Delaying the start of the season until January, moving to L.A., firing Carolyn, letting America select a candidate, introducing new twists, and Trump’s fighting with Rosie: none of it helped The Apprentice 6‘s debut ratings. The first episode, which was 90 minutes long, was watched by an average of 9.1 million viewers, according to Variety…. continue reading
NBC debuts Grease: You’re the One I Want, The Apprentice 6 on Sunday
Two of the four reality shows debuting on Sunday are on NBC, which is devoting its entire prime-time space that evening to kicking off one new and one old series. Grease: You’re the One I Want debuts at 8 p.m. ET. The show is a talent search with a big prize: roles in Grease on… continue reading
Donald Trump: “I don’t need Rosie to help me with The Apprentice”
Donald Trump appeared on The Today Show this morning to address his ongoing feud with Rosie O’Donnell, and denied he was continuing to call her names to get attention for The Apprentice 6. Meredith Viera opened by asking him about the fight, and hysterically, he got mad. “Here we are talking about The Apprentice, and… continue reading
Apprentice 6’s first 20 minutes are online; contest will let a viewer shadow the winner
In advance of Sunday’s return of The Apprentice 6, Donald Trump has been picking a fight with Rosie O’Donnell, saying increasingly nasty things about her. But apparently that’s not the show’s entire PR strategy. Instead, NBC is streaming the first 20 minutes of the show on NBC.com and Yahoo, according to a press release. The… continue reading
Trump’s kids ‘resisted’ joining The Apprentice because it might hurt their ‘credibility’
With Carolyn fired, Ivanka Trump has replaced her for The Apprentice 6. Trump’s junior, Don, will also appear on the show, as he did for a few episodes last season. Despite this, in a profile of Trump’s kids, the New York Times says they “initially resisted Mr. Trump’s invitations to join him on ‘The Apprentice,’… continue reading
Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell clash
An war of words between Rosie O’Donnell and Donald Trump began Wednesday and continues to escalate. Trump, whose new season of The Apprentice coincidentally debuts in just a few weeks, responded angrily to remarks Rosie made on The View about his decision to allow Miss USA to retain her title. On the show Wednesday, Rosie… continue reading
Apprentice 6 losers will sleep in tents and excrete in port-a-potties
NBC has released details about the upcoming sixth season of Apprentice 6, which debuts in January, and its “shocking new twists.” Most entertainingly, the teams who lose each week will be punished: “the contestants on the winning team will get to live in a luxurious mansion” while “contestants on the losing team will have to… continue reading
NBC confirms The Apprentice 6’s move to Sundays
NBC is officially moving its Donald Trump reality series to Sundays for its sixth season. The Apprentice 6 will air opposite Desperate Housewives and Cold Case. It will be preceded by NBC’s new Grease-themed talent search, Grease: You’re the One That I Want, according to Variety. Both series will debut on January 7 with 90-minute… continue reading
Olympian Apprentice candidate says show is “L.A. style” and “totally new” with “new twists”
The Olympic athlete selected by viewers to appear on The Apprentice 6 says that this new season is “a totally new Apprentice.” Hockey player Angela Ruggiero says that the show, which taped at the beginning of last summer, has different tasks than we’re used to. “I can tell you this is a totally new Apprentice…. continue reading
Trump: “I had to fire [Carolyn] but it wasn’t like one of my dramatic boardroom scenes”
For the final word on Donald Trump firing Carolyn Kepcher, we turn to Trump’s blog, which is less scary for the fact that Trump actually seems to write it than for the comments that follow every post. (Sample: “Check out my profile then you know who I am and definitely you cannot sleep! I am… continue reading
Carolyn says she wasn’t fired, but it was a ‘mutual’ decision; George disagrees
Carolyn Kepcher showed up on Good Morning America–ABC’s morning show, not NBC’s–to tell the world that she wasn’t really fired by Donald Trump, she says; instead, she left his company voluntarily. “In my mind, this was mutual,” Carolyn said. But then she qualified that slightly, saying, “I had different goals, he had other goals; I… continue reading
Carolyn, George were not part of The Apprentice 6 even before Carolyn was fired
Carolyn Kepcher was fired by Donald Trump just last week, but she will not appear in The Apprentice 6, which was filmed earlier this summer. Carolyn is “not part of the cast,” according to the AP, just as George Ross also did not participate. Instead, it “includes Trump children Ivanka and Donald Jr.” Meanwhile, Carolyn… continue reading
Donald Trump fired Carolyn Kepcher
Carolyn Kepcher, Donald Trump’s left-hand woman on the first five seasons of The Apprentice, has been fired, literally. She “was fired earlier this week. Rhona Graff of the Trump Organization confirmed to CNNMoney.com that Kepcher no longer works at the company,” according to the site. (That is the Rhona, the woman who calls the candidates… continue reading
Apprentice 6 candidates reportedly performed halftime infomercial at LA Galaxy game
The Los Angeles-set Apprentice 6 is now taping in LA, and an early report suggests they’re not doing much to hide their presence. At the Los Angeles Galaxy major league soccer game Saturday night, fans were treated to a halftime show apparently presented by the candidates. The show was reportedly sponsored by GNC, and each… continue reading
Olympic hockey player voted on to Apprentice 6 by viewers
Viewers voted online to select an Olympian as a candidate on The Apprentice 6, and the results are in. Angela Ruggiero will be a member of the cast. She is a “1998 gold medalist and three-time U.S. Women’s Ice Hockey Olympian and Harvard Graduate,” according to an NBC press release. She was also “the first… continue reading