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  Pamela Day gets forced to switch 'Apprentice 2' teams, becomes fifth candidate to be ousted

  October 8, 2004
  One of the ongoing worries about the "tribal swaps" on Survivor is that a swapped contestant will promptly be booted by his or her new tribe. That same scenario occurred on the fifth episode of NBC's The Apprentice 2, and the swapped contestant, 32-year-old hedge fund manager Pamela Day, became the fifth person fired from the game.

• Fox to premiere new 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss' reality hoax show on November 7

  October 6, 2004
  Couldn't get enough of this past winter's hit My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé reality spoof show? Then you'll probably want to check out My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, an upcoming new Fox reality hoax series from the same producers. Filmed under the working title of Big Shot and leaked by NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker back in May, My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss will premiere on Sunday, November 7 at 9PM and follow twelve eager young entrepreneurs as they compete in a The Apprentice-like reality show that is actually an elaborate hoax.
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  'Apprentice 2' contestant Jennifer Crisafulli loses real-world job due to show remarks

  October 4, 2004
  Last week wasn't a good week for The Apprentice 2 contestant Jennifer Crisafulli. After getting fired by Donald Trump during Wednesday's broadcast of the fourth episode of the competition that was filmed this past spring, her real-life New York employer, real estate agency Prudential Douglas Elliman, announced that it was also canning her as a result of her behavior on the program.
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  Stacie Jones Upchurch is "brushed" off as third boot from 'The Apprentice 2'

  September 24, 2004
  In a toothpaste-promotion challenge, model and Subway franchisee Stacie Jones Upchurch ended up being seen as tooth decay on the third episode of NBC's The Apprentice 2.

• Ratings: 'Apprentice 2' rebounds with second episode, ranks as the week's top program in Adults 18-49

  September 21, 2004
  The NFL is gone from Thursday night, and Donald Trump and NBC couldn't be happier. With ABC's special Thursday night broadcast of the football league's season opener not an issue last week, the second edition of The Apprentice rebounded sharply in the ratings, soaring 26% above the previous week's premiere rating and ending up as the ratings week's top-ranked show in the Adults 18-49 demographic.

• NFL tackles Trump for a loss as new 'Apprentice' premiere draws lowest Thursday ratings ever

  September 13, 2004
  The National Football League might have finally succeeded in getting Donald Trump to stop doing something that, despite numerous correction attempts, the press couldn't -- namely get the self-promoting Donald to stop (incorrectly) referring to The Apprentice as "the number one show on television."

• Fox teams with Ivana Trump for 'Ivana Young Man' reality special

  September 7, 2004
  Add the Trumps to the growing list of America's multi-reality show families.

• NBC reveals identities of 'The Apprentice 2's eighteen contestants

  August 30, 2004
  With its season premiere quickly approaching and promotional commercials featuring the cast having already been airing for several weeks, NBC has finally officially revealed the identities and backgrounds of the eighteen new contestants that will be competing in The Apprentice 2.

• CBS to air Tommy Hilfiger fashion trendsetter reality competition show

  August 27, 2004
  If the likes of real estate developer Donald Trump, supermodel Tyra Banks, and even Tommy Hilfiger's teenage daughter can have their own reality shows, then why can't the famous fashion designer himself?
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  Former 'Apprentice' Ereka Vetrini lands gig on Tony Danza's new upcoming daytime talk show

  August 5, 2004
  Move over Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kit Hoover, another former reality TV contestant has landed a regular gig on daytime television. The producers of Tony Danza's upcoming ABC daily talk show have announced that former The Apprentice contestant Ereka Vetrini will join Danza as his announcer and sidekick on Danza 's new The Tony Danza Show.

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