Tyra Banks

By Andy Dehnart Tuesday, Oct. 20 PBS' Independent Lens airs a documentary about a famous mining town and its impact in Butte, America [PBS, check local listings]. Also, there are two season finales tonight: Shark Tank [ABC, 8 p.m.], and Flipping Out [Bravo, 10 p.m.]

By Andy Dehnart Creating a reality competition that's all about herself has worked well for Tyra Banks: The America's Next Top Model creator and judge was the top-earning female in prime time TV last year, making an estimated $30 million from June 1, 2008, to June 1, 2009, according to Forbes.

By Andy Dehnart To all the Top Model hopefuls who were affected by the New York casting, we are doing everything we can to make sure that ALL the girls who weren't seen, get an opportunity to audition -- we'll update you on our plans very soon. It is so important to me to redefine beauty, and make sure that every...

By Andy Dehnart The 12th cycle of Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET on The CW. On it, Tyra will mentor 13 girls and teach them how to be like Tyra while they listen to Tyra talk about Tyra, at least before they appear on Tyra Banks' talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, to talk to Tyra about wh...

By Andy Dehnart What is new is having such an extraordinarily unlikable star/host in Anne Slowey, an editor at Elle. The reasons why Slowley was dropped as a guest judge from Project Runway after the first season are clear: she's terrible. Stylista [The CW]