• 'Survivor: All-Stars' finale to air live from Madison Square Garden on Sunday May 9

  March 9, 2004
  CBS has announced that the special event finale of Survivor: All-Stars will be broadcast Sunday, May 9 from 8-10 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

• 'The Apprentice' apartment rental staged for TV?

  March 2, 2004
  In the seventh episode of the hit NBC series The Apprentice, a team of contestants rented a Brooklyn apartment for 27% over its previous asking price after giving it a three-day fix-up. Nice work.

• Mark Cuban to give away $1,000,000 in ABC's new 'The Benefactor' series

  February 25, 2004
  Who needs Donald Trump and his measly $250,000 one year Apprentice employment contract when there's someone like maverick Internet billionaire Mark Cuban around? ABC has announced plans for a six-episode The Benefactor series, during which Cuban has agreed to give away $1,000,000 to a lucky person of his choosing -- simply because he can.

• Supersized 'Apprentice' episode performs well, but 'CSI' still draws 'Idol'-beating numbers

  February 13, 2004
  NBC's celebrity-filled second supersized episode of The Apprentice once again delivered a ratings performance that should place it just outside the Top 10 in the week's Nielsen rankings, however clearly it's having little impact on CBS competitor CSI, as last night's CSI episode was the most watched regularly scheduled broadcast on any network this season.

• NBC renews 'The Apprentice' for a second season, begins accepting applications

  February 6, 2004
  In a move that surprised few, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker announced yesterday that the network's new hit reality show The Apprentice will return for a second season and began accepting applications for the new edition.

• NBC to air "supersized" 'Apprentice' episodes versus final minutes of 'Survivor: All Stars'

  January 29, 2004
  In the latest example that "gentlemen's agreements" are only worth the paper that they (aren't) printed upon, NBC has recently revealed that as part of its recent decision to move its new The Apprentice reailty series to Thursdays at 9PM ET/PT, it also will be "supersizing" the February 5 and 12 episodes of the program -- and placing the show in direct competition with the first two regular Thursday broadcasts of the All-Star edition of CBS' Survivor, which Apprentice executive producer Mark Burnett also produces.

• Second 'The Apprentice' episode sets reality ratings records, draws 20.2 million viewers

  January 17, 2004
  It's official -- Survivor producer Mark Burnett and NBC appear to have a new breakout smash hit reality television show on their hands as the second episode of The Apprentice set several "all-time" reality programming ratings records.

• NBC to repeat 'The Apprentice' episodes on CNBC cable network

  January 16, 2004
  Never let there be any doubt that NBC, the broadcast kings of "repurposing," know how to milk a good thing for all they can.

• NBC moves second 'The Apprentice' episode to Thursday after 'Friends'

  January 12, 2004
  NBC has announced that due to the incredible ratings that The Apprentice premiere drew last Thursday when airing after Friends, the second episode of the hit reality show will now air Thursday, January 15 (8:30-9:30 PM ET) followed by “Will & Grace” at 9:30 PM.

• NBC to repeat 'The Apprentice' premiere on Saturday, January 10

  January 9, 2004
  NBC has announced that it will air a special encore broadcast of the premiere episode of its new hit The Apprentice series on Saturday, January 10 at 9 PM ET.

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