Tavis Smiley
Season 6
Episodes
1. Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
January 26, 2009
30 min
2. Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
January 27, 2009
30 min
3. Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
January 28, 2009
30 min
4. Mickey Rourke
January 29, 2009
30 min
5. Danny Boyle
January 30, 2009
30 min
6. Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
February 2, 2009
30 min
7. Garry Shandling
February 3, 2009
30 min
8. Sean Penn
February 4, 2009
30 min
9. Danny Glover, Q-Tip
February 5, 2009
30 min
10. Ashford & Simpson
February 6, 2009
30 min
11. Suze Orman
February 9, 2009
30 min
12. Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
February 10, 2009
30 min
13. Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
February 11, 2009
30 min
14. Graham Nash
February 12, 2009
30 min
15. Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
February 13, 2009
30 min
16. Former President Jimmy Carter
February 16, 2009
30 min
17. Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
February 17, 2009
30 min
18. Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
February 18, 2009
30 min
19. 2009 Oscar nominees
February 19, 2009
30 min
20. Joan Baez
February 20, 2009
30 min
21. T.C. Boyle
February 23, 2009
30 min
22. Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
February 24, 2009
30 min
23. Bill Maher
February 25, 2009
30 min
24. Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
February 26, 2009
30 min
25. Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
February 27, 2009
30 min
26. Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
March 9, 2009
30 min
27. Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
March 10, 2009
30 min
28. Robert Gates
March 11, 2009
30 min
29. Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
March 12, 2009
30 min
30. Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
March 13, 2009
30 min
31. Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
March 16, 2009
30 min
32. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
March 17, 2009
30 min
33. Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
March 18, 2009
30 min
34. Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
March 19, 2009
30 min
35. Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
March 20, 2009
30 min
36. Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
March 23, 2009
30 min
37. Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
March 24, 2009
30 min
38. A tribute to John Hope Franklin
March 25, 2009
30 min
39. Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
March 26, 2009
30 min
40. Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
March 28, 2009
30 min
41. Judith Jamison
March 27, 2009
30 min
42. Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
March 30, 2009
30 min
43. Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
March 31, 2009
30 min
44. A tribute to Marvin Gaye
April 1, 2009
30 min
45. Carlos Santana
April 2, 2009
30 min
46. Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
April 3, 2009
30 min
47. Kevin Spacey
April 6, 2009
30 min
48. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
April 7, 2009
30 min
49. Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
April 8, 2009
30 min
50. James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
April 9, 2009
30 min
51. Mark Robert Waldman
April 10, 2009
30 min
52. Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
April 13, 2009
30 min
53. Abraham Verghese, Labelle
April 14, 2009
30 min
54. Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
April 15, 2009
30 min
55. Dara Torres, India.Arie
April 16, 2009
30 min
56. Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
April 17, 2009
30 min
57. Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
April 20, 2009
30 min
58. Wangari Maathai
April 21, 2009
30 min
59. Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
April 22, 2009
30 min
60. Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
April 23, 2009
30 min
61. Tracey Ullman
April 24, 2009
30 min
62. Prince
April 27, 2009
30 min
63. Bria Valente, Prince
April 28, 2009
30 min
64. Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
April 29, 2009
30 min
65. Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
April 30, 2009
30 min
66. Mary Higgins Clark
May 1, 2009
30 min
67. Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
May 4, 2009
30 min
68. Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
May 5, 2009
30 min
69. Darryl Strawberry
May 6, 2009
30 min
70. Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
May 7, 2009
30 min
71. J.J. Abrams
May 8, 2009
30 min
72. Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
May 11, 2009
30 min
73. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
May 12, 2009
30 min
74. Steve Earle, John Harwood
May 13, 2009
30 min
75. Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
May 14, 2009
30 min
76. Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
May 15, 2009
30 min
77. Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
May 18, 2009
30 min
78. Steve Martin
May 19, 2009
30 min
79. Reza Aslan, Common
May 20, 2009
30 min
80. Ed Asner
May 21, 2009
30 min
81. Bill Russell
May 22, 2009
30 min
82. Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
June 1, 2009
30 min
83. Norman Lear
June 2, 2009
30 min
84. Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
June 3, 2009
30 min
85. Vernon Jordan
June 4, 2009
30 min
86. Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
June 5, 2009
30 min
87. Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
June 8, 2009
30 min
88. Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
June 9, 2009
30 min
89. Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
June 10, 2009
30 min
90. Larry King
June 11, 2009
30 min
91. Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
June 12, 2009
30 min
92. Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
June 15, 2009
30 min
93. Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
June 16, 2009
30 min
94. Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
June 17, 2009
30 min
95. Roseanne Barr
June 18, 2009
30 min
96. Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
June 19, 2009
30 min
97. Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
June 22, 2009
30 min
98. Francis Ford Coppola
June 23, 2009
30 min
99. Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
June 24, 2009
30 min
100. Mary Mary
June 25, 2009
30 min
101. Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
June 26, 2009
30 min
102. A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
June 29, 2009
30 min
103. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
