"Tavis Smiley" on PBS

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Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. It's a hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, featuring interviews with newsmakers, politicians, celebrities and real people.

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Tavis Bio
  • Decorated U.S. Army vet and former Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia Max Cleland weighs in on U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan and reflects on his experience in Vietnam. Go to www.pbs.org/tavissmiley to learn more about Tavis' nightly PBS program, Tavis Smiley.
 

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, it is the first West Coast talk show for PBS.

 

THOUGHT OF THE WEEK

  • “Believe in beliefs.”

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