NBC reveals 'The Celebrity Apprentice' cast, series to debut January 3 November 19, 2007 NBC has revealed the identities of the 14 so-called celebrities who will be competing on The Celebrity Apprentice when the seventh season of Donald Trump's reality series debuts on Thursday, January 3 at 9PM ET/PT.
NBC announces plans for celebrity edition of 'The Apprentice' July 16, 2007 Two months after announcing that it still wasn't sure whether it was going to renew the increasingly poorly-rated series, NBC has formally announced that Donald Trump's The Apprentice will return for a seventh edition. However rather than featuring another group of previously unknown money-hungry Type-A personalities, The Apprentice's next edition will feature celebrities vying to be crowned Trump's "Best Business Brain."
'The Apprentice' star Donald Trump: NBC wants to do another season May 30, 2007 Donald Trump had some hurt feelings when NBC shunned his The Apprentice reality series by leaving it off its 2007-2008 primetime programming schedule, causing the real-estate mogul to claim he was "moving on" from NBC before he could officially be fired. However now that reports that, should NBC actually decide to order it, The Donald is contractually obligated to appear in a seventh The Apprentice season and can't quit have emerged, Trump has apparently decided to go back to re-embracing the idea of another season.
'The Apprentice' star Donald Trump to NBC: You can't fire me, I quit May 20, 2007 Rather than give NBC the chance to formally cancel his fading The Apprentice reality series and fire him, Donald Trump has reportedly told the network he's "moving on" and quitting the one-time smash-hit but now ratings-challenged reality series.
'The Apprentice' not part of NBC's 2007-08 lineup, future still uncertain May 14, 2007 A seventh edition of Donald Trump's sagging The Apprentice reality series was not included in the 2007-2008 primetime programming schedule that NBC formally unveiled on Monday. However, according to the network, that doesn't mean it has decided to fire Trump and cancel his one-time smash-hit but now ratings-challenged reality series.
Mark Burnett: If NBC doesn't renew 'Apprentice' I'll take it elsewhere April 20, 2007 The Apprentice's recent lack of ratings success could lead to NBC firing Donald Trump, but show creator Mark Burnett said if that happens, The Donald will simply be end up being employed by someone else.