I used to watch The Apprentice when it first came on. It was good TV. Still is, for the most part. Amazingly enough, it's managed to create Donald Trump fans. I don't think anyone would have imagined such a thing twenty years ago… but then again, nobody's guesses about the future ever turns out the way they expect.
This season, I didn't make time for it. When I did watch TV at 9 p.m. Thursdays, I watched CSI. There are very few shows I make time for; I could count them on one hand, and two of the fingers are shaky. So when I saw the promotions for this season's finale, I decided I could at least watch that. Plus, I didn't have much else going on.
I'm starting to come to the conclusion that it's best to ignore TV series when they're on television, then wait for the seasons to come out on
The finale this season was much better than the finale last season, which went on much too long, and hired Regis Philbin for no good reason. The final candidates were very qualified. The show focused on that, which was much better than drawing out Donald's final decision, which anyone could have seen coming.
Donald actually wanted to hire both of them… and he would have, too, if the winner, Randall what's-his-last-name, hadn't suffered from a giant lack of magnanimity at the end. "There should be only one Apprentice," he said. As a result, his opponent Roberta don't-know-her-last-name-either, now has to go looking for employment, which sucks. Dude, you won. Shafting your opponent out of a great job doesn't mean you won any less. If it had been me, I'd have fired the guy right there and switched it over to Roberta. That was just petty of him. There are enough petty people in business. Hopefully Donald hires her on the side anyway, now that the cameras are off.
Enough ranting about TV. More important things are out there.