(1) Shorten it from 17 weeks (4+ months) to 10 weeks.
(2) Only 16 candidates, with 4 teams of 4.
(3) EVERYONE on the three losing teams goes to the boardroom.
(4) Trump can fire multiple people from one team, one from both, or none from either, depending upon his discretion. This removes artificial forced firings of good candidates (i.e. Bradford).
(5) At the end of 7 tasks, interviews commence with the remaining candidates, unless there are only two, in which case, no interviews would be necessary, and final tasks would be assigned.
(6) Final two candidates must hire a staff of 4 from the 14 candidates who were let go. Disputes as to who gets what employee would be decided by who said employee wants to work for.
(7) Weeks 8 and 9 for the show would be devoted to the final task, with a 2 hour finale that would be more substance than fluff.
My only suggestion is to get rid of the exemption. I'm tired of seeing people loaf through episodes. And when someone can't be fired, it means someone who may be a better candidate will get the axe, which isn't fair.
I agree about the exemption. Unfortunately, it's a double-edged sword. The PM's were fired the most, so they deserve a reward. Once in the boardroom, it was like they were guilty and had to prove their innocence.
I like what KB was saying about more than one person being fired and having a shorter schedule, but they have to drag this thing out for a whole season, for better or worse.
I think the stunts need to stop being lame commercials for whatever sponsor is on that week.
Trump needs to crack down on the hot chicks using T&A to win stunts. The first season guys took it on the chin for the first 4 weeks or so. It started to happen in season 2 as well. It was mixed this season, plus the broads weren't all that. This is about business savvy, not who looks best in a mini-skirt and tight shirt. That's what every other television show is for.
Do you go watch TV wrestling mania to learn about developing good family relationships? Of course not. People tune in to get amused and subconsciously bring back bad relationship practices to the home and working places. That's the same entertainment value for the weekly Apprentice shows.
The one thing I recommend changing The Apprentice weekly shows for MORE ratings will be to provide the audience each week the chance to vote by phone or text messaging. That way it makes the audience THINK they're involved and have the ability to influence the outcome and winner, forcing them to come back week after week. That alone will be the biggest rating booster. Anyone thinking they will learn best practices from corporate world by watching this so called "Reality TV show Apprentice" got to be in fantasy land.
Come on guys, sounds like a bunch of tight@sses. Don't you know the entire reason for TV showing is really NOT about business savvy but about business entertainment? Trump and Burnett aren't university professors lecturing from a business college.
They put up risks capital to make money for themselves and profits for their corporations to promote their TV show and garner the most sensation to gain market share. Season 3 they made lots of money, but failed on Nielson ratings. I posted this 8 weeks ago.
I think Apprentice3 is losing its touch in sustaining TV viewer interest. Burnett should have kept Danny and Kristen to liven things up week by week because no one could figure out what they would do next. Great story line and suspense. Kristen lights fire under her team mates @sses and Danny makes us laugh and sing.
(Kristen played the role of a great protagonist like Omarosa and Danny had the audience laughing and singing along. Some of Danny's musical out-takes were hilariously funny and creative.)
Their Nielson Ratings has drop by like 40% losing 6 million viewers. Unless they do something quickly, Season 3 is DOOMED to be worst season of the three.
So I would rather Burnett and Trump give us MORE entertainment and less corporate slogans. If I want to learn about best corporate business practices, I go read a boring book or take more business seminars. When I turn on the boob tube, I want to be entertained and see some TV humor and creativity, after working a hard day or week in the corporate world.
The 14 celebrities Season 7 won't be vying for a job with Donald Trump, as in the previous six "Apprentice" seasons, but instead will compete in business-oriented tasks around New York City to raise money for their favorite charities. The official "Celebrity Apprentice" will win a $250,000 bonus to donate.
History does repeat itself - three times on prior Apprentice shows, where contestants realized the Apprentice challenge is not all that it's cracked up to be after repeated back to back death march campaigns over sleep deprivation, exhaustion and resources. He wanted out, just like last season's Arrow team mates were overwhelmed for 2 1/2 weeks and they envisioned probability the same can continue for a dozen more weeks intermittently between wins and losses. So a few brave Apprentice were honest enough to themselves and own careers to recognize what they got themselves into and needed to find an early exit from Trump that they misunderstood the terms of engagement, and opted out.
This season even if Gene Simmons had survived the 3rd week in the boardroom, he knew he had to continue working with a bunch of female malcontents, just like Brian. They didn't respect him going around with the boardroom comments and he the same with them. So Brian like Gene gracefully outgamed Trump and forced his hands from the competition.
2. Verna Felton from Apprentice Season 2 in the 3rd episode also couldn't hack the sleepless nights and wanted to quit. She decided to take her luggage into her own hands and walked her way out before getting fired. Even Carolyn couldn't convince her otherwise to stay. Verna's Message On Website: "Whether you agree with me or not, there comes a time in life when you come to a crossroads. You are faced to make a decision as to which direction to go. To me, the decision was any easy one. I do not have any regrets. I went and had an experience that I will never forget. There are things that I learned by participating in that show, which will make it so I never watch TV the same way again (that's for sure!)"
3. Project Manager Brian McDowell from Season 3 a real estate mogul owning millions of real estate in NJ and FL refused to participate further from team division, lack of resources and thankless effort that in the boardroom volunteered to be fired, for which Trump gave Brian his exit papers almost identical to Gene.
Brian the next day told news reporters that he (similar to Gene's active businesses) wanted to go back to his work because he owns his own companies, as opposed to some who had to quit their job and have no job waiting for them.
05-20-2005 09:28 PM
Come on guys, sounds like a bunch of tight@sses. Don't you know the entire reason for TV showing is really NOT about business savvy but about business entertainment? Trump and Burnett aren't university professors lecturing from a business college. 
I think Apprentice3 is losing its touch in sustaining TV viewer interest. Burnett should have kept Danny and Kristen to liven things up week by week because no one could figure out what they would do next. Great story line and suspense. Kristen lights fire under her team mates @sses and Danny makes us laugh and sing.
(Kristen played the role of a great protagonist like Omarosa and Danny had the audience laughing and singing along. Some of Danny's musical out-takes were hilariously funny and creative.)
The 14 celebrities Season 7 won't be vying for a job with Donald Trump, as in the previous six "Apprentice" seasons, but instead will compete in business-oriented tasks around New York City to raise money for their favorite charities. The official "Celebrity Apprentice" will win a $250,000 bonus to donate. 
He wanted out, just like last season's Arrow team mates were overwhelmed for 2 1/2 weeks and they envisioned probability the same can continue for a dozen more weeks intermittently between wins and losses. So a few brave Apprentice were honest enough to themselves and own careers to recognize what they got themselves into and needed to find an early exit from Trump that they misunderstood the terms of engagement, and opted out. 
Brian the next day told news reporters that he (similar to Gene's active businesses) wanted to go back to his work because he owns his own companies, as opposed to some who had to quit their job and have no job waiting for them.
