Feels entirely scripted. Everything about the set(boardroom) the interaction between the players, etc, feels fake. At least before there was some authenticity to it. Arnold is no Trump. He doesn't command the presence in the boardroom. The advisers suck. The show was already on a decline towards the later seasons but this season is a final nail in the coffin.
shareI disagree. When Trump was on the show it was more scripted because Trump had chosen who he wanted to advance based on his friendships Andy the levels of Drama someone brought....Joan Rivers anyone? Omarosa??? Gary Busey?
....Zing!
I am enjoying this season. Arnold has his own style, which is fine with me- I would have hated it if he tried to impersonate Trump.
shareThe show still is enjoyable enough. You sort of feel like you're among a small crowd of viewers and giving it a send-off as it is unlikely that the show will be renewed.
shareI see the show possibly getting renewed! The show is doing okay for NBC as filler for the network and has been consistent all season! I think NBC will give the show one more season and change stuff. They will probably get rid of Trump's EP credit and cast bigger celebrities. If NBC is patience with show for next season, improves it and puts it on a different night, then show can recover. As well as they can always cast a new host! Or even do a White House edition of Apprentice
shareThis show sucks now, because the celebrities (if you want to call them that) are garbage. With the exception of Boy George, Jon Lovitz, Ricky Williams, Snooki and Vince Neil, I have never heard of any of these people.
shareYou think the other seasons of celebrities were any better?
shareYou must be young, and not follow sports at all. Odd to have 'man' and '1973' in your name and not heard of some of these people but know who Snooki is...
Laila Ali - Boxing champ and also the daughter of the most famous boxer ever.
Brooke Burke - I only knew her because of the show Wild On! from long ago.
Eric Dickerson - One of the greatest RBs ever. If you know anything about football, then you should know who he is.
Matt Iseman - You'd only know him if you ever watched American Ninja Warrior.
Carrie Keagan - I wasn't familiar with her.
Carson Kressley - I only knew him because he was on an episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Lisa Leslie - I know sports, so I know who she was. I never followed women's basketball, but I still heard of her plenty of times.
Kyle Richards - I never watched any of the Real Housewives shows, so had no idea.
Porsha Williams - I never watched any of the Real Housewives shows, so had no idea.
Chael Sonnen - If you know anything about MMA, then you should know who he is.
Carnie Wilson - If you were around in the early '90s, then you should have heard of her.
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If you consider 43 being young, then I am young.
I still think none of these people are true 'celebrities'
Laila Ali - Her father was famous, but she isn't.
Brooke Burke - WHO??
Eric Dickerson - Been following football for 30+ years and never heard of him.
Matt Iseman - Not into ninja garbage, so never heard of him.
Carrie Keagan - Even you have never heard of her.
Carson Kressley - I've watched Whose Line is it Anyway, but never heard of this person.
Lisa Leslie - Women's basketball is not a real sport. Still never heard of her.
Kyle Richards - Even you didn't know this so called celebrity.
Porsha Williams - Even you had no idea who this was.
Chael Sonnen - I don't follow martial arts, no idea who this is.
Carnie Wilson - Daughter of famous Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. He is famous, she's a nobody.
Seriously, these are not celebrities.
Bret Michaels, Gary Busey, Arsenio Hall, Joan Rivers, Dennis Rodman, Trace Adkins, Piers Morgan, Lil Jon, John Rich, Stephen Baldwin, Gene Simmons, Cyndi Lauper, Meat Loaf, Dionne Warwick, Lennox Lewis. These are real celebrities that have been on previous seasons, which made the show interesting. The cast they have now are no name garbage. It's like they are scraping the bottom of the barrel to find people to be on the show.
LOL, you've been following football for 30+ years, but never heard of the greatest RB of all-time? LOL.
Women's basketball is not a real sport? Nice sexist attitude you have there.
Bret Michaels, Gary Busey, Arsenio Hall, Joan Rivers, Dennis Rodman - A list of people who have been washed up since the '90s.
You name Trace Adkins as a celebrity, but sh!t on Carnie Wilson, who had a record that sold over 10 million copies (I don't think Adkins had any that sold over 2 million). I'm not a fan of Wilson Phillips, but their music was everywhere in the early '90s. Their debut album had 3 #1 hits.
Piers Morgan - All he did was be an *beep* judge on a terrible show before he was on Celebrity Apprentice.
Lil Jon - Best known for being parodied by Chappelle.
John Rich - Who in the hell is John Rich?
Stephen Baldwin - Awesome in The Usual Suspects, but what has he done since then?
Dionne Warwick - Washed up since the '80s.
Lennox Lewis - Well, since you're sexist, only male boxers matter, right?
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Oh, and you're taking the most famous people from multiple seasons to compare with 1 season? I just looked up previous casts and this season doesn't look too far off from previous ones.
Trace Adkins - Boring. Some country singer I don't give a sh!t about.
Carol Alt - I might vaguely remember her.
Stephen Baldwin - Awesome in The Usual Suspects, but what else?
Nadia Comaneci - Some gymnast I don't give a sh!t about.
Tiffany Fallon - Who?
Jennie Finch - Who? Wasn't she a softball player? LOL.
Nely Galán - Who?
Marilu Henner - Was on Taxi long ago.
Lennox Lewis - A Boxer.
Piers Morgan - An a-hole from a terrible TV show who later replaced Larry King.
Tito Ortiz - Another MMA fighter.
Omarosa - Who?
Vincent Pastore - Small role on one of the greatest TV shows.
Gene Simmons - Lead singer for Kiss, but I'm not really a fan of them.
Clint Black - Boring. Some country singer I don't give a sh!t about.
Andrew Dice Clay - Washed up comic from the '80s known for dirty nursery rhymes and how he smoked a cigarette.
