As though 2009 has not already been chock full of tragedies, today, we are dealt a blow so hard, so blinding, that we fear this new decade will never recover. The Other Queen of Daytime Television, Tyra Banks, has announced that she will be ending her talk show in 2010.
The World:
A world without The Tyra Banks Show is like Christmas with Santa’s cold body waiting under the tree: Devoid of all happiness and celebration. When the show began in 2005, it seemed the nation was skeptic. How could Tyra Banks, supermodel, carry her own talk show? What we were to learn over the past 4 years is the answer: With hilarity, brazenness, and a genuine voice that, even in its most inappropriate or silly times, never wavered.
Tyra eventually won the nation over with her unusual interview style — where boob grabs came and went like sh*tty green room fruit baskets — and by giving away ungodly amounts of Vaseline. Tyra went from being a model with a talk show to a two-time Daytime Emmy Award Winner for the outstanding talk show category in 2008 and 2009. And if you’ve ever given birth to an S-shaped doodie — and don’t front, you’re doing it right now — you know this award is fully deserved. Her Bus Station Fashion Show alone was Oscar worthy, if they doles out awards for “Best What, Exactly, Is Happening Right Now?”
Which is why this news is most surprising. With Oprah ending her 215-year reign as the Queen of All Media next year, we were sure — certain – that Tyra would be just the girl to fill in Oprah’s Hermes crocodile canoes (shoes). And then this news…
Could it possibly mean Tyra will be coming back on a brand new, revamped talk show? Perhaps a late night show? We doubt Banks, who we’ve often felt was the hardest working woman in show biz between her show tapings and her America’s Next Top Model commitment — would just plain end her talk show without something bigger on the horizon. At least, this is what we hope to believe.
Having had the honor to appear on Ms. Tyra’s show (and believe me, it is to this day one of my most prized apperances, if only because I was able to address Nigel Barker as “Nige”), I’d like to congratulate Tyra on creating one of the most talked about daytime show of the decade, and wish her and her wonderful staff the best in the future. And please, please, please don’t leave this country in the cold. Come back soon.
Regretfully, rocking itself back and forth,
America
PS: EW‘s recommendation of Alexa Chung replacing Tyra is one we could more than live with.
Let us all remember our favorite Tyra moments in the comments. We’ve put ours ahead.
We didn’t really care about Oprah quitting. But this? This cuts deep.
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