'America's Next Top Model' Renewed for 21st Cycle at The CW; Tyra Banks Open to Adopting Children
The CW television network has confirmed that it will be renewing America's Next Top Model for another cycle, this will be the show's 21st chapter.
While no other details were revealed, CW suggested that it will make an announcement about the production start date and premiere soon. Tyra Banks will be helming the show and executive producing it with Ken Mok (Making the Band). Like the current cycle, the new season will be open to both male and female contestants.
In a recent interview with Access Hollywood Live, Banks revealed that she was open to adopting children.
"I will have children, whether they come out of me or come to me," Banks said. "I'm open to [adopting]. I'm definitely open."
She also said that she'd been wanting to that "before it became cool."
Banks went on to elucidate her point by rewinding to the time when she was only 9 years old and had already made up her mind about adoption.
"Since I was 9 years old, I'd be like, 'Mommy! I want a baby, but it don't have to be my baby and I can take it from over there and I can raise the baby'," she said. "[My mom was] like, 'That's called adoption', and I'm like, 'Yeah, mommy, I want to do that'. So, since I was 9."
Read CW's announcement about renewing the show:
"For the past two years, America's Next Top Model has played an important part in The CW's original summer programming strategy, as the long-running reality series kicked-off during the late summer months and carried on into The CW's fall launch. The current cycle, airing Fridays, 9 -10 p.m. ET, will name the newest winner of America's Next Top Model during the finale on November 15.
America's Next Top Model is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with The Tyra Banks Company. The executive producers are Ken Mok (Making the Band) and Tyra Banks. The series was created by Tyra Banks and developed by Mok and Kenya Barris. Tyra Banks also hosts the series. Currently, America's Next Top Model is under license in over 100 markets around the world and has 20 international versions in production. America's Next Top Model and the America's Next Top Model format are licensed internationally by CBS Studios International."
