Tavis Smiley (2013 - 2018)

Tavis Smiley

Not enough ratings to
calculate a score.

Avg Tomatometer

Coming Soon

Release Date: 2013

Avg Audience Score

Series Info

The author and radio commentator hosts this late-night half-hour series, featuring a mix of guests from politics and the arts.

Tavis Smiley Photos

View All Photos (2)

Seasons

No Tomatometer score yet...

2017, PBS, 33 episodes

No Tomatometer score yet...

2016, PBS, 222 episodes

No Tomatometer score yet...

2015, PBS, 134 episodes

No Tomatometer score yet...

2014, PBS, 97 episodes

No Tomatometer score yet...

2013, PBS, 71 episodes

Cast

Tavis Smiley
George Lakoff
Melissa Murray
Richard Haass
Adam Winkler
Connie Rice
Bryan Stevenson
Kenya Barris
Matthew McConaughey
Barry Jenkins (III)
Harry Belafonte
Jonathan Goldsmith
Bernie Sanders
Itzhak Perlman
Jerrod Carmichael
Holly Hunter
Thomas A. Saenz
David Oyelowo
Jane Kaczmarek
Paula Poundstone
Christian Scott
Justin Driver
Raoul Peck
Frank O. Gehry
Nicola Benedetti
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Michael Bolton
Tony Bennett
Susan Burton
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Troy Andrews
Gil Garcetti
Jordan Peele
Diane Ravitch
Eric Liu
Bob Newhart
Logic
William Shatner
Roy Choi
John Lithgow
Sherman Alexie
Robert English
Peniel E. Joseph
Erin Brockovich-Ellis
Trita Parsi
Sybrina Fulton
Carl Reiner
Naomi Klein
Salman Rushdie
Annie Jacobsen
Ari Berman
Mary Frances Berry
Ibram X. Kendi
Killer Mike
David Grann
Steve Schapiro
John Mellencamp
David B. Agus
Bhaskar Sunkara
Betty Reid Soskin
Joyce Carol Oates
Arlo Guthrie
Cheech Marin
Rana Foroohar
Robert Battle
Robert Reich
Simone Campbell
Rashad Robinson
Gabe Roth
David Alan Grier
Rhiannon Giddens
Elisabeth Moss
Rob Reiner
Felicity Huffman
Regina King
Steve Leder
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Cory Booker
Terry McMillan
Cornell William Brooks
Cass R. Sunstein
Gail Saltz
Andrew Sullivan
Marc Lamont Hill
Nicholas Kristof
John Ridley
Gary Younge
Stacey Patton
Ericka Huggins
Lesley Stahl
Joseph Stiglitz
Jada Pinkett Smith
John Nichols
Zinzi Clemmons
David Crosby
Ed Catmull
Stuart H. Smith
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Reza Aslan
Julianne Malveaux
Michael Brune
Jill Stein
Denzel Washington
Miko Peled
Karen Smith
Slavoj Zizek
Glenn Beck (II)
Deborah Borda
Jane Mayer
Ted Koppel
Amy Goodman
Rishi Manchanda
Roger Corman
Peter Bergen
Leslie Michelson
Luc Besson
Mary-Louise Parker
Greg Champagne
Martin Sheen
Edward Asner
Steven Levitt
Ai-jen Poo
Jeff Bridges
Damon Keith
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Liz Garbus
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Maria Toorpakai
Lori Wallach
Ralph Nader
Stephen Fry
Lawrence Krauss
Jeremy Scahill
Tom Nichols
James Forman Jr.
Ann Ravel
Karen Bass
Rutger Bregman
Winona La Duke
Brad Stone
Maxine Waters
Anandhi Narasimhan
Charlie Pride
Jimmy Butler
Judy Collins
Vic Mensa
Joan Walsh
Russ Feingold
Jennifer Brea
Jaron Lanier
Ron Capps
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Philip Klinkner
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Kristin Davis
Patricia Cornwell
Robert Kennedy Jr.
Alicia Garza
Robert G. Brown
Corine Woodley
Steve Jones
Dick Van Dyke
Michael Eric Dyson
Eric Braeden
Elizabeth Blackburn
Otis Moss Jr.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Malcolm Nance
Allan Lichtman
Gay McDougall
Al Franken
Barbara Boxer
Alan Alda
John B. King Jr.
Wallace Shawn
Brian Klaas
John Kiriakou
Tom Perez
David Schweickart
Dolores Huerta
Douglas Jones
Ben Harper
Taj Mahal
Tatiana Maslany
Robin D.G. Kelley
Tracy Martin
Ron Finley
Arturo Sandoval
Laura Dern
Janet Napolitano
Tim Wise
Laura Skandera-Trombley
Craig Steven Wilder
Chuck D.
Gregory Porter
Ken Cook
