April. 15,2014

Rosanne Cash.

Episode 70 - Episode 70

April. 16,2014

Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.

Episode 71 - Episode 71

April. 17,2014

Jackie Collins.

Episode 72 - Episode 72

April. 18,2014

Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").

Episode 73 - Episode 73

April. 21,2014

The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.

Episode 74 - Episode 74

April. 22,2014

Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.

Episode 75 - Episode 75

April. 23,2014

Nas.

Episode 76 - Episode 76

April. 24,2014

Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.

Episode 77 - Episode 77

April. 25,2014

Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.

Episode 78 - Episode 78

April. 28,2014

Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Episode 79 - Episode 79

April. 29,2014

Larry King.

Episode 80 - Episode 80

April. 30,2014

Robin Roberts.

Episode 81 - Episode 81

May. 01,2014

Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.

Episode 82 - Episode 82

May. 02,2014

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

Episode 83 - Episode 83

May. 05,2014

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.

Episode 85 - Episode 85

May. 07,2014

Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).

Episode 86 - Episode 86

May. 08,2014

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.

Episode 88 - Episode 88

May. 12,2014

Ralph Nader; John Slattery.

Episode 89 - Episode 89

May. 13,2014

Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.

Episode 90 - Episode 90

May. 14,2014

Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.

Episode 91 - Episode 91

May. 15,2014

Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.

Episode 92 - Episode 92

May. 16,2014

Conclusion. Mel Brooks.

Episode 93 - Episode 93

May. 19,2014

The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).

Episode 94 - Episode 94

May. 20,2014

Renée Fleming.

Episode 95 - Episode 95

May. 21,2014

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.

Episode 96 - Episode 96

May. 22,2014

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.

Episode 97 - Episode 97

May. 23,2014

"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.

Episode 98 - Episode 98

May. 26,2014

David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).

Episode 99 - Episode 99

May. 27,2014

Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.

Episode 100 - Episode 100

May. 28,2014

A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.

Episode 101 - Episode 101

May. 29,2014

A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

Episode 102 - Episode 102

May. 30,2014

Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.

Episode 103 - Episode 103

June. 02,2014

Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.

Episode 104 - Episode 104

June. 03,2014

Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.

Episode 105 - Episode 105

June. 04,2014

Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.

Episode 106 - Episode 106

June. 05,2014

Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.

Episode 107 - Episode 107

June. 06,2014

James Conlon; Ledisi.

Episode 108 - Episode 108

June. 09,2014

Immigration reform is discussed with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Cal.) and Jersey Vargas, a 10-year-old California girl whose father faces deportation.

Episode 109 - Episode 109

June. 10,2014

Allison Janney.

Episode 110 - Episode 110

June. 11,2014

Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.

Episode 111 - Episode 111

June. 12,2014

A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).

Episode 112 - Episode 112

June. 13,2014

Rob and Carl Reiner.

Episode 113 - Episode 113

June. 16,2014

Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.

Episode 114 - Episode 114

June. 17,2014

Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.

Episode 115 - Episode 115

June. 18,2014

Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.

Episode 116 - Episode 116

June. 19,2014

Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").

Episode 117 - Episode 117

June. 20,2014

One of the most famous chefs in the world, whose innovations have come to define modern American cooking, offers tips for losing weight and feeling energetic.

Episode 118 - Episode 118

June. 23,2014

Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.

Episode 119 - Episode 119

June. 24,2014

Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.

Episode 120 - Episode 120

June. 25,2014

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.

Episode 121 - Episode 121

June. 26,2014

Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.