• Brawl between NBC's 'The Contender' and FOX's 'The Next Great Champ' heats up

  May 6, 2004
  Boxing matches are known for their embarrassing pre-fight "brawls," which typically take place at press conferences and weigh-ins. It looks like the boxing-focused TV shows will follow in their footsteps.

• Paris Hilton's mother Kathy gets own NBC reality show, 'The Good Life'

  April 28, 2004
  Is America so in love with Paris Hilton that it wants to meet her mother? NBC thinks so.

• NBC's 'The Restaurant' struggles in second season premiere, draws only 6.5 million viewers

  April 26, 2004
  The food at chef Rocco DiSpirito's poor service-plagued "Rocco's on 22nd Street" restaurant might finally be hot, but if the initial ratings are any indication, the NBC show chronicling the establishment's happenings doesn't appear to be, having premiered to only 6.5 million overall viewers on Monday, April 19 at 10PM ET/PT.
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  'Apprentice' Omarosa storms off 'Jimmy Kimmel Show' after seeing lie detector

  April 23, 2004
  Is truth stranger than fiction? When it comes to Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the lying villain of NBC's The Apprentice, the answer seems to be yes.
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  Clairol decides against ad featuring 'Apprentice' Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth

  April 22, 2004
  After extensive publicity, Clairol has decided not to use Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the deceitful villainess from NBC's The Apprentice, in an upcoming commercial for its Herbal Essence hair color.
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  'Apprentice' winner Bill Rancic to star in an on-the-job sequel?

  April 21, 2004
  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Mark Burnett, creator and co-executive producer of NBC's The Apprentice, is considering production of a spinoff series featuring Bill Rancic, the winner of the program's one-year job with The Trump Organization, during his employment with real-estate tycoon Donald Trump. Although no formal production plan has been put in place, Burnett was quoted as saying that a follow-up series on Bill was a "fairly obvious choice."

• Will 'Apprentice' winner Bill Rancic's Chicago Trump project actually be built?

  April 20, 2004
  Was the finale of NBC's The Apprentice little more than a Donald Trump publicity stunt to put pressure on the city of Chicago? Was the most important thing about winner Bill Rancic his hometown rather than his management skills?
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  Clairol debates ad deal with 'Apprentice' villain Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth

  April 20, 2004
  Could Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the deceitful, lazy villain of NBC's The Apprentice, turn into the show's big winner?
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  'Restaurant' co-owner Jeffrey Chodorow: convicted felon with long legal history

  April 20, 2004
  On last night's premiere of the second season of NBC's The Restaurant, viewers learned that success had gone to the head of Chef Rocco DiSpirito, the conceited and apparently philandering celebrity chef featured in the original series. Perhaps the Australians read Rocco correctly when they rejected his personality and the original series. However, what viewers may not know is that Rocco's antagonist in the battle for control of "the restaurant" -- Rocco's on 22nd Street -- is a convicted felon with a long history of pursuing litigation battles.

• NBC's 'Apprentice' finale seen by 40 million viewers

  April 19, 2004
  NBC has announced that Thursday's two-hour finale of The Apprentice was seen by more than 40 million viewers who watched all or some of the reality hit's conclusion.

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