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Program Summary for The Apprentice
The Apprentice is the ultimate job interview, where sixteen Americans (eighteen in seasons two through six, fourteen in seasons seven and nine) compete in a series of rigorous business tasks, many of which include prominent Fortune 500 companies and require street smarts and intelligence to conquer, in order to show Donald Trump, the boss, that they are the best candidate for his companies. In each episode, the losing team is sent to the boardroom, where Trump and his associates, Carolyn Kepcher and George Ross, and later, his children, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump, judge the job applicants on their performance in the task. One person is fired and sent home. Who will succeed? Who will fail? And who will be The Apprentice?
The eleventh season of The Apprentice will be the fourth celebrity candidate format, with the cast set to be announced by January.
The tenth season of The Apprentice returned to having real people compete to become the Apprentice. The theme of this season was candidates who'd been badly affected by the country's recent economic recession, and all sixteen candidates competed to try and get a second chance and ultimately change their lives. The teams were divided into men vs. women once more, and again, the drama between team members was plentiful, and the boardroom battles were epic. The tasks were a bit predictable, as most were simple marketing tasks or fundraising tasks, but at least Trump returned to making understandable, actually fairly rational firing decisions in the boardroom.
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Episode Title: | California Car Wash |
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Original Air Date: | January 7th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x01 -- Season: 6, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The Apprentice moves to Los Angeles, and eighteen new candidates vie for a coveted position with Donald Trump in this sixth season.
In the season premiere, all of the candidates worked together to put up a large tent in an opening task that determined the two first team leaders and Project Managers -- Heidi and Frank. The two teams then competed to see who would make more money running a car wash. Heidi's team ended up bringing in more money for the win. They were treated to dinner at Spago with Trump and Melania for their reward. Frank's team went to the boardroom, where he was nearly fired for his bad leadership, but Martin was fired instead for not really doing all that much for the team and really not fitting the mold of what Trump thinks an Apprentice should be. |
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Episode Title: | Pink Is the New Black |
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Original Air Date: | January 14th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x02 -- Season: 6, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The seventeen remaining candidates are challenged to design and manufacture a new collection of men's and women's swimwear for designer Trina Turk, then put their creations on display in a fashion show on a California beach. Kinetic made the better collection and brought in more money for the win. For their reward, they won a trip with Trump to the Playboy Mansion. Arrow went to the boardroom, where Carey was fired. |
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Episode Title: | Hollywood Walk of Shame |
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Original Air Date: | January 21st 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x03 -- Season: 6, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The sixteen remaining candidates continue their bout to become Trump's sixth Apprentice. While Kinetic is exempt from the task, the remaining members of Arrow must create innovative Hollywood sightseeing tours. Arrow is split into two teams, with Aaron leading James and Stefani and Michelle leading Tim, Nicole, and Frank. Aaron's team makes the more innovative tour for the win. Sadly, they win no reward. Before Michelle's team can go to the boardroom, she saves Trump the trouble and quits. |
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Episode Title: | Drive-Thru Duel |
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Original Air Date: | January 28th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x04 -- Season: 6, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The fifteen remaining candidates must launch a new product for a national chicken restaurant -- a challenge that was sure to ruffle some feathers. Arrow created the better product and brought in more money selling it for the win. They were finally allowed to move into the mansion. For their reward, they received a personal serenade by Tuscan tenor Andrea Bocelli, complete with a fireworks show. Kinetic, after moving out into the backyard, went to the boardroom for the first time, where Marisa was fired for being disruptive and for failing at her responsibility taking charge of the team's marketing. |
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Episode Title: | To Bee or Not To Bee |
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Original Air Date: | February 11th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x05 -- Season: 6, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The fourteen remaining candidates' task is to harvest honey -- while evading swarms of bees in the process -- to make a new product for Sue Bee Honey and sell it to the consumers. Despite a bad start courtesy of Project Manager Aimee, Kinetic sold more of their product for the win. For their reward, they played basketball with the L.A. Lakers, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy, plus Coach Phil Jackson. Arrow went to the boardroom, where the team tried to scapegoat Surya for failing at marketing and for being a general annoyance. It didn't work, so Aaron was fired for his lack of leadership on the task. |
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Episode Title: | Travel Sweepstakes Smackdown |
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Original Air Date: | February 18th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x06 -- Season: 6, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The thirteen remaining candidates must launch a promotional sweepstakes for a travel Web site. Arrow got more people signed up for their sweepstakes for the win, in spite of Surya's bad leadership. For their reward, they were given private surfing lessons and were treated to a free brunch. Also, business became pleasure when Tim and Nicole sparked up a romance. Kinetic went to the boardroom, where Aimee was fired for her poor leadership. |
