Bankable Productions Explained

Bankable Productions (previously known as "Ty Ty Baby Productions") is an independent film and television production company founded by former model Tyra Banks who is its CEO.^[1] In 2023, the company renamed itself to SMiZE Productions. The name was chosen for its connection with SMiZE & Dream, the ice cream company of Banks. The company announced it would produce a graphic novel series featuring personified forms of ice cream characters inspired by the Banks family.^[2]

Projects

Television

America's Next Top Model (UPN & The CW) (2003–2012; production rights transferred to the separate "The Tyra Banks Company")^[3]
The Tyra Banks Show (syndication & The CW) (2005–2010; co-production with Handprint Entertainment and Telepictures)
Stylista (The CW) (2008: co-production with Warner Horizon Television)
True Beauty (ABC) (2009–2010; co-production with Warner Horizon Television and Katalyst Media)

Film

The Clique (2008)

Web productions

Fa-Fa-Fa Fashion (2011)

Deal with Warner Bros.

In October 2007, Banks signed an Exclusive Multiyear Development and Production Deal between Bankable Productions and Warner Bros. Entertainment.^[4] Under terms of the multiyear pact, Bankable Productions will create and produce original primetime television series programming via the Studio's Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) and Warner Horizon Television (WHTV) production units, as well as original movies for Warner Premiere, the Studio's direct-to-consumer production arm.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: About Bankable Productions . 2010-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100403025525/http://www.tyra.com/view/BANKABLE_PRODUCTIONS_ABOUT . 2010-04-03 . dead.
Web site: Otterson . Joe . 2023-11-16 . Tyra Banks' Bankable Productions Relaunches as SMiZE Productions, Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment for Scripted Content . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231119230746/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tyra-banks-bankable-productions-smize-productions-echo-lake-entertainment-1235792587/#! . November 19, 2023 . 2024-04-14 . Variety . en-US.
Web site: Petski . Denise . 2018-08-10 . Tyra Banks Inks First-Look Deal With Universal TV . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230828091130/https://deadline.com/2018/08/tyra-banks-first-look-deal-universal-tv-1202443787/ . August 28, 2023 . 2024-04-14 . Deadline . en-US.
Web site: Bankable Productions Expands Relationship With Warner Bros. With An Exclusive Multiyear Development And Production Deal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727054604/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/bankable-productions-expands-relationship-warner-bros-exclusive-multiyear-development . July 27, 2021 . 2024-04-14 . www.warnerbros.com.
Web site: Bankable Productions Inks Deal with Warner Bros . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080803033922/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_30/ai_n27426305/ . August 3, 2008.