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Season 14 – Tavis Smiley

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Author Tavis Smiley hosts a late-night news program, conducting interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. His goal to "introduce Americans to each other" offers stimulating conversations with diverse trendsetters and opinion-makers from the worlds of arts, entertainment, politics and media.
Tavis Smiley — Season 14

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Episode 1 Aired Dec 27, 2016 Singer Cyndi Lauper. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 9, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 10, 2017 "Blackish" creator Kenya Barris. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 11, 2017 Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 12, 2017 Actor Denzel Washington. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 13, 2017 Actress Ruth Negga; musician Steve Jones. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 16, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 17, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 18, 2017 Actor Mykelti Williamson. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 19, 2017 John Heilemann, Bloomberg Politics. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 20, 2017 Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 23, 2017 Journalist Robert Kuttner. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 24, 2017 President Cornell William Brooks, NAACP; author Charles Eisenstein. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 25, 2017 Legal scholars Melissa Murray and Adam Winkler; singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 26, 2017 Actor Matthew McConaughey. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 27, 2017 Violinist Itzhak Perlman. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 30, 2017 President Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 31, 2017 Actor Dick Van Dyke. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 1, 2017 Filmmaker Barry Jenkins. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 2, 2017 Author Miko Peled; Rabbi Steven Leder. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 3, 2017 Director Raoul Peck. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 6, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 7, 2017 Cognitive scientist George Lakoff. Details Episode 24 Aired Feb 8, 2017 Lori Wallach, founder of Global Trade Watch. Details Episode 25 Aired Feb 9, 2017 Professor Michael Eric Dyson. Details Episode 40 Aired Feb 10, 2017 Editor Bhaskar Sunkara. Details Episode 41 Aired Feb 13, 2017 A tribute to singer Al Jarreau. Details Episode 42 Aired Feb 14, 2017 President Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; journalist Ron Suskind; writer Owen Suskind. Details Episode 43 Aired Feb 15, 2017 Actor David Oyelowo. Details Episode 44 Aired Feb 16, 2017 Diane Ravitch, former U.S. assistant secretary of education. Details Episode 45 Aired Feb 17, 2017 Actor Eric Braeden. Details Episode 46 Aired Feb 20, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 47 Aired Feb 21, 2017 Author Ralph Nader. Details Episode 48 Aired Feb 22, 2017 Architect Frank Gehry. Details Episode 49 Aired Feb 23, 2017 Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, parents of Trayvon Martin. Details Episode 50 Aired Feb 24, 2017 A preview of the Academy Awards. Details Episode 51 Aired Feb 27, 2017 Writer Jordan Peele; David Frum, The Atlantic. Details Episode 52 Aired Feb 28, 2017 Celebrating Harry Belafonte's 90th birthday. Details Episode 53 Aired Mar 1, 2017 Author Slavoj Zizek. Details Episode 54 Aired Mar 2, 2017 Actress Jane Kaczmarek. Details Episode 55 Aired Mar 3, 2017 Violinist Nicola Benedetti. Details Episode 56 Aired Mar 6, 2017 Author Cass Sunstein. Details Episode 57 Aired Mar 7, 2017 Robert Battle, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; actress Michelle Monaghan. Details Episode 58 Aired Mar 8, 2017 Comic Stephen Fry. Details Episode 59 Aired Mar 9, 2017 Author Joyce Carol Oates. Details Episode 60 Aired