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Episode Title: | Life in the Luxury Lane |
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Original Air Date: | March 4th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x07 -- Season: 6, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The twelve remaining candidates gear up to organize an automobile-themed VIP event. Arrow organized the better event for the win. For their reward, they got to rap with Snoop Dogg. Kinetic went to the boardroom, where Derek was fired for smarting off to Trump, and Jenn was fired for her poor leadership. |
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Episode Title: | Bend It Like Donald |
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Original Air Date: | March 11th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x08 -- Season: 6, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The ten remaining candidates try to prove they've got game by producing a halftime show at a soccer match. Kinetic produces the better show for the win. For their reward, they enjoyed golf time with the Donald. Arrow went to the boardroom, where Surya was fired. |
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Episode Title: | Soap Gets In Your Eyes |
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Original Air Date: | March 18th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x09 -- Season: 6, Episode: 9 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The nine remaining candidates must write and direct an Internet soap opera that pitches a cleaning product. Arrow creates the better, easier-to-follow soap opera for the win. For their reward, they won a private meeting with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kinetic went to the boardroom, where, despite Kristine coming under fire for her leadership and Heidi coming under fire for her inconsistent loyalty, Muna was fired for being too difficult to work with. |
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Episode Title: | GIrls on Rollerskates |
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Original Air Date: | March 25th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x10 -- Season: 6, Episode: 10 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After a team switch-up that saw Nicole being sent over to Kinetic, the eight remaining candidates battle it out to sell the most tickets to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. Arrow sold more tickets and made more money for the win. For their reward, they took a high-flying journey above Los Angeles. Kinetic went to the boardroom, where, despite Nicole's bad rollerblading idea came into question, Angela was fired for her decent, but not stellar, leadership. |
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Episode Title: | Shut Your Smartmouth |
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Original Air Date: | April 1st 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x11 -- Season: 6, Episode: 11 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Loyalties are tested when the seven remaining would-be business barons must sell a new brand of SmartMouth mouthwash. Kinetic creates the better promotional campaign for the win. For their reward, Heidi, Kristine, and Nicole got dinner cooked and served by "some of the finest chefs anywhere in the world" -- Heidi's mother, Nicole's mother, and Kristine's husband. Arrow went to the boardroom, where Tim was fired for his boring idea and letting his personal relationship with Nicole affect his professional behavior. |
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Episode Title: | Las Vegas, Baby! |
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Original Air Date: | April 8th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x12 -- Season: 6, Episode: 12 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After being divided into three teams of two, the final six candidates travel to Las Vegas to launch a promotional campaign for a Trump project. The team of James and Stefani comes out the clear winners with their excellent brochure and poignant presentation. The teams of Frank and Heidi and Kristine and Nicole fall completely flat, with a poor brochure and presentation from one and a bad presentation and an incorrect phone number from the other. In the end, Heidi is fired for the poor project done by her team, and Kristine for putting the wrong phone number on her own team's product. |
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Episode Title: | TBA |
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Original Air Date: | April 15th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 06x13 -- Season: 6, Episode: 13 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After a short cocktail party with four of the five hired Apprentices (minus Bill Rancic), the final four candidates enter the reel world for their final task when they are challenged to write and direct a short film. They divided up into two teams -- James and Stefani, and Frank and Nicole. James and Stefani chose Aaron and Angela to come back and assist them, while Frank and Nicole chose Tim and Surya. The two teams ran into different problems in making their films, but James and Stefani seemed to pull out the better one. The candidates met Trump back in the boardroom, but no firings occurred. Instead, the final four were all sent home to meet Trump in the live boardroom in the next episode. Who will be the sixth Apprentice? |
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Episode Title: | Task: Selling Hot Dogs |
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Original Air Date: | January 3rd 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 00x01 -- Season: 0, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Donald Trump returns for a seventh season in the boardroom with 14 new business-savvy contestants. The twist this season - the contestants are all celebrities! First up the teams select captains and then hit the streets to sell hot dogs! |
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Episode Title: | Task: Selling Hot Dogs |
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Original Air Date: | January 3rd 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x01 -- Season: 7, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Fourteen new celebrities begin the journey to become the Celebrity Apprentice. The celebrities divided up into men versus women. The men called themselves Hydra, while the women called themselves Empresario.
