So Season 14 of America's Next Top Model recently ended (Thank God!), and as reported the finale was the highest-rated program on the CW for its target audience of women ages 18-34 since last Fall's premiere of Season 13. HA! Does that even count... merely beating last season's ratings? Only 3.77 million people tuned in for the finale (Hey, it's more than last year) and many continue to wonder, such as myself, why this show still exists. I'll tell you why. Tyra absolutely LOVES taping the show over and over and over again... So she can go home to watch herself sport a new outfit/weave/gay friend at the judge's panel every episode. Listen, I am gay and I adore all my strong black women. Do not take anything I say seriously or assume it's out of prejudice. That's simply not my taste, nor style.
All I'm saying is the show is most likely still on the air because whatever Tyra says goes. If she tells the executives at CW that Top Model WILL go on strong, it is in their best interest to agree with her to green-light the show for another season. Do they really want the feisty, aggressive side of Tyra to come out? No. I don't think so. The matter of the fact is that Top Model is pretty much one of the few shows that the CW is recognized for. If these people want to continue making money and attracting viewers, I think they need to develop a newer, better show with an even more famous, more attractive celebrity. Cause you know Americans always give in to the sex appeal. Everyone's sick of Tyra's antics, including me. And I loved the first 3 seasons (Eva was my favorite), but I'm over this show continuing on far too long. The media has saturated us with enough Tyra. Unless she can come up with more innovative, fresh, appealing ideas for the 15th Season... Up and coming models will soon have to go back to the old ways of setting up a booking and hiring an agent to actually become famous/recognized.
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