Tavis Smiley

2004

Seasons & Episodes

  • 11
  • 7
  • 6

EP1 Episode 1 Dec 23, 2013

Kenny Loggins.

EP2 Episode 2 Dec 24, 2013

Joshua Bell.

EP3 Episode 3 Jan 09, 2014

Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.

EP4 Episode 4 Jan 13, 2014

Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").

EP5 Episode 5 Jan 14, 2014

Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.

EP6 Episode 6 Jan 15, 2014

Bruce Dern.

EP7 Episode 7 Jan 16, 2014

Don Cheadle.

EP8 Episode 8 Jan 17, 2014

Kenneth Branagh.

EP9 Episode 9 Jan 20, 2014

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

EP10 Episode 10 Jan 21, 2014

Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."

EP11 Episode 11 Jan 22, 2014

Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.

EP12 Episode 12 Jan 23, 2014

Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.

EP13 Episode 13 Jan 24, 2014

Itzhak Perlman.

EP14 Episode 14 Jan 27, 2014

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

EP15 Episode 15 Jan 28, 2014

Chita Rivera.

EP16 Episode 16 Jan 29, 2014

Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.

EP17 Episode 17 Jan 30, 2014

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

EP18 Episode 18 Jan 31, 2014

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

EP19 Episode 19 Feb 03, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.

EP20 Episode 20 Feb 04, 2014

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

EP21 Episode 21 Feb 05, 2014

Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.

EP22 Episode 22 Feb 06, 2014

Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

EP23 Episode 23 Feb 07, 2014

Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

EP24 Episode 24 Feb 10, 2014

Jamie Lee Curtis.

EP25 Episode 25 Feb 11, 2014

Disney animator Floyd Norman.

EP26 Episode 26 Feb 12, 2014

David Hyde Pierce.

EP27 Episode 27 Feb 13, 2014

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

EP28 Episode 28 Feb 14, 2014

Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.

EP29 Episode 29 Feb 17, 2014

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

EP30 Episode 30 Feb 18, 2014

Will Forte; Earl Klugh.

EP31 Episode 31 Feb 19, 2014

Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.

EP32 Episode 32 Feb 20, 2014

Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

EP33 Episode 33 Feb 21, 2014

Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.

EP34 Episode 34 Feb 24, 2014

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

EP35 Episode 35 Feb 25, 2014

Harry Lennix.

EP36 Episode 36 Feb 26, 2014

Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.

EP37 Episode 37 Feb 27, 2014

Forest Whitaker.

EP38 Episode 38 Feb 28, 2014

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

EP39 Episode 39 Mar 03, 2014

Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.

EP40 Episode 40 Mar 04, 2014

Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.

EP41 Episode 41 Mar 05, 2014

Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.

EP42 Episode 42 Mar 06, 2014

Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.

EP43 Episode 43 Mar 07, 2014

Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.

EP44 Episode 44 Mar 10, 2014

Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.

EP45 Episode 45 Mar 11, 2014

Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.

EP46 Episode 46 Mar 12, 2014

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

EP47 Episode 47 Mar 13, 2014

M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

EP48 Episode 48 Mar 14, 2014

Teller; Robert Hilburn.

EP49 Episode 49 Mar 17, 2014

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

EP50 Episode 50 Mar 18, 2014

Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").

EP51 Episode 51 Mar 19, 2014

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

EP52 Episode 52 Mar 20, 2014

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

EP53 Episode 53 Mar 21, 2014

Tim Conway.

EP54 Episode 54 Mar 24, 2014

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

EP55 Episode 55 Mar 25, 2014

Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.

EP56 Episode 56 Mar 26, 2014

Errol Morris; Ledisi.

EP57 Episode 57 Mar 27, 2014

Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").

EP58 Episode 58 Mar 28, 2014

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

EP59 Episode 59 Mar 31, 2014

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

EP60 Episode 60 Mar 31, 2014

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

EP61 Episode 61 Apr 01, 2014

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

EP62 Episode 62 Apr 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.

EP63 Episode 63 Apr 07, 2014

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

EP64 Episode 64 Apr 08, 2014

David Crosby.