Sasha Abramsky
Eric Garcetti
Marlee Matlin
Kurtis Lee
Sam Polk
Peter Singer
Tom Morello
Martina McBride
Daniel Beaty
Vijay Iyer
Cecile McLorin Salvant
Keith Wailoo
Glen Hansard
Roger Waters
Phoebe Robinson
Gary Johnson
Ron Suskind
Amma Asante
Elizabeth Marvel
Sampha
Michael Weatherly
Melissa Leo
Benjamin Booker
Michele Siqueiros
BeBe Winans
Gail Walker
Steven Levingston
John Paul DeJoria
Stephen J. Dubner
Tim Scott
Sharon Isbin
Charles Eisenstein
Michelle Monaghan
Jacob Collier
Dax Shepard
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
Maggie Siff
Sampha
Laura Poitras
Debra Winger
Faith Evans
Bill Moyers
Siedah Garrett
Robert Bullard
Shepard Fairey
Tim Scott
Brian McKnight
Russlynn Ali
Steve Mazzie
Mike Massimino
Ruth Negga
Danny Boyle
Rhea Seehorn
Julian Lennon
Jenny Slate
Stanley Nelson
Bill Shore
Lisa Scottoline
Wendell Pierce
Joey Alexander
David Frum
John Waters
Ricky Whittle
Michael Brown
Joshua Henry
Xavier Becerra
Bob Moses
Elizabeth Economy
Judith Jamison
Sandy Berger
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Pauline Malefane
Gary M. Segura
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Charles Bolden
Peter Yarrow
Jessica Neuwirth
Steven Rhodes
Dana Perino
Matthieu Ricard
Lincoln Chafee
Jessica Jackley
Andrew Cohen
James Forrester
Kevin Costner
Rula Jebreal
Kevin Powell
Melina Abdullah
John Williams
Dayo Okeniyi
Roger Guenveur Smith
Adrian Pantoja
Wendell Potter
Lynn Vavreck
Cheryl Hyman
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Jackie Starkey
Elizabeth Hinton
David Hockney
Patrisia Macias-Rojas
Freddy Cole
Naomi Neufeld
Christina Bellantoni
Ryan Speedo Green
Kathy Bates
Kathy Griffin
Thandie Newton
Thomas B. Cavanagh
Charley Pride
Jeff Flake
James Burnett
Chadwick Boseman
Peter Frampton
Danai Gurira
Jon Alpert
Alton Miller
Maria Shriver
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Kenny Leon
Samuel G. Freedman
Barbara Ehrenreich
Sylvia Longmire
Jonathan M. Katz
Nell Bernstein
Paul Rieckhoff
Carolyn Finney
Stanley B. Prusiner
Martin Wolf
John Lahr
Matt Bai
Reince Priebus
Phillip Atiba Goff
Alice Jennings
Randi Weingarten
Tom Burgis
Catherine Murphy
Robert Putnam
Luis Zayas
Richard Martinez
Jesse Jackson
Jack G. Shaheen
Johnnie Carson
Misty Copeland
J.J. Abrams
Jose Antonio Vargas
Rahsaan Bahati
Roseanne Barr
Norm Stamper
Hilda Solis
Tom Ridge
Bonnie Raitt
Robert Hines
Ellis Hall
Betye Saar
Heather Ann Thompson
Robert Ross
Kenny Burrell
Robert Wagner
Cyndi Lauper
Tom Petty
Ashley Judd
Jere Van Dyk
Gretchen Carlson
Deborah L. Rhode
Adam Nagourney
Wyclef Jean
Leslie Odom Jr.
Phil Angelides
Nan Aron
Bruce Jones
Miriam Pawel
Saladin Ambar
Katherine S. Newman
Omoyele Sowore
Nomi Prins
Jennifer Lee Pryor
Max Brooks
Hannah Appel
Paul Boden
Rob Bell
Michael Connelly
Bill de Blasio
Michael Gazzaniga
Daina Ramey Berry
Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.
Ted Cruz
David Cruz
Henry Greely
Lawrence Lessig
Austin Beutner
Paul Bettany
Sangu Delle
Trent Lott
Robert C. O'Brien
Tom McCarthy
Sam Quinones
Michael Tesler
Stephon Alexander
Frank Rich
Laurence Leamer
Emilio González
Willie "J.R." Fleming
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Damon Tweedy
Shira Scheindlin
Matt Berninger
Naomie Harris
Lillian Ablon
Graham Nash
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
David Wood
Kenneth Braswell
Joe Buck
Carol Anderson
William J. Barber II
Jonathan Eig
James Blake
Michael McDonald
Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Eve Ensler
Andrew Garfield
Dee Rees
Brandon Busteed
Edwin Smith
Erika Andiola
Paul Rusesabagina
Ken Caldeira
William Easterly
Peter Shumlin
Elizabeth Kolbert
Jennifer Lee
Alex Tizon
Tricia Rose
Glenn Cohen
Pierre Labossiere
Jeffrey D. Sachs
William H. Frey
Paulette Brown
Mike Duggan