June 30, 2009
30 min
104. Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
July 1, 2009
30 min
105. Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
July 2, 2009
30 min
106. Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
July 3, 2009
30 min
107. Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
July 6, 2009
30 min
108. Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
July 7, 2009
30 min
109. Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
July 8, 2009
30 min
110. Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
July 9, 2009
30 min
111. Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
July 10, 2009
30 min
112. Jay Leno
August 10, 2009
30 min
113. Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
August 11, 2009
30 min
114. Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
August 12, 2009
30 min
115. Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
August 13, 2009
30 min
116. Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
August 14, 2009
30 min
117. Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
August 17, 2009
30 min
118. Smokey Robinson
August 18, 2009
30 min
119. Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
August 19, 2009
30 min
120. Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
August 20, 2009
30 min
121. Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
August 21, 2009
30 min
122. Quentin Tarantino
August 24, 2009
30 min
123. Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
August 25, 2009
30 min
124. Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
August 26, 2009
30 min
125. Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
August 27, 2009
30 min
126. Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
August 28, 2009
30 min
127. Doug Pray, Robert Baer
August 31, 2009
30 min
128. Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
September 1, 2009
30 min
129. Ledisi, Peter Baker
September 2, 2009
30 min
130. George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
September 3, 2009
30 min
131. Terence Blanchard
September 4, 2009
30 min
132. Smokey Robinson
September 7, 2009
30 min
134. Ken Burns
September 15, 2009
30 min
135. Ted Kennedy Jr.
September 16, 2009
30 min
136. R. Dwayne Betts
September 17, 2009
30 min
137. Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
September 18, 2009
30 min
139. Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
September 22, 2009
30 min
140. David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
September 23, 2009
30 min
141. Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
September 24, 2009
30 min
143. Ken Burns
September 28, 2009
30 min
144. Michael Moore
September 29, 2009
30 min
145. Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
September 30, 2009
30 min
146. Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
October 1, 2009
30 min
148. Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
October 5, 2009
30 min
149. Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
October 6, 2009
30 min
151. Dr. Cornel West
October 8, 2009
30 min
152. Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
October 9, 2009
30 min
153. Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
October 12, 2009
30 min
154. James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
October 13, 2009
30 min
156. Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
October 15, 2009
30 min
157. Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
October 16, 2009
30 min
158. Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
October 19, 2009
30 min
159. Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
October 20, 2009
30 min
160. Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
October 21, 2009
30 min
161. Anthony Edwards, The RZA
October 22, 2009
30 min
162. Andy Williams
October 23, 2009
30 min
163. Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
October 26, 2009
30 min
164. Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
October 27, 2009
30 min
166. Dr. Ruth Simmons
October 29, 2009
30 min
167. Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
October 30, 2009
30 min
168. Kris Kristofferson
November 2, 2009
30 min
169. Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
November 3, 2009
30 min
171. Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
November 5, 2009
30 min
172. Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
November 6, 2009
30 min
173. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
November 9, 2009
30 min
174. Max Cleland, Amerie
November 10, 2009
30 min
176. Bruce Feiler
November 12, 2009
30 min
177. Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
November 13, 2009
30 min
178. Dan Senor, Gail Collins
November 16, 2009
30 min
179. Harry Connick Jr.
November 17, 2009
30 min
180. Paul Mooney
November 18, 2009
30 min
181. Andre Agassi
November 19, 2009
30 min
182. 50 Cent
November 20, 2009
30 min
183. Dave Matthews
November 25, 2009
30 min
184. Viggo Mortensen
November 30, 2009
30 min
185. Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
December 1, 2009
30 min
186. Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
December 2, 2009
30 min
187. Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
December 3, 2009
30 min
188. Dr. Ruth Simmons
December 4, 2009
30 min
189. Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
December 7, 2009
30 min
190. Yo-Yo Ma
December 8, 2009
30 min
191. Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
December 9, 2009
30 min
192. Morgan Freeman
December 10, 2009
30 min
194. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
December 14, 2009
30 min
195. Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
December 15, 2009
30 min
196. Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
December 16, 2009
30 min
197. James Cameron
December 17, 2009
30 min
198. Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
December 18, 2009
30 min
199. Mary J. Blige
December 21, 2009
30 min
200. Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
December 22, 2009
30 min
201. Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
January 11, 2010
30 min
202. Sandra Bullock
January 12, 2010
30 min
203. Joe Torre
January 13, 2010
30 min
204. Rosanne Cash
January 14, 2010
30 min
205. Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
January 15, 2010
30 min
207. Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
January 19, 2010
30 min
208. Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
January 20, 2010
30 min
209. Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
January 21, 2010
30 min
210. Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
January 22, 2010
30 min
