The Apprentice
Whopper 101
TV Flash files “Whopper 101” as a desk essential hour — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 3, episode 1, aired 2005-01-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 34 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 2005-01-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Decision Time: Part 3” (S02E17). Next is “Motel 666” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Whopper 101”. Whopper 101 launches year three as a branded seminar — The Apprentice treating a fast-food giant like a syllabus, business theater as product placement.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Eighteen new candidates arrive in New York City from all over the country on the season three premiere of "The Apprentice." Donald Trump shakes things up in the boardroom and splits the teams into "Book Smarts" (those with college degrees) and "Street Smarts" (those with only a high school diploma). The candidates become acquainted with each other in their new suite in Trump Tower and immediately begin to create names for their teams. Then the candidates battle it out in the billion-dollar fast food business. An early star flames out, while another sizzles. The winners hit the town with The Donald and his fiance Melania while the losers get a grilling in the boardroom as the first candidate is fired
Viewer FAQ
Where does Whopper 101 sit in the The Apprentice guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 34 of 107 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did The Apprentice S03E01 air?
Whopper 101 aired 2005-01-20 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…