Roy Wilson
Philip K. Howard
Saru Jayaraman
Tenzin Dhonden
Susan Sarandon
Dr. Sonia Sanchez
Jack G. Shaheen
Kentaro Toyama
Kataalyst Alcindor
George Pataki
Tukufu Zuberi
Mitch Albom
Eli Broad
Christine Ebersole
Ben Ratliff
George Chochos
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Arianna Huffington
Yaa Gyasi
Shane Claiborne
Nely Galan
Jay Newton-Small
Lynn Scarlett
Angela Danovi
John Carroll
Bill Hanage
Joshua Bell
Derek W. Black
Doris Meissner
Thomas Friedman
Gilbert Ashcar
Trevor Noah
Nadine Burke Harris
Amir Hussain
John Dean
Steve Schapiro
Steve Cohen
Dave Zirin
Willem Dafoe
Ben Stein
Jane Goodall
Oona A. Hathaway
Nick Turse
Khary Lazarre-White
Alan Bergman
Bernadette Atuahene
Dan Rather
Chuck Collins
Edwidge Danticat
Omar Wasow
Macy Gray
Margaret Cho
Talib Kweli
Lianne La Havas
Douglas Haynes
Melissa Etheridge
Keb' Mo'
Michael Woo
John Mack
Clint Holmes
Todd Wagner
James Harris
Steve Coogan
Marielena Hincapié
Harry Hamlin
Connie Britton
Ed O'Neill
Robert Cray
Terry Crews
Billy Childs
Titus Welliver
Nicole Beharie
Steve Earle
Estelle
Anne Heche
Peter Hammer
T. Geronimo Johnson
Robert Kenner
Freida Pinto
Ann Louise Bardach
Edie Falco
Mariel Hemingway
Jack Henry Robbins
John H. Bracey Jr.
Randall Robinson
Boney James
Hussam Ayloush
Sonia Manzano
Charles Fazzino
Frank Luntz
Max Kenner
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Carrie Severino
Julissa Arce
Tippi Hedren
Sonequa Martin-Green
Scott Haze
Drew Carey
JB Smoove
Sarah van Gelder
Marilyn Bergman
Allison Janney
Laurie Metcalf
Stanley Jordan
Zucchero
Christylez Bacon
Noah Wyle
John Lloyd Young
Michael Levi
John Deasy
Aloe Blacc
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Freeman Hrabowski
Noel Paul Stookey
Garrett Morris
Graham W. J. Beal
Anton Yelchin
Charles Lloyd
Michael Seth Starr
Rufus Jones Jr.
James Maher
Kim Burrell
Jon Baird
Shemekia Copeland
Anthony Mackie
Carey Mulligan
Kathryn J. Edin
Tom Daschle
Lenny Abrahamson
Ange-Marie Hancock
Diane Guerrero
Paul Pierson
Robert Greenwald
Walter Mosley
Natasha Marin
Albert J. Raboteau
Benjamin Barber
Pilar Marrero
Aaron Eckhart
Jordan Smith
Jim Wallis
John Yoo
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jason Mitchell
Jazzmeia Horn
Bela Fleck
Julianne Nicholson
Philip Yancey
James Conlon
Ziggy Marley
Philip Bailey
Sergio Mendes
Savion Glover
Sharna Burgess
Justin Simien
Kandace Springs
Ron Brownstein
Marion Cotillard
John Oates
Stephen Henderson
Isaiah Washington
Grover Norquist
Jason Isaacs
Kelly Smith
Vijay Iyer
Earl A. Smith
Marcus Miller
Cassandra Wilson
Candace Bushnell
Oliver Tavakoli
Wagner Moura
Rachel Roy
Anna Chlumsky
Jane Lynch
Bassem Youssef
Thomas Perez
Kshama Sawant
Octavia Spencer
Joe Morton
Deepak Chopra
Richard Jenkins
Bill Pullman
Bryan Cranston
Dulé Hill
Hafez Nazeri
Amber Khan
James Ellroy
Anna Gunn
Marty Stuart
Felicity Jones
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Claudia Rankine
Marcus Baram
Marcus Roberts
Pretty Yende
Kenneth Shropshire
Eric Walther
Patricia Raybon
Blythe Danner
Alan Rickman
Laura Linney
Brandi Carlile
Patricia Jennings
S. Pearl Sharp
David Maraniss
Joss Stone
David Talbot
Akala
Kate Beckinsale
Mia Birdsong
Tom Arnold
Frederick Wiseman
Norah Jones
Nzinga Braswell
Simone Biles
Paul Reiser
Carmen Ejogo
Jamie Merisotis
James Roday
Jennifer Holloway
Allyson Hobbs
Alana Raybon
Nick Reiner
Charlie Musselwhite
Nnenna Freelon
Greg Iles
James Smethurst
Gerry Spence
Tim Robbins
Meg Ryan
Alicia Graf Mack
Swarupa Anila
Tamela J. Mann
Sonali Kolhatkar
Smokey Robinson
Yuna Zarai
Brian Culbertson
Dara Tucker
Johnnie E. Jones
Ken Haney
Show More Cast

Series Details

TV Network: PBS
Premiere Date: Jan 27, 2014
Executive Producer: Neal Kendall
Quick Links
Full Cast
Related News & Interviews
Pictures