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January 29, 2008
Nooooo!!!!!
As you might recall, last year I ran a poll that allowed Connecticut Post readers to vote on which current TV show they'd most like to see canceled. The winner by an overwhelming margin was NBC's Donald Trump fronted reality show "The Apprentice."
I wrote a letter to NBC telling the network that our readers wanted to pink slip the Donald and his. And, for a while, it looked like "The Apprentice" might actually get the axe. Then, it was saved at the last minute, when it was announced that NBC would produce a "celebrity" version of "The Apprentice."
Ok, I thought. That probably won't last for more than season.
Well, I've been proven wrong yet again. Today, NBC announced that "The Celebrity Apprentice" was picked up for a second season.
The new season would start in January 2009.A release announcing the pick-up said the celebrity format has "revved up" the show. Indeed, ratings for the current version of "The Celebrity Apprentice" are higher than those for the previous, un-star-studded incarnation. And it's apparently winning its timeslot among viewers aged 18 to 49. But is that because people actually like the show? Or is it just because the writer's strike has left viewers with a dearth of programming options? Personally, I've never been able to sit through an entire episode of any version of "The Apprentice." And a huge percentage of TV viewers -- at least the ones who read this paper -- feel the same way. So why won't this thing die?
I don't know. I suppose it's one of those TV mysteries that we'll never solve.
Posted by amanda on January 29, 2008 4:23 PM
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