• NBC's 'The Biggest Loser 3' to air on Wednesdays this fall

  May 15, 2006
  After two years that saw its initial edition debut as late fall replacement programming and its second edition originally scheduled to premiere as late summer programming, NBC has finally revealed an initial fall schedule that includes The Biggest Loser.

• Regis Philbin to host NBC's new 'America's Got Talent' reality series

  May 10, 2006
  NBC has announced that Regis Philbin, the former host of the ABC Who Wants to Be a Millionaire series that sparked the massive growth of unscripted primetime television programming, will serve as the host of America’s Got Talent, the new Simon Cowell-created reality talent competition that NBC will air this summer.
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  Michael Laungani the thirteenth 'Apprentice 5' contestant fired

  May 9, 2006
  Sometimes you can be nice in business, but being nice to your competition after they have consistently beaten you is just foolish -- a lesson that Michael Laungani, a 29-year-old management consultant from New York, NY, learned the hard way during last night's The Apprentice broadcast.

• Charmaine Hunt and Tarek Saab fired from 'The Apprentice 5'

  May 2, 2006
  For the second time this season, two The Apprentice contestants were fired for their failure on the same task. Citing her inability to lead Tarek Saab, Apprentice star Donald Trump fired Charmaine Hunt, a 27-year-old real estate consultant from Nashville, TN, during last night's boardroom session. Then, citing his inability to be led by anyone (logic that would appear to conflict with the reasoning behind Charmaine's firing), Tarek, a 27-year-old hi-tech manager from New Bedford, MA, was fired as well.
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  Andrea Lake becomes tenth contestant fired from 'The Apprentice 5'

  April 25, 2006
  Andrea Lake, a 31-year-old sticker company owner from San Diego who had shown herself to have something of a brash and abrasive personality, became the ninth person fired from The Apprentice 5 after she became cross with her team and they turned on her in the boardroom.
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  'Apprentice' star Donald Trump donates land for New York state park

  April 19, 2006
  Billionaire real estate developer and star of NBC TV's "The Apprentice," Donald Trump, is creating a New York state park in his name.
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  'Apprentice' star Donald Trump calls new Miss Iraq "very brave"

  April 16, 2006
  Miss Universe pageant owner Donald Trump says he is considering a tribute to the newly crowned Miss Iraq, who has been hiding amid death threats.

• Lenny Veltman, Leslie Bourgeois fired in 'Apprentice 5' doubleheader

  April 11, 2006
  In order to make room on its schedule for next week's week-long Celebrity Cooking Showdown reality cooking competition, NBC opted to air back-to-back The Apprentice episodes last night. The broadcasts saw two more losing project managers bite the dust, with Lenny Veltman going home after being unable to relate to his task's judges and Leslie Bourgeois later joining him after her failure to properly price Gold Rush Corporation's product resulted in the team's fourth consecutive task loss.
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  Bryce Gahagan the seventh contestant fired from NBC's 'Apprentice 5'

  April 4, 2006
  Done in by his refusal to place his team's failure to win the week's task on anyone who contributed to it, Bryce Gahagan, a 28-year-old home builder from Kansas City, MO, became the seventh contestant fired from the fifth edition of The Apprentice.

• Chinese state television to air its own 'The Apprentice' copycat

  March 31, 2006
  China's state TV station will air its own version of the reality show "The Apprentice" in May, with winners given their own businesses to run, CCTV said.

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