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Tyra Banks' chat show to shutter in 2010

By April MacIntyre Dec 29, 2009, 5:12 GMT

Tyra Banks - © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Ta Ta Tyra Banks, the undercover expose queen of daytime talk.

The former model, 36, has formally announced that her syndicated chatter "The Tyra Show" will end after its fifth season in 2010.

"I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past five years," she said in a statement on her Web site, according to the Associated Press.

Tyra has run the gamut on her show, defending her weight in a bathing suit after unflattering photos surfaced in tabloids, and having people performing Colonics in front of her studio audience. Tyra has hosted porn stars, teen pimps, straight guys moonlighting as gay adult film stars defending their lifestyles.

In a past episode, Tyra devoted a whole show to learning about vaginas:  Tyra "walks us through what's down there":

On one show, Tyra exposes the "gay for pay" straight dudes who go team blue for money:

Then undercover Tyra is transformed into a dude, thanks to special effects makeup artist Todd Tucker of Drac studios:

Her other reality show, America's Next Top Model, will keep on the air.

Banks' production company will also be developing other film and TV projects, according to her website.