 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 2000, magazini inonzi People yakabatanidza Lewis munhamba yayo yeVanhu 50 Vakanaka Kupfuura Vose Pasi Pose. Muna 2001, Lewis akasarudza kusiya MTV kuitira kuti atange hurukuro yake. The Ananda Lewis Show yakatanga kuratidzwa musi waSeptember 10, 2001, pashure pokunge vatori venhau vanyatsobudisa nyaya yacho, Lewis achienzaniswa naOprah Winfrey. Lewis akaramba achiita mharidzo dzakakosha dzeMTV mushure mekunge show yake yatanga. Nyaya yaLewis, iyo yakatengeswa neKing World Productions, yakanangana nevakadzi vari pakati pemakore gumi nemasere nemakumi matatu nemana nekugadzirisa nyaya dzakadai semhirizhonga mudzimba nekenza yemazamu; yakatengwa seimwe nzira kune zvinonakidza uye zvinopesana zvinopesana naJerry Springer naRicki Lake, vane hurukuro dzehurukuro dzaive dzichitonga masikati masikati. Chiratidziro chaLewis chakaratidzwa pane dzimwe nhepfenyuro dzeWB neNBC dzisati dzamiswa mushure memwaka mumwe chete. Vagadziri vezviratidziro zvake vakataura, kuti: Takatanga musi woMuvhuro uye ipapo kwakava nokuputika kwebhomba paWorld Trade Centerzuva rakatevera racho, uye zvinhu zvose zvave zvisina kumira zvakanaka kubvira ipapo, akadaro Roger King, sachigaro uye mukuru mukuru weKing World Productions neCBS Enterprises. Lewis akabva ashanda kwenguva pfupi paBET. 