December 28, 2009


After five seasons, two Daytime Emmy awards and too many girl-power episodes to count, Tyra Banks is announcing the end of The Tyra Show.

“This will be the last season of The Tyra Show,” Banks tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I’ve been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years.”

Wrapping at the end of its fifth season in the spring of 2010, it will be lights out for the show that brought viewers memorable weave-exposing, cellulite-revealing and tear-jerking moments.

Banks will focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a N.Y.-based film production company currently reviewing possible projects. Sticking to her mission, Banks aims to bring “positive images of women to the big screen,” says an industry insider.

“My next huge steps will allow me to reach more women and young girls to help us all feel as fierce as we truly are,” Banks says.
Adds the insider: “Tyra is sad because she’ll be missing so much of the daily connection to her viewers, but excited at the same time to be taking on a new challenge.”

With encouragement from filmmaker Tyler Perry and longtime mentor Oprah Winfrey, Banks is “redefining beauty for women in film,” adds the source. “With Oprah’s big announcement this year, I think that gave Tyra the confidence to get out there and follow her longtime dream of film producing.”

But fashion fiends worry not. America’s Next Top Model is slated to return for its 15th season in February along with Banks’s ABC show True Beauty.

“There’s a lot cooking right now and a lot of fire burning in my heart,” Banks writes in an open letter on her Web site. “And I salute you my amazing family of viewers; without you there never would have been a Tyra Show. I really love you all.”


http://tvwatch.people.com...talk-show/

Oprah's seriously gonna slap her

Vendetta1 said:

AT LAST,,,,,that buffoon annoyed me to a STROKE. Thank you lord.

PricelessHo said:

Trust me, nobody's having the last word when Oprah's involved,,,,remember Rosanne's story?

Harlepolis said:

Let the chuch say, Amen

It's about time. She should have ended it year 2.

wow... one of my rare prayers has actually been answered...

no... wait... no, this was a penny I threw in a fountain that one time...

Yea, it's past due. She hasn't had an interesting topic in over a year & those were far & few between

They've been threatening to cancel her show for a while. I'm glad the time has come.

CalhounSq said:

I agree. Tyra was only interesing for the first 2 seasons.

She had a talk show ?


yeah right ...

The best way to watch her tv talk show is with the volume off.

kpowers said:

TonyVanDam said:

The only person who thought Tyra was the next Oprah, was Tyra

CalhounSq said:

Actually, it was Flavor Flav. But lets not take anything away from Tyra and her own ego.

Harlepolis said:

I think The Tyra Show "jumped the sharks" the moment Tyra made it known that she doesn't act her age.

TonyVanDam said:

I wanted to give the girl the benefit of the doubt just for the sake of not being a social outcast whenever I'm around my girlfriends but she lost me after her emotional "kiss my fat ass" tirade,,,,,and when she made that "hair" episode, I SEALED the deal on her phony ass

millions of teenaged girls will be heartbroken.


why is she ending hers around the same time as Oprah? Copy Cat much Tyra?

DesireeNevermind said:

If Oprah wanna milk the tears,,,,you know damn well that somebody don't wanna be left out.

I wish she'd end that ANTM. Filling on them little walmart girls with dreams of parisian runways. Bitch please! Aint a supermodel emerged yet from that show and it's been on for years!

DesireeNevermind said:

Damn, you cold! But, you speak the truth!

MissEmeraldCity said:

Janice Dickenson was colder. ah the good ole days.

DesireeNevermind said:

Thank god someone else noticed. I'm waiting for a contestant to be like "Bitch, let me know now if I'm gonna be as successful as you, cuz none of the other winners from the previous 50000 cycles have!"

purplesweat said:

and the winner doesn't even get the money in one lump sum.

DesireeNevermind said:

the show gave us Tocarra


and I'm forever thankful for that

bboy87 said:

yes you've got two reasons to be thankful. that child can't keep a bra strap in place to save her life.

Just don't take away my ANTM and no one gets hurt.

Harlepolis said:

I thought at the time that it was entertaining to see Tyra get in a war of words with the tabloid media for picking on her about her weight gain. But looking back, it also proved my point even further that she never had the maturity that it takes to handle controversies.