Mar 10, 2017 Dr. Gail Saltz; singer Jacob Collier. Details Episode 61 Aired Mar 13, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 62 Aired Mar 14, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 63 Aired Mar 15, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 64 Aired Mar 16, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 65 Aired Mar 17, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 66 Aired Mar 20, 2017 Writer Andrew Sullivan. Details Episode 67 Aired Mar 21, 2017 Radio host Glenn Beck. Details Episode 68 Aired Mar 22, 2017 Sister Simone Campbell; jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. Details Episode 69 Aired Mar 23, 2017 Author Erica Armstrong Dunbar; comic Cheech Marin. Details Episode 70 Aired Mar 24, 2017 Comic Bob Newhart. Details Episode 71 Aired Mar 27, 2017 Author Ari Berman. Details Episode 72 Aired Mar 28, 2017 Physicist Lawrence M. Krauss; actor Dax Shepard. Details Episode 73 Aired Mar 29, 2017 Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton. Details Episode 74 Aired Mar 30, 2017 Journalist Annie Jacobsen; actress Elizabeth Marvel. Details Episode 75 Aired Mar 31, 2017 Filmmakers Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner. Details Episode 76 Aired Apr 3, 2017 Attorney Bryan Stevenson. Details Episode 77 Aired Apr 4, 2017 Activist Harry Belafonte. Details Episode 78 Aired Apr 5, 2017 Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill. Details Episode 79 Aired Apr 6, 2017 The Rev. Otis Moss Jr., civil and human rights activist. Details Episode 80 Aired Apr 7, 2017 Professor Marc Lamont Hill, Morehouse College; Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Highlander Center; Rashad Robinson, Color of Change. Details Episode 81 Aired Apr 10, 2017 Tom Nichols, national security expert. Details Episode 82 Aired Apr 11, 2017 John Dean, former White House counsel to President Richard Nixon. Details Episode 83 Aired Apr 12, 2017 Deborah Borda, New York Philharmonic; singer Sampha. Details Episode 84 Aired Apr 13, 2017 Author David Armitage; actress Rhea Seehorn. Details Episode 85 Aired Apr 14, 2017 Folk singer Arlo Guthrie. Details Episode 86 Aired Apr 17, 2017 Columnist Nicholas Kristof. Details Episode 87 Aired Apr 18, 2017 Author James Forman Jr.; actress Maggie Siff. Details Episode 88 Aired Apr 19, 2017 Singer Tony Bennett. Details Episode 89 Aired Apr 20, 2017 Writer John Ridley; Sampha performs. Details Episode 90 Aired Apr 21, 2017 Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha; author Julian Lennon. Details Episode 91 Aired Apr 24, 2017 Journalist Gary Younge. Details Episode 92 Aired Apr 25, 2017 Investigative reporter Jane Mayer. Details Episode 93 Aired Apr 26, 2017 Ann Ravel, former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. Details Episode 94 Aired Apr 27, 2017 Author Stacey Patton; actress Felicity Huffman. Details Episode 95 Aired Apr 28, 2017 Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.); Gil Garcetti, former district attorney for Los Angeles; Michael Woo; John Mack. Details Episode 96 Aired May 1, 2017 Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF; tribute to director Jonathan Demme. Details Episode 97 Aired May 2, 2017 Ericka Huggins, former leader of the Black Panther Party; legal scholar Adam Winkler. Details Episode 98 Aired May 3, 2017 Author Ted Koppel. Details Episode 99 Aired May 4, 2017 Malcolm Nance, counterterrorism expert; actress Elisabeth Moss. Details Episode 100 Aired May 5, 2017 Rana Foroohar, Financial Times; musician Trombone Shorty. Details Episode 101 Aired May 8, 2017 Author Eric Liu; filmmaker Laura Poitras. Details Episode 102 Aired May 9, 2017 Pilots Johnnie E. Jones and Ken Haney. Details Episode 103 Aired May 10, 2017 Rapper Logic. Details Episode 104 Aired May 11, 2017 Author Rutger Bregman; actress Debra Winger. Details Episode 105 Aired May 12, 2017 Broadcast journalist Leslie Stahl; filmmaker John Waters. Details Episode 106 Aired May 15, 2017 "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman. Details Episode 107 Aired May 16, 2017 Rapper Michael Render. Details Episode 108 Aired