The Tyra Banks Show premiered on SABC 3 on January 11th. Sadly for South african Tyra fans the show has been cancelled in the states. I for one am happy to see it leave our screens. I like Tyra and think she has a great future in media however I hated the show mainly because of her hypocritical and sometimes narcissistic approach to interviews. She had this tendency of making everything about her. If she had a guest on she would find a way to make their story less than what “she has been through”. Yes sometimes it helps to compare someone’s story to yours as an interviewer if you relate but with Tyra hers was always worse or more meaningful than her guest’s. Yes Tyra Banks is a role model to a lot of young black girls and she has the business savvy that has led to her being dubbed “the next Oprah” but the woman didn’t crack it as a talkshow host.
There were also rumours that she was mean to her staff which was contradictory to the “sister to all” image she was portraying on her show and on America’s Next Top Model. Of course these rumours are just allegations and she continues to succeed in other ventures she is involved in. ANTM is still doing well and apparently her company Bankable Production is moving in to making movies. Well, I wish her luck with that and hopefully she can grow and learn that you can’t succeed at everything in life. I went to Tyra’s website and of course she claims that the decision to end the show was hers but reports are the ratings were down and it became expensive to produce the show after it was moved from LA to NY.
As one diva leaves the small screen another rises to take the reigns and in this case Wendy Williams has become the’ it’ girl of the talk show world. Some have even claimed that Wendy’s success maybe partially to blame for Tyra and Oprah’s demise. Tyra focused more on targeting teens whereas Oprah just lost steam and then comes the over-the-top Wendy, Ty and O just didn’t stand a chance. Like in politics, tv audiences just needed a change. Ironic since the same message that helped Oprah’s friend Obama get in oval office may have something to do with the demise of her cash cow show. Wendy’s over-the-top and yet down-to-earth approach to her hosting has led to audiences flocking to her show in droves. She is not a celeb and doesn’t feel the need to suck up to big names stars like Oprah and Tyra did. That has made her relatable with her audiences.
It maybe a while until we get to see Wendy in Mzansi tv. I mean SABC is probably cant afford to pick her show up as its still kinda new and M-Net is unlikely to pick up a “black” talkshow (let’s be real, M-Net is a white channel J… u knw wat I mean). I suggest you go to youtube and see clips from the show. It’s great. Notably though is the interview with Whitney Houston Wendy knows how to press the buttons. She is real, Whitney is throwing some F*** word all over the interview, it’s just hilarious.
Simply put I think Wendy is direct and yet approachable which Tyra and Oprah could never be. Well maybe Oprah was 15years ago but people are tired of her “My friend Mandela”, “My friend John Travolta” etc … I know I am.
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