Televisionista | by Justin Van De Kamp | Sun, Dec 30
Sun, Dec 30
No wonder NBC aired that week additional 5 hours of "Apprentice"-related prime time programming.
Did the novelty wear off? Or was it Martha Stewart and her Apprentice fiasco in the fall of 2005? Maybe the public got tired of Trump's cocky behavior and constant catfights?
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