May 17, 2017 Criminal justice activist Susan Burton. Details Episode 109 Aired May 18, 2017 Dr. Keith Black; actor Michael Weatherly. Details Episode 110 Aired May 19, 2017 Environmental activist Winona LaDuke; singer Faith Evans. Details Episode 111 Aired May 22, 2017 Professor Allan Lichtman. Details Episode 112 Aired May 23, 2017 Economist Joseph Stiglitz; journalist Bill Moyers. Details Episode 113 Aired May 24, 2017 Journalist David Grann. Details Episode 114 Aired May 25, 2017 Gay McDougall, human rights attorney; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Details Episode 115 Aired May 26, 2017 Actor William Shatner. Details Episode 116 Aired May 29, 2017 Brad Stone, Bloomberg News; musician Rhiannon Giddens. Details Episode 117 Aired May 30, 2017 Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.); tributes to musician Gregg Allman and sportswriter Frank Deford. Details Episode 118 Aired May 31, 2017 Dr. Rishi Manchanda; actress Melissa Leo. Details Episode 119 Aired Jun 1, 2017 Comic Paula Poundstone; actor Ricky Whittle. Details Episode 120 Aired Jun 2, 2017 Chef Roy Choi; gardener Ron Finley; Sam Polk. Details Episode 121 Aired Jun 5, 2017 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Details Episode 122 Aired Jun 6, 2017 Photographer Steve Schapiro; actress Laura Dern. Details Episode 123 Aired Jun 7, 2017 Actors Jerrod Carmichael and David Alan Grier. Details Episode 124 Aired Jun 8, 2017 Actor John Lithgow. Details Episode 125 Aired Jun 9, 2017 Dr. Anandhi Narasimhan; singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett. Details Episode 126 Aired Jun 12, 2017 Barbara Boxer, a former U.S. senator. Details Episode 127 Aired Jun 13, 2017 Novelist Sherman Alexie. Details Episode 128 Aired Jun 14, 2017 Director Roger Corman; musicians Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. Details Episode 129 Aired Jun 15, 2017 Actor Alan Alda; musician Benjamin Booker. Details Episode 130 Aired Jun 16, 2017 Singer Tony Bennett. Details Episode 131 Aired Jun 19, 2017 Author Peter Bergen. Details Episode 132 Aired Jun 20, 2017 Musician John Mellencamp. Details Episode 133 Aired Jun 21, 2017 Actor Jonathan Goldsmith; actress Regina King. Details Episode 134 Aired Jun 22, 2017 Actress Holly Hunter. Details Episode 135 Aired Jun 23, 2017 Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Details Episode 136 Aired Jun 26, 2017 Actor David Oyelowo. Details Episode 137 Aired Jun 27, 2017 Violinist Nicola Benedetti. Details Episode 138 Aired Jun 28, 2017 Higher education panel with John B. King, Michele Siqueiros and Douglas Haynes; singer Clint Holmes. Details Episode 139 Aired Jun 29, 2017 Actor Wallace Shawn; writer Jordan Peele. Details Episode 140 Aired Jun 30, 2017 Violinist Itzhak Perlman. Details Episode 141 Aired Jul 3, 2017 Architect Frank Gehry. Details Episode 142 Aired Jul 4, 2017 Director Raoul Peck. Details Episode 143 Aired Jul 5, 2017 Singer Michael Bolton. Details Episode 144 Aired Jul 6, 2017 Author Leslie Michelson; singer BeBe Winans. Details Episode 145 Aired Jul 7, 2017 Singer Charley Pride. Details Episode 146 Aired Jul 10, 2017 Author Brian Klaas; IFCO executive director Gail Walker. Details Episode 147 Aired Jul 11, 2017 Journalist Naomi Klein. Details Episode 148 Aired Jul 12, 2017 Journalist Naomi Klein. Details Episode 149 Aired Jul 13, 2017 Cognitive scientist George Lakoff. Details Episode 150 Aired Jul 14, 2017 NBA player Jimmy Butler. Details Episode 151 Aired Jul 17, 2017 Author Ibram X. Kendi. Details Episode 152 Aired Jul 18, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 153 Aired Jul 19, 2017 Actress Jada Pinkett Smith. Details Episode 154 Aired Jul 20, 2017 Filmmaker Luc Besson. Details Episode 155 Aired Jul 21, 2017 Singer Judy Collins. Details Episode 156 Aired Jul 24, 2017 DNC Chairman Tom Perez; author Steven Levingston. Details Episode 157 Aired Jul 25, 2017 Actress Mary-Louise Parker. Details Episode 158 Aired Jul 26, 2017 Professor David Schweickart; actress Jenny Slate. Details Episode 159 Aired Jul 27, 2017 Sheriff Greg Champagne, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria. Details