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The Apprentice

Who Wears the Pants

TV Flash files “Who Wears the Pants” as hour 78 of 107 in the TV Flash guide — The Apprentice (2004–2017) on NBC, season 5, episode 13, aired 2006-05-22, 60 min.

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This leaf is S05E13: listed hour 78 of 107 in the The Apprentice guide, hour 13 of 15 in season 5. It aired 2006-05-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Backs Against the Wal-Mart” (S05E12). Next is “The Mother of All Tasks” (S05E14).

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The final four candidates create a new line of uniforms for the nation's largest brand of upscale, all-suite hotels. One team uses its love of fashion to try to stitch together a win, while the other team models its designs on market research. The winners hit the town with Trump's favorite apprentices, while the losers struggle to survive the boardroom.

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Where does Who Wears the Pants sit in the The Apprentice guide?

S05E13 is listed hour 78 of 107 — hour 13 of 15 in season 5, season 5 episode 13.

When did The Apprentice S05E13 air?

Who Wears the Pants aired 2006-05-22 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.

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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…

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