The Apprentice
Meet the Billionaire
TV Flash files “Meet the Billionaire” as a desk essential hour — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 1, episode 1, aired 2004-01-08, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2004-01-08 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Sex, Lies and Altitude” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Meet the Billionaire”. Meet the Billionaire is origin night: Mark Burnett business theater, a real-estate showman as prime-time character, elimination math as boardroom lighting.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Meet the Billionaire sit in the The Apprentice guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 107 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did The Apprentice S01E01 air?
Meet the Billionaire aired 2004-01-08 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is The Apprentice just the catchphrase?
Tasks, boardroom, weekly elimination — Burnett business theater. You're fired entered the lexicon because the format printed it nightly.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Corporate tasks, a boardroom, a pointing finger, and a catchphrase that left the studio. The Apprentice is Mark Burnett business theater that turned a real-estate showman into a prime-time character — elimination math as entertainment, with a political afterlife nobody booked as a twist.
The pointing finger is the silhouette. Mark Burnett's The Apprentice premiered on NBC in 2004 to huge ratings: Donald Trump as host, a real-estate showman turned into a prime-time character, Ivanka Trump, George Ross, Carolyn Kepcher in the boardroom. Contestants battle corporate tasks. Elimination math as entertainment. You're fired entered the lexicon like a garment everyone suddenly owned. Later seasons shifted hosts after Trump's political rise. The afterlife is the argument. The original lighting is the…
Filed against
- Donald Trump as Host
Donald Trump hosted The Apprentice as boardroom business theater — corporate tasks, a pointing finger, a catchphrase that left the studio, Mark Burnett turning a real-estate showman into a prime-time character. Elimination math as…
- Ivanka Trump as Advisor
Ivanka Trump sat in The Apprentice as Advisor — Mark Burnett business theater, corporate tasks, a boardroom, a pointing finger, a catchphrase that left the studio. Real-estate showman as prime-time character; the daughter as counsel in…
- George Ross as Advisor
George Ross sat in The Apprentice boardroom as Advisor — 2000s Mark Burnett business theater, corporate tasks, a pointing finger, a catchphrase that left the studio. Real-estate showman as prime-time character; Ross as the counsel in the…
- Carolyn Kepcher as Advisor
Carolyn Kepcher sat as advisor on The Apprentice — corporate tasks, a boardroom, a pointing finger, Mark Burnett business theater that turned a real-estate showman into a prime-time character. Elimination math as entertainment, a…