The Apprentice
Toying with Disaster
TV Flash files “Toying with Disaster” as a desk essential hour — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 2, episode 1, aired 2004-09-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 17 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 2004-09-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Down to the Wire: Part 3” (S01E16). Next is “Scoop Dreams” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Toying with Disaster”. Toying with Disaster reopens year two on a task-title that sounds like a warning: corporate scavenger hunts still the weekly plot, the boardroom still the gavel.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Toying with Disaster sit in the The Apprentice guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 17 of 107 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Apprentice S02E01 air?
Toying with Disaster aired 2004-09-09 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…