Annie Duke - I only know who she is since I followed poker back in the day.
Tom Green - Wacky/crazy host of an MTV show back in the day.
Natalie Gulbis - Who?
Scott Hamilton - Wasn't he a gay figure skater or something?
Jesse James - An a-hole who built bikes.
Claudia Jordan - Who?
Khloé Kardashian - I don't care a sh!t about the Kardashians.
Brian McKnight - Made some good music in the '90s.
Joan Rivers - I don't give a sh!t about the Rivers.
Melissa Rivers - I don't give a sh!t about the Rivers.
Brande Roderick - Who?
Dennis Rodman - Weirdo basketball player.
Herschel Walker - Eff him, his trade helped the Dallas Cowboys win a couple SBs in the '90s.
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins - TLC was an alright group back in the '90s.
Rod Blagojevich - Who?
Selita Ebanks - Who?
Bill Goldberg - I was a fan back in the day, but many people wouldn't know him.
Michael Johnson - He ran fast.
Maria Kanellis - Who?
Cyndi Lauper - She made some good music.
Carol Leifer - Who?
Bret Michaels - Lead singer of a hair band back in the '80s.
Sharon Osbourne - Wife of Ozzy.
Holly Robinson Peete - Married an NFL QB and appeared on 21 Jump Street and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. Many wouldn't know her.
Summer Sanders - Some Olympian?
Sinbad - A mediocre comic.
Curtis Stone - Who?
Darryl Strawberry - A baseball player destined for greatness, but then threw it away.
Gary Busey - Crazy actor known for being crazy.
Jose Canseco - Jackass baseball cheater.
David Cassidy - Partridge Family.
Hope Dworaczyk - Who?
Richard Hatch - I only know who he is since I watched the 1st season of Survivor.
La Toya Jackson - Lesser known Jackson.
Star Jones - Don't give a sh!t.
NeNe Leakes - Don't give a sh!t.
Lil Jon - Best known for being parodied by Chappelle.
Marlee Matlin - Known for being a deaf actress.
Mark McGrath - Lead singer of a mediocre band.
Meat Loaf - Didn't care that much for his music, but I liked him in Fight Club.
John Rich - Who?
Lisa Rinna - Don't give a sh!t.
Niki Taylor - Some model.
Dionne Warwick - Made some music, then had a psychic hotline.
Clay Aiken - Failed on American Idol.
Michael Andretti - Drove really fast.
Adam Carolla - Hosted/co-hosted some shows.
Tia Carrere - Hot actress, but can't remember her in any movies for quite some time.
Lou Ferrigno - Bodybuilder who played mullet Hulk and made some awful Hercules movies back in the '70s/'80s.
Debbie Gibson - Made some music back in the '80s and then quickly disappeared from the spotlight.
Teresa Giudice - Who?
Victoria Gotti - Related to John Gotti?
Arsenio Hall - Had his own show and did some movies with Eddie Murphy back in the '80s, then disappeared.
Penn Jillette - I like Penn & Teller.
Lisa Lampanelli - Female comic who loves BBC.
Dayana Mendoza - Who?
Aubrey O'Day - Who?
Dee Snider - Lead singer of Twisted Sister.
George Takei - Played some nerd on Star Trek.
Paul Teutul, Sr. - Another a-hole who built bikes.
Cheryl Tiegs - Former model.
Patricia Velásquez - Who?
Jamie Anderson - Who?
Johnny Damon - An alright baseball player.
Vivica A. Fox - Actress.
Leeza Gibbons - Talk show host.
Brandi Glanville - Who?
Kate Gosselin - Who? Name sounds vaguely familiar.
Gilbert Gottfried - Known for using an annoying voice.
Sig Hansen - I only know him because I watched Deadliest Catch.
Shawn Johnson - Some gymnast.
Kevin Jonas - One of the sh!tty Jonas brothers?
Lorenzo Lamas - Known for mediocre tv shows and movies.
Kenya Moore - Who?
Terrell Owens - A-hole football player.
Keshia Knight Pulliam - Played Rudy Huxtable, then disappeared.
Geraldo Rivera - Talk show host, reporter, maybe best known for opening Al Capone's empty vault and wasting everyone's time.
Ian Ziering - Was on 90210.
None of the seasons were star-studded. There were a bunch of people a lot of people wouldn't know on all of the seasons.
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Spot on.
Bonus how hard you triggered the obnoxious and whiny feminist.
If you remember 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' in the 90's that was Carson Kressley's first Tv show. He was the main gay guy there.
shareYou wrote this six days ago but I hope you saw today's episode. It was the best one of the series so far. Both tasks were hair raising, edge of your seat stuff. Loved them both. I think the show is very watchable, very suspenseful, and lots of fun.
shareWhile I like Arnie a LOT more than Trump, him getting rid of my two favorite players this season- Carson and Leslie- makes me no longer want to watch. My only hope left now is the tall blondie guy with "tons of charisma."
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I will admit at least Arnie isn't the ego maniac that Trump is but it feels as though the show lost its touch a bit.
shareIt's not as cut throat as it used to be in the board room with Trump, so there's less melodrama and fighting. However, it's still a very entertaining show and raises a lot of money for charity, so I hope it stays on. The lack of well known celebrities doesn't bother me, either. I imagine it's difficult getting a large group of successful celebrities to commit to a few months of this type of grueling schedule for charity. It's still interesting with lesser known figures.
shareThis is one of my favorite seasons. IT's hilarious.
shareThe change in setting from NYC to LA is what has hurt the show. LA doesn't have the same pace and energy that NYC has. The traffic, the people on the street. Most tasks now are just the teams in a room for 10 minutes before the task and that's it. None of the drama of having to redecorate an entire space and bring in traffic to sell pizza. Or whatever. It is just slow and boring now.
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