Red Table Talkisn’t your average talk show. Each episode, the three hosts of the original Facebook Watch series situate themselves at a deep red circular table and welcome a new guest to join them for a candid conversation. But unlike traditional talk shows, there’s no live audience, no background music and no bright lights. is actually a home—the Los Angeles residence of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated black couples, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
The show’s momentum has continued into 2020. This month, Facebook Watch announced a three-year contract extension forfeaturing the Latina Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Gloria Estefan, her daughter and her niece., who will be an executive producer of that show as well. ’s intimate approach, the secret sauce that sets it apart from other talk shows, will continue with the new show.
Pinkett Smith often puts her own family matters in the spotlight: During one episode, she’s joined by husband Will Smith’s ex-wife, Sheree Elizabeth Zampino, to discuss how they make their blended family work. During another, the Smith family gets candid about their health and agree to get physicals and then reveal the results on the next episode.’s guests run the gamut, Pinkett Smith says that the focus is black women.
brianne_garrett Never saw any of her shows, but I love her for being so incredibly laid-back. Great woman. Not so wicked, but defo quite a bit of wisdom involved. :)