America's Most Loved TV Personalities

Tyra Banks is a former fashion model and a TV personality best known for hosting the modeling competition show “America’s Next Top Model” from 2003 until 2018 (with a break in 2016) and for being the face of several companies, including CoverGirl. Banks also hosted her own Daytime Emmy-winning talk show, “The Tyra Banks Show,” between 2005 and 2010.

Most recently, Banks has been an executive producer and host of “Dancing with the Stars.” Though she faced criticism over her hosting skills after replacing the much loved Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, Banks will be returning for the 2021 season.

Cesar Millan is a Mexican-American renowned dog behavior and training expert. He is best known for his role in the National Geographic Channel’s “Dog Whisperer” reality TV show, in which he worked to rehabilitate dogs. The show, which ran from 2004 until 2016, was nominated for three Primetime Emmys.

Millan has written several books about dogs, the first three of which became New York Times best sellers.

Former opera singer Mike Rowe is best known to the public for his work on Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” show, which first aired from 2005-2012, and is coming back with a new season in 2021. In the show, Rowe travels around the country performing dirty and dangerous jobs. Rowe won the Critics Choice Award for best reality show host in 2011.

Two other popular shows that Rowe produced and hosted are “Returning the Favor,” in which Rowe visits people who are helping their communities and in turn does something nice for them, and “Somebody’s Gotta Do It,” in which Rowe visits people with unique jobs or hobbies.

Kris Jenner is an American entertainer and businesswoman best known for being the head of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. She rose to fame on the “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” reality TV show, which aired between 2006 and 2021. Jenner is often referred to as “momager” in the media due to the ways she manages her children’s career and schedules.

Jenner hosted a pop culture daytime talk show for six weeks in 2013 called “Kris.”

Jimmy Kimmel has been in the TV industry as a host, comedian, writer, or producer for more than two decades. He is best known for hosting the Primetime Emmy-nominated “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” talk show since 2003.

Kimmel hosted the Academy Awards twice — in 2017 (the year with the envelope mixup when the wrong movie was announced best picture) and in 2018. In 2013, Kimmel was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.