The Apprentice
Airstream of Conciousness
TV Flash files “Airstream of Conciousness” as hour 38 of 107 in the TV Flash guide — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 3, episode 5, aired 2005-02-17, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 38 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, hour 5 of 18 in season 3. It aired 2005-02-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Soap Dopes” (S03E04). Next is “The Writing on the Wall” (S03E06).

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The candidates collide in a mobile business task that tests their start-up skills. A slothful wannabe hits the skids while a risk taker puts it all on the line. The winners are spoiled with 5th Avenue jewels while the losers have a blow out in the boardroom as the sixth candidate goes home.
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Where does Airstream of Conciousness sit in the The Apprentice guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 38 of 107 — hour 5 of 18 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did The Apprentice S03E05 air?
Airstream of Conciousness aired 2005-02-17 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…