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
Trump happy with The Apprentice 6’s delayed debut; Apprentice 7 planned
After NBC bumped the fall premiere of The Apprentice 6 to January, one might imagine Donald Trump getting upset; he certainly isn’t shy about criticizing the network, as he did after what he now calls “the Martha fiasco.” However, he’s not upset at all, and even manages to compare his show to the biggest reality… continue reading
Apprentice 6 bumped to January, will air on Sundays
Contrary to reports that the show will be cancelled, The Apprentice 6 will air after all. However, NBC is pushing the LA-set season’s debut until January of 2007. The network is also changing its night, moving the series to Sundays at 9 p.m. ET. That will be the second change in two seasons, since it… continue reading
Is The Apprentice in danger of being cancelled?
With sliding ratings for The Apprentice 5, will the series live on to move to LA for its sixth season? The Mercury News’ Charlie McCollum suggests that it may not, and that it will be cancelled by NBC. He writes, “Even though the series already is casting its next season, don’t count on it living… continue reading
Olympian will be selected by viewers to join Apprentice 6 cast
The Apprentice 6, which will move the show to LA for the first time, will include a cast member who is an Olympian. More significantly, that Olympian cast member will be selected by us. We’ll have our pick of 12 Olympians who have presumably agreed to participate if selected: Allison Baver, Travis Cabral, Casey FitzRandolph,… continue reading
Apprentice renewed for a sixth season, which will be filmed in LA
NBC has ordered a sixth season of The Apprentice, and for that season, the show will leave New York and be filmed in LA, or more broadly, “Southern California,” according to NBC. The fourth season is wrapping up now, while the fifth season was produced this fall and will air sometime next year. The Apprentice… continue reading