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  Bill Rancic trumps Kwame Jackson to become The Donald's 'Apprentice'

  April 16, 2004
  In the two-hour season finale of NBC's The Apprentice, New York City real-estate mogul Donald Trump selected Chicago native Bill Rancic, 32, founder of the web site Cigars Around the World, to be "The Apprentice."

• Britney Spears planning her own reality show

  April 14, 2004
  Given the reality television success of lesser pop singers like Jessica Simpson, it was probably only a matter of time -- according to reports, Britney Spears, the queen of the pop princesses herself, is in talks with various networks about starring in her own reality series.
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  Donald Trump's 'Apprentice' comes down to Kwame Jackson or Bill Rancic

  April 10, 2004
  After the next-to-last episode of NBC's The Apprentice, we know that the winner will have been a loser in all of the first four challenges on the show.

• Adam Mesh picks Samantha Trenk over Rachel Goetz in 'Average Joe: Adam Returns'

  April 6, 2004
  So much for the idea that men would be less shallow than women on NBC's Average Joe.

• ABC to air 'The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour' special on April 11

  March 23, 2004
  ABC has announced that America's favorite young married couple, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, the stars of MTV's hit Newlyweds series, will star in their first-ever television special, a "fun-filled variety hour" of music and comedy entitled The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour on Sunday, April 11 at 9PM ET/PT on the network.
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  ABC picks up Jessica Simpson sitcom pilot

  February 13, 2004
  ABC announced yesterday that it had picked up six comedy pilots -- including an untitled pilot starring Newlyweds star Jessica Simpson.

• 'Newlyweds' co-star Nick Lachey follows wife Jessica Simpson in signing ABC deal

  January 28, 2004
  What do you get as a wedding gift for the celebrity couple that has everything? His and her development deals at ABC apparently.

• 'Newlyweds' new season opens strong, draws 4.7 million viewers

  January 23, 2004
  Apparently a few months off has done nothing to diminish the popularity of MTV's Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, the network's much talked about reality series which follows the celebrity marriage of former 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey and "pop tart" Jessica Simpson.

• Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro's ''Til Death Do Us Part' to premiere on MTV January 21

  January 9, 2004
  MTV has announced that 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave, a documentary mini-series chronicling the lives of Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro during the months, weeks and days prior to their wedding, will premiere on Wednesday, January 21st at 10:30 PM (ET/PT) after the 10:00 PM second season premiere of Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson's Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica.

• MTV's new 'Newlyweds' season to kick off on January 21

  January 8, 2004
  MTV has announced that the second season of Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, the network's much talked about reality series which follows the celebrity marriage of former 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey and "pop tart" Jessica Simpson, will premiere on Wednesday, January 21st at 10 PM ET/PT.

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