SCNN sources have obtained exclusive information on who will be crowned America’s Next Top Model this Wednesday on the CW: Tyra Banks, the first plus-sized model winner in the history of America’s Next Top Model.

“Tyra is over the moon,” said our insider, “She has been waiting for 10 seasons to finally get this recognition. She really worked hard to get her performance up. That and everybody was sick of hearing her whine about how she could out-pose all the contestants.” The head judge has apparently voted for herself every cycle, and this year fellow judges Paulina Porizkova, Nigel Barker, and Miss J. Alexander finally saw just how much the camera loves Tyra.

Ms. Banks, a former Victoria’s Secret model, beat out finalists Dominique, Fatima, Anya, and Whitney for the coveted Top Model spot. “For so long she was the girl with all the potential in the world, but who just couldn’t deliver a good photo,” said Mr. Jay Manuel yesterday. “Now she can join the elite ranks of ANTM winners who have gone on to star in ‘My Life as a Covergirl‘ and, well, not much else really.” Miss J. concurs: “Tyra is on track to be the most successful Top Model winner in ANTM history. I know that’s not saying much, but she’ll really get some exposure out of this. Even though everybody’s pretty sick of her already.”

As for rumors that Banks only won to prove that the fashion industry is ready for a plus-sized model, our source had this to say: “Absolutely not. It’s despicable that anyone would suggest that Tyra won for any reason other than her ability. Also, the fashion world really isn’t ready for a regular-size model, much less plus-sized.”

Whitney, Tyra’s plus-sized competitor, is reportedly a little miffed that Tyra has stolen the title of First Big Girl Winner. “I didn’t even know she was competing,” she was overheard saying, “If I had, I would have eaten everything in the house to get my boobs as big as hers.”

ABC went for stability with its fall 2008 schedule as expected, adding only a handful of new shows -- the time-traveling police drama "Life on Mars," Ashton Kutcher's alternative game show "Opportunity Knocks," as well as another Kutcher-produced reality series, a beauty pageant with a twist, which he is doing with Tyra Banks.

At the Tuesday morning press conference in New York City, ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson also officially announced the acquisition of NBC comedy "Scrubs." Among the news at the presentation: The 2008-09 season will be "Boston Legal's" last and "Oprah's Big Give" is not coming back.

"Big Give" had modest sucess and won its time period on Sunday nights.

"We loved that show and absolutely would have loved to bring it back," ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson said. "But it was something (Oprah) didn't want to do."ABC describes the Tyra Banks/Ashton Kutcher reality show as "a beauty pageant unlike any you've ever seen.

"It combines 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" with 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' and is right in our brand," McPherson said.

ABC plans to roll out the bulk of its fall schedule during premiere week in September.

Mondays
8 p.m. -- Dancing with the Stars / Untitled Tyra Banks-Ashton Kutcher (new)
9:30 p.m. -- Samantha Who?
10 p.m. -- The Bachelor / Boston Legal

Tuesdays
8 p.m. -- Opportunity Knocks [New]
9 p.m. -- Dancing Results Show/Scrubs (new)/Goode Family (new)
10 p.m. -- Eli Stone

Wednesdays
8 p.m. -- Pushing Daisies
9 p.m. -- Private Practice
10 p.m. -- Dirty Sexy Money

Thursdays
8 p.m. -- Ugly Betty
9 p.m. -- Grey's Anatomy
10 p.m. -- Life on Mars (new)

Fridays
8 p.m. -- Supernanny
9 p.m. --Wife Swap
10 p.m. --20/20

Sundays
7 p.m. -- America's Funniest Home Videos
8 p.m. -- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9 p.m. -- Desperate Housewives
10 p.m. -- Brothers & Sisters

A Columbia City woman was stabbed and nearly killed last month allegedly because she and her friends were being too loud watching "America's Top Model."

On Friday, the reality show struck again. This time, Tyra Banks and her gaggle of wiry model wanna-be's were at the heart of a sibling squabble in Northgate fit for a taping of Jerry Springer.

It started when a teacher in her twenties told her younger brother he'd been playing video games "for hours" and said she wanted to watch a recorded episode of "America's Next Top Model," according to a police report.

Her brother, also in his twenties, became "irate." He threw a remote control at his sister. It hit her hand and nicked the TV. Apparently undaunted, she went for the wall socket and started to unplug his video game. Pretty soon both were wrestling with the wires and each other until the sister called 911 and the brother ran from the house on the 1200 block of Northeast 102nd Street "in an unknown direction."

Once again, these two are in their twenties.

The woman had "red marks and a small bruise" on her hand, according to the report. The struggle also left her with a small scratch on her knee. No charges were filed.

Tyra Banks, among many other celebrities, have come to the defense of shamed Disney star Miley Cyrus.

Tyra told the view, “She is a 15-year-old, and I just wish everybody would leave her alone!”

She went on to say, “There were definitely jobs they would ask me to do,” she said, referring to a request for Banks to pose nude for the legendary Pirelli calendar."

"Disney and the public needs to lighten up on Miley. The photos were not ‘that’ bad and she definitely does not deserve to be punished for them."

A woman who suffered life-threatening stab wounds to her chest and neck Wednesday allegedly was attacked by another woman who had been upset that she was too loud while watching "America's Next Top Model."

Police say the 42-year-old victim and her friends were in a Columbia City apartment drinking beer and watching the reality show hosted by former supermodel Tyra Banks, in which women compete for a chance to launch their modeling careers.

The alleged attacker, an acquaintance of the victim, told the other woman to stop talking loudly. A police spokesman did not specify how they knew each other.

When the "Top Model" fan refused, police say the other woman then opened the apartment door and told her to get out, according to a police report. Police said the argument then turned physical, with one woman having a clump of her hair pulled out. The attacker then pulled a paring knife from a nearby apple and began stabbing the 42-year-old, according to a police report.

Witnesses were able to pull the knife away and separate the two before police say one ran into a bedroom. Medics and police were called about 9:30 p.m. to the apartment in the 5000 block of 37th Avenue South.

Police spokesman Jeff Kappel said the woman's stab wounds were so severe, medics who rushed her to Harborview Medical Center called for donor blood. A police officer found her lying on a neighbor's couch with a blood-soaked towel covering a chest wound roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch wide, the report said.

The woman had gone upstairs and knocked on the neighbor's door for help, saying she had been stabbed and her money was taken. Police found the clump of hair in a garbage can, but did not find a weapon. The suspect was still at large early Thursday evening.