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A warmer note to close.
The show ends where it started — with Tyra Banks at the helm — and the return is warmer than the VH1 relaunch that preceded it.
Same ten-episode run closes the series.
Cycle 24 earns its place above the VH1 relaunch on what it restores. Tyra Banks returning as host brings back the mentorship register the show was built around, and the competition runs with more sincerity than cycle 23 managed. The 10-episode format is compact and entirely domestic. It doesn't reach the founding UPN heights, but the finale closes the show's run with more dignity than the relaunch offered.
The #23 slot.
Slot #23 of 24 in the America's Next Top Model Editor's Canon. Cycle 24 earns its placement above the VH1 relaunch on what it restores rather than what it adds. Tyra Banks returning as host brings back the mentorship register the show was built around — the dual role of guide and judge that defined the format across its UPN and CW run. The 10-episode production is compact and stays in Los Angeles without the social-media scoring apparatus cycle 23 introduced. The season does not reach the creative or competitive levels of the founding era. It closes the run with dignity, which matters more than the competition it delivers.