The first task involves selling hotdogs on the streets of New York. Hydra made more money for the win. The money made by both teams went to Project Manager Stephen Baldwin's chosen charity. Empresio, meanwhile, faced the first boardroom of the season, where Playmate Tiffany Fallon was fired. |
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Episode Title: | Task: Pedigree Adoption Drive Commercial |
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Original Air Date: | January 10th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x02 -- Season: 7, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The thirteen remaining celebrities continue on with the second task. |
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Episode Title: | Task: Kodak Mobile Printing Experience |
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Original Air Date: | January 18th 2008 (Friday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x03 -- Season: 7, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After two losses from Empresario, Trump gives Gene Simmons the option to become PM on the women team. He accepts it and the new task is to create a "Kodak mobile printing experience" on the sidewalks of New York.
Hydra has comes up with concept that Kodak's ink can "knock out" the competition but they face a problem when the computer with all their work is spilled with coffee. empresario produces a better presentation on the streets and on the Kodak executives but in the end Hydra wins the challenge.
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Episode Title: | Window of Opportunity |
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Original Air Date: | February 7th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x06 -- Season: 7, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Each team dresses up a window display for a store. |
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Episode Title: | The Mane Event |
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Original Air Date: | February 14th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x07 -- Season: 7, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The two teams sell rides on a horse and buggy business in Central Park. While Empresario worked exceptionally well together, Hydra seemed to go completely into self-destruct mode . . . and still shockingly made more money for the win. All proceeds went to Project Manager Piers's charity. Empresario went to the boardroom, where no one was fired, a first for Apprentice history. |
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Episode Title: | Quality, Value and Chaos |
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Original Air Date: | February 21st 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x08 -- Season: 7, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Both teams need to create a ten-minute commercial which will generate the most sales. |
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Episode Title: | Painting By Numbers |
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Original Air Date: | March 6th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x10 -- Season: 7, Episode: 10 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Both teams sell works of art by artists they have selected. |
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Episode Title: | Bread and Badda-Bing |
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Original Air Date: | March 13th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x11 -- Season: 7, Episode: 11 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Both teams create a sandwich which they need to sell the most of in order to win. |
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Episode Title: | Going Once, Going Twice, You're Fired |
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Original Air Date: | March 20th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x12 -- Season: 7, Episode: 12 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Erin Burnett and Jim Cramer interview the remaining celebrities, after which a celebrity is fired.
The remaining two celebrities oversee an auction for charity and a concert. |
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Episode Title: | Under the Hammer |
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Original Air Date: | March 27th 2008 (Thursday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 07x13 -- Season: 7, Episode: 13 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The Live Finale will determine the winner of Celebrity Apprentice and they will win $250,000 for their charity. |
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Episode Title: | Cupcake Challenge |
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Original Air Date: | March 1st 2009 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 08x01 -- Season: 8, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | NBC - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Donald Trump returns for an eighth season in the boardroom. Joining him are sixteen new celebrity candidates vying for the title of the Celebrity Apprentice, as well as $250,000 for the charity of their choice. The celebrity candidates were divided into two teams: the men (who named their team Kotu, which stood for "Kings of the Universe") against the women (who named their team Athena after the Greek goddess of wisdom, beauty, and war).
The first task was to create, bake, and sell cupcakes to the people of New York for money. Athena made more money for the win. Project Manager Joan Rivers made over $126,000 for her chosen charity as her reward. Kotu went to the boardroom, where Andrew Dice Clay was fired. |
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Episode Title: | The Art of the Deal |
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Original Air Date: | April 3rd 2011 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | 10:00 PM (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 11x05 -- Season: 11, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | 60 min |
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Episode Summary: | With Marlee Matlin and John Rich at the helms, the teams are tasked with creating and selling artwork at charity gallery exhibitions. A secondary individual challenge has each person designing a baseball hat, the best of which will earn a donation to their charity. |
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