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New NBC head asks for extension on 'The Apprentice' pickup decision
June 1, 2007
Donald Trump is apparently learning that time can heal all wounds.
'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.
Reality TV producer Ben Silverman named NBC Entertainment head
May 30, 2007
Reality television producer Ben Silverman has been appointed to the newly created role of co-chairman for NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio, the broadcast network announced Tuesday.
'On the Lot' names Carrie Fisher and Gary Marshall permanent judges
May 25, 2007
Fox has announced Star Wars trilogy star Carrie Fisher and longtime actor, producer, director, and writer Gary Marshall will both serve as permanent judges for Fox's On the Lot, Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg's new American Idol-like movie-making reality competition series.
Host Cameron Daddo dishes on 'Pirate Master's adventure and cast
May 24, 2007
Thinking of CBS' new Mark Burnett-created Pirate Master reality competition series as just "Survivor on a boat" is incorrect according to Cameron Daddo, the new show's host.