The Apprentice‘s ratings are insanely low–3.836 million viewers last week–but this has been a pretty great season, especially because of the cast. And that continued last night, when the teams had to open a dog day care business. During that task, we saw what I think is a first, unless I’m repressing a memory: A …
The Apprentice 7
The Apprentice 7‘s Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy resigned Monday from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office two weeks after being demoted over her celebrity. She’s the abrasive contestant who Ivanka Trump said “was brutal” and is “so unprofessional,” in addition to having “a terrible attitude.” The D.A. “decided to transfer Saeidi-Azcuy to a lower-profile position in the office’s …
The return of the regular The Apprentice to NBC after a three-year absence was the show’s lowest-rated debut ever, with less than 50 percent of the last celebrity edition’s debut audience tuning in this week. According to Nielsen data compiled by TV By the Numbers, the show grew its audience over two hours, starting with …
It’s been more than three years since we’ve had an edition of The Apprentice with non-celebrity candidates, and since the regular-person version ended with a weak season, I was skeptical about last night’s return of the show. But Donald Trump’s competition returned in fine form. The show overplayed it recession theme a bit–Trump pretending that …
The return of the non-celebrity Apprentice will air Thursdays at 10 p.m. this fall. In that timeslot, where it replaces the scripted drama Love Bites, it will compete against The Mentalist and Private Practice. An NBC press release calls this “an updated version” and says the new season “just finished shooting this week in New …
NBC has just two reality series on its schedule this fall, while The Celebrity Apprentice 4 and The Apprentice 7 will both air during NBC’s 2010-2011 season. However, the recession-themed regular version doesn’t yet have an airdate, while the celebrity version will debut in March 2011. An NBC press release says the regular version, along …
The non-celebrity Apprentice will return to NBC for a seventh season, the network just announced. Just under a year ago, NBC posted and removed a casting notice for the regular edition, which hasn’t aired in three years. There’s not been official word about the return date, but it will probably air in the fall. The …