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''The Apprentice'' is an American reality game show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump. The show was broadcast on NBC and created by English-born American television producer Mark Burnett. The U.S. series originated a franchise of international television shows known as ''The Apprentice''. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview", the U.S. version starred sixteen to eighteen business people competing in an elimination competition. The prize was a one-year, $250,000 starting contract to run one of Trump's companies. Each episode typically ended with Trump eliminating one of the contestants with the words, "You're fired" (which has become a locution of the program and Trump). The series premiered in January 2004. After six seasons of ''The Apprentice'', a new format was introduced: ''The Celebrity Apprentice''. The celebrity series generally follows the same premise as the original, but with celebrities as contestants participating to win money for their chosen charities, rather than winning a job opportunity. There have been seven seasons of ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' since 2008. In 2010, a seventh (and the most recent) season of the original ''Apprentice'' was aired in between ''Celebrity'' seasons. There were a combined 14 seasons of Trump's ''Apprentice''. The series also spawned another U.S. spinoff starring Martha Stewart which lasted for only one season. The opening theme music used on the show was "For the Love of Money", a 1973 R&B song by The O'Jays.〔(Smith, Scott C. "DVD Review: The Apprentice – Season One" ) blogcritics.org; December 17, 2005〕 == Premise == ''The Apprentice'' was a reality television show featuring season-long competitions. Each season began with a new group of contestants vying to earn a place in one of Donald Trump's organizations, stylized as a "job interview". The contestants (who are referred to as "candidates") come from business backgrounds in various enterprises, but typically included backgrounds in real estate, accounting, restaurant management, management consulting, sales, and marketing. During the show, the contestants live in a communal dwelling (for almost all seasons, a supposed "penthouse suite"). The candidates were divided into two teams. Each week, the teams were assigned a task and each required to select one of their members to lead the team as "project manager" for the task. Tasks were generally business oriented and tended to highlight one of several types of business skill. Tasks most commonly revolved around sales (selling the most items or earning the most money); and marketing (producing a specific marketing material or campaign which is judged the best). During the tasks, the teams were usually visited by one of Trump's two "advisors" for that week. In earlier seasons, the show included segments of Trump speaking directly to the audience with business advice typically relevant to that episode's task. After the completion of the task, the teams would meet with Trump and his two advisers in "the boardroom". Boardrooms generally proceeded in three stages. In the first preliminary stage, all of the remaining candidates on both teams would gather in the boardroom to be debriefed on the task by Trump and his advisors. Team members were asked about how the task went and whether there were any strong or weak players. Teams were sometimes asked to comment on materials or products produced by the opposing team. At the end of this stage, Trump or his advisors would reveal the results of the task and which team was the winner. The winning team won a reward (usually a unique and luxurious experience) and was excused from the boardroom while the losing team would return to the boardroom for an elimination. In later seasons, winning teams were permitted to view the next stage of the boardroom on the TV in their suite. The entire losing team would remain in the boardroom and was confronted with their loss. They were interrogated as to the reasons for their loss and which players contributed to or failed at the task. Then, for the final stage of the boardroom, the project manager was asked to select a certain number of teammates (typically two, but on occasion one or three) to bring back into the final stage boardroom meeting. The remaining teammates would return to the suite while the project manager and the selected teammates step out of the boardroom momentarily so Trump can consult his advisors. Upon returning to the boardroom for the final stage, Trump and his advisors would continue to interrogate the remaining players about their loss. The project manager was sometimes be further scrutinized for their choice of teammates to bring back into the boardroom. Ultimately, at least one of the project manager and/or the remaining teammates was "fired" at Trump's discretion and would leave the show. It is notable that Trump was shown to have the ultimate discretion in running the boardroom and at times he would disregard the typical format of the show including: firing multiple candidates in one week; firing candidates before the final stage; bringing candidates back into the final stage who were not chosen by the project manager, etc. When the final three or four candidates were left (depending on the season), the candidates engage in a formal interview rather than a task. Several executives from various companies interviewed each of the finalists and reported their assessments to Trump. Based on the interviews, Trump a boardroom and firing takes place leaving a final two candidates. The final two candidates were then each assigned a different final task, and given a support team of previously fired candidates. Final tasks generally required the finalists to organize (to various degrees) an event such as a party or a fundraiser. In a final boardroom following the final task, Trump hired one of the two candidates to become his Apprentice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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