NBC Cuts Back By Bloating The Celebrity Apprentice

NBC has fallen on hard times. It is currently ranked 4th in viewership. I don't think NBC has any hit shows. So NBC Universal chief, former Wunderkid, Jeff Zucker announced that his network is considering "all options" to get their operation working well again. The options include cutting back on programming. Including, maybe, not having any programming on a day like Saturday.

The only programming change option already in play and which seems sort of counter-intuitive, is Donald Trump's Apprentice will be back in January. Bloated to being 2 hour episodes.

This saves money, because they shoot so much footage, the show can easily be bloated. Apparently the actual Boardroom meetings, where someone gets fired, can go on for quite a long time. But then get edited to be about 9 minutes long.

This is going to be another Celebrity Apprentice. I watched very little of the first version. It seemed real off to me.

But, the cast on the new version of Celebrity Apprentice looks like it might be entertaining. Various websites are reporting different lists of celebrities. NBC hasn't released a cast list that I could find.

Here are the celebrity names I've found. Andrew Dice Clay, Tom Green, Natalie Gulbis (pro golfer), Scott Hamilton, Claudia Jordan (model on Deal or No Deal), Joan and Melissa Rivers, Tione "T-Boz" Watkins (singer from TLC), Bryan McKnight (singer), Khloe Kardashian (Kim's sister), Brande Roderick (actress), Herschel Walker, Dennis Rodman, Dean Cain, Gene Simmons (wasn't he on the previous Celebrity Apprentice?), Jennie Garth, Clint Black and Annie Duke (no clue).

I actually know who a few of them are.

Dean Cain, Jennie Garth, Dennis Rodman, Annie Duke and Gene Simmons appeared on only one list, so I would think they are doubtful. If Dean Cain, Jennie Garth and Dennis Rodman are on the show, I'll watch. Although Joan Rivers could be amusing. Her daughter, not so much.