Episode 160 Aired Jul 28, 2017 Rapper Vic Mensa. Details Episode 161 Aired Jul 31, 2017 Singer Arlo Guthrie. Details Episode 162 Aired Aug 1, 2017 Rapper Killer Mike. Details Episode 163 Aired Aug 2, 2017 Author Joyce Carol Oates. Details Episode 164 Aired Aug 3, 2017 Author David Grann. Details Episode 165 Aired Aug 4, 2017 Actor Eric Braeden. Details Episode 166 Aired Aug 7, 2017 Comic Bob Newhart. Details Episode 167 Aired Aug 8, 2017 Actor-comics Jerrod Carmichael and David Alan Grier. Details Episode 168 Aired Aug 9, 2017 Comic Paula Poundstone; comic Cheech Marin. Details Episode 169 Aired Aug 10, 2017 Filmmakers Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner. Details Episode 170 Aired Aug 11, 2017 Actor Stephen Fry. Details Episode 171 Aired Aug 14, 2017 Author Erica Armstrong Dunbar; actress Elisabeth Moss. Details Episode 172 Aired Aug 15, 2017 Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, parents of Trayvon Martin. Details Episode 173 Aired Aug 16, 2017 Actor William Shatner. Details Episode 174 Aired Aug 17, 2017 Actor Jonathan Goldsmith; actress Regina King. Details Episode 175 Aired Aug 18, 2017 "Blackish" creator Kenya Barris. Details Episode 176 Aired Aug 21, 2017 Actor John Lithgow. Details Episode 177 Aired Aug 22, 2017 Photographer Steve Schapiro; actress Laura Dern. Details Episode 178 Aired Aug 23, 2017 Author Sherman Alexie. Details Episode 179 Aired Aug 24, 2017 Activist Susan Burton; actress Felicity Huffman. Details Episode 180 Aired Aug 25, 2017 Actress Holly Hunter. Details Episode 181 Aired Aug 28, 2017 Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp. Details Episode 182 Aired Aug 29, 2017 Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Details Episode 183 Aired Aug 30, 2017 Rapper Logic. Details Episode 184 Aired Aug 31, 2017 Trombone Shorty; singer Rhiannon Giddens. Details Episode 185 Aired Sep 1, 2017 Actor Alan Alda; musician Benjamin Booker. Details Episode 186 Aired Sep 4, 2017 Debra Borda, New York Philharmonic; singer Sampha. Details Episode 187 Aired Sep 5, 2017 Journalist John Nicholas; Michael Brown, former FEMA director. Details Episode 188 Aired Sep 6, 2017 Journalist Joan Walsh; sociologist Robert D. Bullard. Details Episode 189 Aired Sep 7, 2017 Author Zinzi Clemmons; actor Joshua Henry. Details Episode 190 Aired Sep 8, 2017 Actor Martin Sheen. Details Episode 191 Aired Sep 11, 2017 Professor Russ Feingold; music group Southern Avenue. Details Episode 192 Aired Sep 12, 2017 Labor leader Dolores Huerta. Details Episode 193 Aired Sep 13, 2017 Singer-songwriter David Crosby. Details Episode 194 Aired Sep 14, 2017 Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater; Southern Avenue performs. Details Episode 195 Aired Sep 15, 2017 Actor Ed Asner. Details Episode 196 Aired Sep 18, 2017 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Details Episode 197 Aired Sep 19, 2017 Authors Carol Anderson and Tim Wise. Details Episode 198 Aired Sep 20, 2017 Author Salman Rushdie. Details Episode 199 Aired Sep 21, 2017 Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.); actress Sonequa Martin-Green. Details Episode 200 Aired Sep 22, 2017 Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II; Rev. Jim Wallis. Details Episode 201 Aired Sep 25, 2017 Sportswriter Dave Zirin. Details Episode 202 Aired Sep 26, 2017 Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.); actress Tatiana Maslany. Details Episode 203 Aired Sep 27, 2017 Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Details Episode 204 Aired Sep 28, 2017 Filmmaker Jennifer Brea; Omar Wasow; Chuck D and Tom Morello. Details Episode 205 Aired Sep 29, 2017 Musicians Chuck D and Tom Morello. Details Episode 206 Aired Oct 2, 2017 Interviews with newsmakers, politicians and celebrities. Details Episode 207 Aired Oct 3, 2017 Singer Tom Petty. Details Episode 208 Aired Oct 4, 2017 Author Jonathan Eig. Details Episode 209 Aired Oct 5, 2017 Actor Willem Dafoe. Details Episode 210 Aired Oct 6, 2017 The Rance Allen Group. Details Episode 211 Aired Oct 9, 2017 James Burnett, The Trace; author John Yoo. Details Episode 212 Aired