The apprentice

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Television series
German title The apprentice
Original title The apprentice
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2004–2015, 2017
Production
company		 Trump Productions (S1–14)
Mark Burnett Productions (S1–13)
United Artist Media Group (S14)
MGM Television (S15)
length 42-125 minutes
Episodes 192 in 15 seasons
genre Reality
idea Mark Burnett
production Donald Trump (S1-14)
Mark Burnett (S1-14)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (S15)
music The O'Jays
First broadcast Jan 8, 2004 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 May 29, 2005 on RTL Television
occupation

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The Apprentice (dt. The Apprentice or The Apprentice) is an American television - reality show that from 2004 to 2017 by NBC aired.

The first season of the show was shown from January to April 2004. The content of this "13-week interview" show is the selection of a suitable candidate for a $ 250,000 one-year contract with one of Donald Trump's companies .

In weekly episodes, two teams are assigned a task, the results of which are then compared. A member of the losing team is then usually dismissed from the team and sent home with the phrase "You're fired!"

development

The show reached an average of over 20 million viewers in the USA in its first season. The original plan was that Donald Trump should only moderate the first season, followed by other seasons with different major business people as presenters. However, this concept was dropped after the first episode. In addition to Trump's appeal, the selection of candidates also contributed to success: members of disadvantaged groups such as blacks, Latinos and women easily found candidates with whom they could identify, and they were presented as ambitious entrepreneurs.

This multicultural orientation made The Apprentice very attractive to advertisers such as McDonald’s and Pepsi , and Trump himself became very popular, especially among blacks. However, this changed suddenly after he took up the conspiracy-theoretical rumor in 2011 that the incumbent President Barack Obama was in fact not a native of the US, but was born in Kenya . Blacks 'attitudes towards Trump changed dramatically, and the series' ratings plummeted. But even before that, there had been viewers - especially white - who remained loyal despite or even because of an aversion to the presenter of the series. The Apprentice weathered this crisis and only one of the larger advertisers got out.

Trump hosted the show until 2015, becoming a great TV personality. After entering the primary campaign for the US presidential election, NBC announced that he would no longer host the show in the future. However, it should continue to be broadcast. The successor Arnold Schwarzenegger was probably a preferred candidate for Donald Trump. According to the New York Times in February 2017, Trump continues to be involved in the show as a paid executive producer.

On March 3, 2017, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would be leaving the show. The new season started in January 2017 and achieved ratings as bad as last year in 2010 (less than 5 million). Reasons for the departure are supposed to be the bad ratings.

NBC has not yet announced how the show will continue.

production

The Apprentice is produced by "Mark Burnett Productions" with support from "Trump Productions LLC"

The show has been produced by MGM Television since the 15th season .

Until 2015, the series was filmed in Trump Tower in New York City. In 2017 the show took place in Los Angeles for the first time.

The seasons

season 1

The reality series, which started as a midseason replacement , unexpectedly developed into a surprise success with ratings of over 20 million viewers per episode. The winner was Bill Rancic , who was appointed manager of the construction of the Trump International Hotel and Tower .

season 2

The second season ran from September to December 2004 and was won by Kelly Perdew .

season 3

The third season ran from January to May 2005 and was won by Kendra Todd .

Season 4

For the fall 2005 television season, Apprentice 4 was already a fixture on NBC's programming, although it initially looked like the season would fail due to increased fee demands from Donald Trump. The winner is Randal Pinkett .

Season 5

The fifth season ran from February to June 2006 and was won by Sean Yazbeck .

Season 6

The sixth season played instead of New York in Los Angeles and ran from January to April 2007. Stefani Schaeffer won .

Season 7 - The Celebrity Apprentice

From January to March 2008, a celebrity version ran under the name The Celebrity Apprentice . The celebrities who donated their winnings to charity were: Tiffany Fallon , Trace Adkins , Carol Alt , Stephen Baldwin , Nadia Comăneci , Jennie Finch , Nely Galán , Marilu Henner , Lennox Lewis , Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth , Tito Ortiz , Vincent Pastore , Gene Simmons and the winner Piers Morgan .

Season 8 - The Celebrity Apprentice

The eighth season ran from March to May 2009, with The Celebrity Apprentice for the second time . The duration of an episode was extended to two hours. The prominent candidates were: Brian McKnight , Dennis Rodman , Herschel Walker , Clint Black , Tom Green , Jesse G. James , Tionne Watkins , Khloe Kardashian , Melissa Rivers , Claudia Jordan , Annie Duke , Brande Roderick , Natalie Gulbis , Scott Hamilton and Andrew Dice Clay and the winner Joan Rivers .

Season 9

The ninth season ran in spring 2010

Season 10

The tenth season ran in autumn / winter 2010/11

Season 11

The eleventh season ran in spring 2011

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

International editions

The format ran or is running in 17 other countries:

Countries with their own version of The Apprentice
  • Brazil: O Aprendiz
  • Belgium: De top manager
  • Colombia: El Aprendiz
  • Denmark: Hyret eller Fyret
  • Finland: Diili
  • Germany: Big Boss , with moderator Reiner Calmund
  • Greece: Efiges
  • India: Business Baazigar
  • Indonesia: the Apprentice Indonesia
  • Netherlands: De Nieuwe Moszkowicz
  • Norway: candidates
  • Arabia: el idara jadara
  • Russia: candidate
  • South Africa: The Apprentice: SA
  • Switzerland: dream job
  • Turkey: Cırak
  • UK: The Apprentice, with host Alan Sugar

Because of the great success, other programs were also made in the USA that were based on a similar principle, including the US series " The Rebel Billionaire " with Richard Branson and The Apprentice: Martha Stewart with Martha Stewart .

The first season of the American original was broadcast dubbed in 13 episodes on RTL .

Awards

2006 - Rose d'Or in the Reality Show category for the British branch

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Joshua Green: The Remaking of Donald Trump. Bloomberg Businessweek, July 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Schwarzenegger gets out of "The Apprentice" . In: quota meter . March 4, 2017 ( quotenmeter.de [accessed March 7, 2017]).
  3. ↑ christina.michlits: Donald Trump insults Arnold Schwarzenegger on Twitter after Aprrentice's departure . ( kurier.at [accessed on March 7, 2017]).
  4. ↑ The British version of The Apprentice on the BBC.