Daytime television has just taken another big hit. Just weeks after media mogul Oprah Winfrey announced that she would be ending her wildly successful talk show Oprah, Tyra Banks has announced that she'll be ending The Tyra Show. Both daytime talk shows were wildly popular with women. Tyra's show, which often centers on female empowerment and inner beauty, is currently in the middle fifth and final season, which is slated to end, along with the series, in June 2010.
“This will be the last season of The Tyra Show,” Banks exclusively revealed to People magazine. “I’ve been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years.”
Tyra, however, won't be completely absent from television screens. She'll continue to appear in her hit show America's Next Top Model, which will return for its fifteenth season in February 2010. She will also continue to appear on her other show, True Beauty, which airs on ABC.
“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," said a source for People.
Well, daytime television has certainly taken a hit this year, and it's not been because of the recession (mostly). With all these hosts leaving, what will become of daytime television? You can't replace them with more soap operas; those have been declining just as equally, although for financial reasons.
It will be interesting to see how this situation is resolved by the networks come next year, when daytime television will be rendered a practical wasteland. What do you think about Tyra's departure from daytime TV? Let us know in the comments below!
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