Oct 10, 2017 U.S. Senate nominee Doug Jones; actor Joe Morton. Details Episode 213 Aired Oct 11, 2017 Actor Chadwick Boseman. Details Episode 214 Aired Oct 12, 2017 Actress Ashley Judd. Details Episode 215 Aired Oct 13, 2017 Former professional tennis player James Blake; The Rance Allen Group. Details Episode 216 Aired Oct 16, 2017 Actor Ben Stein; actor Drew Carey. Details Episode 217 Aired Oct 17, 2017 Journalist Jere Van Dyk; journalist Sasha Abramsky. Details Episode 218 Aired Oct 18, 2017 Singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. Details Episode 219 Aired Oct 19, 2017 Primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall. Details Episode 220 Aired Oct 20, 2017 Singer Peter Frampton. Details Episode 221 Aired Oct 23, 2017 Television commentator and author Gretchen Carlson. Details Episode 222 Aired Oct 24, 2017 Professor Oona A. Hathaway; author Deepak Chopra. Details Episode 223 Aired Oct 25, 2017 Actress Danai Gurira. Details Episode 224 Aired Oct 26, 2017 Author Walter Isaacson. Details Episode 225 Aired Oct 27, 2017 Author Sasha Polakow-Suransky; street artist Shepard Fairey. Details Episode 226 Aired Oct 30, 2017 Investigative reporter Nick Turse. Details Episode 227 Aired Oct 31, 2017 Professor Deborah L. Rhode; actor J.B. Smoove. Details Episode 228 Aired Nov 1, 2017 Playwright Eve Ensler. Details Episode 229 Aired Nov 2, 2017 Steve Leder; actor Paul Reiser. Details Episode 230 Aired Nov 3, 2017 Author Reza Aslan. Details Episode 231 Aired Nov 6, 2017 President Trita Parsi, the National Iranian American Council. Details Episode 232 Aired Nov 7, 2017 Journalist Sarah van Gelder. Details Episode 233 Aired Nov 8, 2017 Actor Andrew Garfield; actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Details Episode 234 Aired Nov 9, 2017 Social justice advocate Khary Lazarre-White. Details Episode 235 Aired Nov 10, 2017 Director Jon Alpert. Details Episode 236 Aired Nov 13, 2017 Journalist Adam Nagourney. Details Episode 237 Aired Nov 14, 2017 Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow ("`Unrest"); singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson. Details Episode 238 Aired Nov 15, 2017 Alton Miller, former press secretary to Mayor Harold Washington; actress Carmen Ejogo. Details Episode 239 Aired Nov 16, 2017 Writer-director Dee Rees; actor Jason Mitchell. Details Episode 240 Aired Nov 17, 2017 Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Details Episode 241 Aired Nov 20, 2017 Musician Wyclef Jean. Details Episode 242 Aired Nov 21, 2017 Author Salman Rushdie. Details Episode 243 Aired Nov 22, 2017 Professor Bernadette Atuahene; actor Richard Jenkins. Details Episode 244 Aired Nov 23, 2017 Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater; street artist Shepard Fairey. Details Episode 245 Aired Nov 24, 2017 Chef Roy Choi; gardener Ron Finley; Sam Polk. Details Episode 246 Aired Nov 27, 2017 Doug Jones (D), nominee for U.S. Senate. Details Episode 247 Aired Nov 28, 2017 Journalist Maria Shriver; singer Jazzmeia Horn. Details Episode 248 Aired Nov 29, 2017 Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor. Details Episode 249 Aired Nov 30, 2017 Computer scientist Jaron Lanier. Details Episode 250 Aired Dec 1, 2017 Computer scientist Jaron Lanier. Details Episode 251 Aired Dec 4, 2017 Host Lawrence O'Donnell. Details Episode 252 Aired Dec 5, 2017 Journalist Dan Rather. Details Episode 253 Aired Dec 6, 2017 Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams. Details Episode 254 Aired Dec 7, 2017 Actor Leslie Odom Jr. Details Episode 255 Aired Dec 8, 2017 Jamie Merisotis, Lumina Foundation; Brandon Busteed, Gallup Education. Details Episode 256 Aired Dec 11, 2017 Phil Angelides, former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission; actress Allison Janney. Details Episode 257 Aired Dec 12, 2017 Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies; actor Bill Pullman. Details Episode 258 Aired Dec 13, 2017 Nan Aron, Alliance for Justice; actress Laurie Metcalf. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Talk Show
Original Language
English
Release Date
Dec 27, 2016