The Apprentice
Summer of Sam's
TV Flash files “Summer of Sam's” as the first listed hour of season 5 — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 5, episode 1, aired 2006-02-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 66 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2006-02-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Season Finale” (S04E14). Next is “The Razor's Edge” (S05E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Eighteen candidates journey to Republic Airport in New York to meet Donald Trump on his plane and begin their 15-week job interview. For their first task, the teams utilize enormous blimps to market the billion-dollar, members-only warehouse business. The winners get a taste of the billionaire lifestyle while the losers head to the boardroom where the first candidate is fired.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Summer of Sam's sit in the The Apprentice guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 66 of 107 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did The Apprentice S05E01 air?
Summer of Sam's aired 2006-02-27 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…