The Tavis Smiley Show

The Tavis Smiley Show
Presented by	Tavis Smiley
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producer(s)	Tavis Smiley
Release
Original release	January 5, 2004 – present

The Tavis Smiley Show is an American public broadcasting radio talk show. A television show, simply titled Tavis Smiley, is a late-night television program on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Both shows feature Tavis Smiley as host.

The Tavis Smiley Show is currently broadcast on Public Radio International (PRI). It is a one-hour weekly program featuring interviews with news makers, thought leaders and artists and seeks to bring diverse perspectives to the airwaves. It is produced by Smiley Radio Properties, Inc., in partnership with PRI at Smiley's studio in Los Angeles, California. The program ran two hours per week until October 2010 when the second hour became the sister program Smiley & West, co-hosted by longtime Smiley collaborator Dr. Cornel West.

Tavis Smiley is a late night television program on PBS. The show began broadcasting in 2004. It follows a similar style of show, featuring interviews on topical subjects and entertainment. The show has won both the 2005 and 2006 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Television, News, Talk, or Information Series or Special.

As the first west-coast talk show for PBS, it is recorded at the studios of Los Angeles former PBS station KCET. The show will continue to be presented by and produced at KCET after January 1, 2011, although the station will not be able to air the program itself as it left PBS as of that date (the program will retain its 11pm time in Los Angeles on new Southern California flagship KOCE after that date). After 2011, however, the show looks likely to move elsewhere, as Smiley has said he has a tenuous relationship with KCET officials over a lack of fundraising for the series, and will only keep filming at the studios for the present time as there was no time after KCET's PBS dismembership announcement to find a new taping facility.

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