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The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

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42 Metascore
2005-2005
1 seasons
NBC
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A Night Out With Bethenny Frankel

Memo to Heidi Montag: This is how a career in reality TV is done. Smart as a whip and just as thin, Bethenny Frankel rose to fame on the small screen — first as the runner-up on the Martha Stewart edition of The Apprentice, later on three seasons of The Real Housewives of New York City, and now on her own show, Bethenny Ever After, which kicked off Season 2 last week, all the while parlaying her notoriety into a multi-million-dollar healthy lifestyle brand in the process. The new mom — she and husband Jason Hoppy welcomed daughter Bryn in May — took a breather at ...

Mon, Mar 7, 2011

Apprentice: Martha's Baker Gets Burned

Despite pulling together a fun circus-themed event for the final task, outspoken Bethenny Frankel found herself playing second banana to The Apprentice: Martha Stewart winner Dawna Stone. The 34-year-old natural-foods chef was just a little too much of a wild card for Martha Stewart's liking, so instead Miss Good Thing chose the person with a bit more of a corporate attitude. TVGuide.com spoke with Bethenny the day after her dismissal to find out what she thinks of coming in second place. TVGuide.com: Were you expecting Martha to choose Dawna, or were you still optimistic going into the finale? Bethenny Frankel: It depended on if somebody wanted someone predictable or not. Dawna's a great competitor, a very quiet and solid person. But if Martha wanted someone who is charismat

Wed, Dec 28, 2005

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart...

The Apprentice: Martha StewartWell, I pegged it. Martha chose Dawna as her Apprentice and shoved Bethenny to the side. I was somewhat disappointed in the finale of this one-and-only season of Martha Stewart's Apprentice. Overall, it left me wanting more, so I'd like to observe a moment of silence for the show's passing and a moment of mild outrage for its poorly executed ending. Believe me, I'm glad that it wasn't a big three-hour to-do, artificially inflated with season-in-review clips that signified nothing, followed by a live finale incapable of living up to its hype. But, since we'd already been mishandled by NBC's programming department — hello? Up against Lost?! and then canceled? — you'd think we could at least get a finale that w

Thu, Dec 22, 2005

Martha Cans "Crazy" Apprentice Jim

While most of this one and only season of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart was fairly uneventful, Jim Bozzini was one contestant who could always be counted on to liven things up. Alas, though his over-the-top antics carried him to the final three, Martha and Co. eventually realized that the spontaneous, sometimes out-of-control, fella just didn't fit in with her corporate image — especially after MSLO honcho Susan Lyne had dinner with Jim and became privy to his plan to boost up the weaker players so that he could stay around longer. TVGuide.com grabbed Jim for a whirlwind interview to ask him if he really is "crazy" and if he has any regrets. TVGuide.com: I want to know who the real Jim is!Jim Bozzini: Is there a real Jim? That's the question! TVGuide.co

Wed, Dec 21, 2005

The Apprentice: Martha Pair Sing Swan Song

On last week's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, Ryan Danz and Marcela Valladolid tried to impress the domestic diva with their humorous commercial for Song airlines. Unfortunately, M. Diddy thought that they were out of tune with the company's target customer, and she sent both candidates packing. TVGuide.com caught up with Ryan and Marcela after their ouster to find out what went wrong, to set the record straight about "drinking on the job" and to uncover their big plans for the future. TVGuide.com: What was your goal in going on the show? What did you want to do for Martha?Marcela Valladolid: Wholeheartedly to work for her, in her food department or on television. As long as it's food-related and it's probably not an executive job. Ryan Danz: What really attracted me at first was the opportunity to get a top-level executive job wor

Wed, Dec 14, 2005

The Apprentice: Martha Pair Sing Swan Song

SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart didn't get the job done for NBC (oy — 16 phrases, none of them catchy), but the domestic goddess/ex-con's daytime talk show has a new topic of conversation: its renewal. Martha will be back for a second season to teach us how beautiful our lives could be if only we'd been sprung from prison with time on our hands and millions in our coffers. Thanks, Martha. Thanks a lot.

Mon, Dec 12, 2005

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart...

The Apprentice: Martha StewartIt wasn't an impossible mission: Create an in-flight promotional commercial for Song airlines. Ryan, PM for Matchstick, took that to mean that he could turn the ad into a vehicle for one's latent acting aspirations. Poor guy thought he was Kevin Costner, starring in, directing and producing a baseball commercial. Why didn't Marcela remind him that their product was an airline? A cat somewhere must have her tongue — not being PM doesn't mean not advancing any ideas of your own. I want to think that Marcela was working a Jim-style strategy by letting Ryan get drunk and flame out on his own, but we all know that's not the case. Marcela's passionate about her cooking interests, but she's not a forceful person. Whatever th

Thu, Dec 8, 2005

NBC RESTS JOEY, SCRUBS BACK IN

NBC has announced its mid-season game plan, and it goes a little something like this: Effective Jan. 2, My Name Is Earl and The Office, as speculated, move from Tuesday to Thursdays-at-9, where they will follow a pairing of Will & Grace and the new sitcom Four Kings (starring Seth Green, Shane McRae, Josh Cooke and Todd Grinnell). Filling the Tuesday void are back-to-back airings of new Scrubs episodes, which will have Fear Factor as its lead-in. Succeeding The Apprentice: Martha Stewart on Wednesdays at 9 is The Biggest Loser: Special Edition, a series of standalone and themed spec

Thu, Dec 1, 2005

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart...

The Apprentice: Martha StewartThe more I watch this show, the more I like it and the more I like Martha. I'll say it again: I cannot believe this will be its one and only season. Six candidates remain and the teams were equally matched. Leslie was PM for Matchstick and Dawna ran the Primarius crew. Both teams were to design an installation for the new Buick Lucerne sedan. Leslie felt her team hit it out of the park, but it really was more of a foul ball, and it landed them squarely in Martha's conference room. Primarius, however, got to dine at the Four Seasons with the CEO and chairman of the board of MSLO. Not bad company for a job interview. Back in the conference room, Charles was on fire with many a comment to be tossed around and he almost took c

Thu, Dec 1, 2005

Martha Clips Legal Eagle's Wings

On paper, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart's Amanda Hill looks like one of the most-qualified employees for any job you could dream of. The 30-year-old Texan is an attorney who has a degree in public relations, she has survived eye cancer (and thus does a lot of volunteer work for cancer research) and she loves to cook and host parties. Heck, on the Nov. 16 episode she even was concerned that her husband was going to mess up her garden-planting! Sounds like a model Martha if we've ever seen one. Alas, Ms. Stewart was underwhelmed by Amanda's lack of enthusiasm in selling coffeemakers. Here TVGuide.com begs Amanda to spill the beans on her experience. TVGuide.com: How is your garden? You said you were worried about what your husband might do in your absence.

Wed, Nov 30, 2005