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'Bachelor 3' fiancee Jen Schefft to star as ABC's next 'Bachelorette'
August 4, 2004
Multimillionaire Andrew Firestone proposed to her, equivocated, and then decided that he preferred skirt-chasing to monogamy. Donald Trump's Apprentice Bill Rancic -- who had been under consideration for Andrew's role on Bachelor 3 -- also dated her before she realized that he was too similar to Andrew. Now she has a chance to do it her way.
NBC's 'Apprentice 2' to premiere September 9, Bill Rancic to guest star... and more spoiler tips roll in
July 18, 2004
Looking to get a jump on the fall television season by rolling out its schedule in the weeks immediately following the conclusion of its August Summer Olympics coverage, NBC has announced that The Apprentice 2, the sequel to its hit reality competition series starring Donald Trump, will premiere Thursday, September 9.
'Trading Spouses,' Fox's ripoff of ABC's upcoming 'Wife Swap,' to premiere July 20
July 15, 2004
Fox has announced that Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, the new head of household swapping series that's made the network the target of idea theft allegations from both ABC and numerous media outlets, will premiere Tuesday, July 20 at 8PM ET/PT.
'Survivor' leads pack as reality shows rack up record number of Emmy nominations
July 15, 2004
Reality TV is finally coming in from the cold at the U.S. Emmy Awards.
NBC announces nationwide casting tour for 'The Apprentice 3'
July 6, 2004
NBC and Mark Burnett Productions have announced a nationwide casting tour to recruit candidates for this winter's upcoming The Apprentice 3. Once again slated to feature Donald Trump, the show will premiere in Winter 2005, following the Fall 2004 broadcast of The Apprentice 2.
Fox "borrows" another concept -- 'Trading Spouses' rips off ABC's 'Wife Swap'
June 28, 2004
If Bonnie and Clyde came back today, they wouldn't have to rob banks to make a good living as thieves. Instead, they could create "new" Fox reality shows.
CBS lands Mark Burnett's upcoming INXS 'Rock Star' reality show
June 24, 2004
The bidding war for Survivor and The Apprentice producer Mark Burnett's new reality show that will search for a new lead singer for Australian band INXS is over, with CBS having landed the show.
'Apprentice' winner Bill Rancic to write book about business success
June 11, 2004
Before you can write a book about business success, don't you first have to succeed at business? Apparently not.
'Apprentice' runner-up Kwame Jackson axed as 'MIss Universe' judge
June 1, 2004
Maybe Kwame Jackson, the Harvard Business School graduate who was runner-up on NBC's The Apprentice, just isn't meant to work for Donald Trump. First, Kwame lost out to Bill Rancic in the "hiring" on the finale of the show. Then The Donald hired Kwame as a "temp" -- to be a judge at the 2004 Miss Universe beauty pageant, which Trump sponsors and co-owns along with NBC. But, before the pageant even took place, Kwame was once again out of work.
'Apprentice' Bill Rancic no longer dating 'Bachelor 3' finalist Jen Schefft, now seeing Amy Henry
May 31, 2004
The big cross-network romance of Apprentice and Bachelor reality stars is over... only to have been apparently replaced by some Apprentice intra-show romance.