EP65 Episode 65 Apr 09, 2014

Frank Langella.

EP66 Episode 66 Apr 10, 2014

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

EP67 Episode 67 Apr 11, 2014

Stewart Copeland.

EP68 Episode 68 Apr 14, 2014

Ken Burns.

EP69 Episode 69 Apr 15, 2014

Rosanne Cash.

EP70 Episode 70 Apr 16, 2014

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

EP71 Episode 71 Apr 17, 2014

Jackie Collins.

EP72 Episode 72 Apr 18, 2014

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

EP73 Episode 73 Apr 21, 2014

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

EP74 Episode 74 Apr 22, 2014

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

EP75 Episode 75 Apr 23, 2014

Nas.

EP76 Episode 76 Apr 24, 2014

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

EP77 Episode 77 Apr 25, 2014

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

EP78 Episode 78 Apr 28, 2014

Mikhail Baryshnikov.

EP79 Episode 79 Apr 29, 2014

Larry King.

EP80 Episode 80 Apr 30, 2014

Robin Roberts.

EP81 Episode 81 May 01, 2014

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

EP82 Episode 82 May 02, 2014

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

EP83 Episode 83 May 05, 2014

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

EP85 Episode 85 May 07, 2014

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

EP86 Episode 86 May 08, 2014

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

EP88 Episode 88 May 12, 2014

Ralph Nader; John Slattery.

EP89 Episode 89 May 13, 2014

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

EP90 Episode 90 May 14, 2014

Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.

EP91 Episode 91 May 15, 2014

Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.

EP92 Episode 92 May 16, 2014

Conclusion. Mel Brooks.

EP93 Episode 93 May 19, 2014

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

EP94 Episode 94 May 20, 2014

Renée Fleming.

EP95 Episode 95 May 21, 2014

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

EP96 Episode 96 May 22, 2014

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

EP97 Episode 97 May 23, 2014

"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.

EP98 Episode 98 May 26, 2014

David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).

EP99 Episode 99 May 27, 2014

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

EP100 Episode 100 May 28, 2014

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

EP101 Episode 101 May 29, 2014

A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

EP102 Episode 102 May 30, 2014

Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.

EP103 Episode 103 Jun 02, 2014

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

EP104 Episode 104 Jun 03, 2014

Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.

EP105 Episode 105 Jun 04, 2014

Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.

EP106 Episode 106 Jun 05, 2014

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

EP107 Episode 107 Jun 06, 2014

James Conlon; Ledisi.

EP108 Episode 108 Jun 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.

EP109 Episode 109 Jun 10, 2014

Allison Janney.

EP110 Episode 110 Jun 11, 2014

Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.

EP111 Episode 111 Jun 12, 2014

A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).

EP112 Episode 112 Jun 13, 2014

Rob and Carl Reiner.

EP113 Episode 113 Jun 16, 2014

Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.

EP114 Episode 114 Jun 17, 2014

Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.

EP115 Episode 115 Jun 18, 2014

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

EP116 Episode 116 Jun 19, 2014

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

EP117 Episode 117 Jun 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.

EP118 Episode 118 Jun 23, 2014

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

EP119 Episode 119 Jun 24, 2014

Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.

EP120 Episode 120 Jun 25, 2014

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.

EP121 Episode 121 Jun 26, 2014

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

EP122 Episode 122 Jun 27, 2014

Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.

EP123 Episode 123 Jun 30, 2014

Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.

EP124 Episode 124 Jul 01, 2014

Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.

EP125 Episode 125 Jul 02, 2014

Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.

EP126 Episode 126 Jul 03, 2014

Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.

EP127 Episode 127 Jul 04, 2014

Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.

EP128 Episode 128 Jul 07, 2014

Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.

EP129 Episode 129 Jul 08, 2014

Beau Bridges.

EP131 Episode 131 Jul 10, 2014

Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.

EP132 Episode 132 Jul 11, 2014

Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.
7.3| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 05 January 2004 Ended
Producted By: The Smiley Group
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/
Synopsis

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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