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'Apprentice' Finale Only Lasts an Hour

Tue Apr 12, 3:56 PM ET Television - AP

By DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK - The next "Apprentice" finale won't be huuuuge. During a press conference Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that the live finale of the third season of NBC's "The Apprentice" will be held at the Skirball Center of the Performing Arts at New York University on May 19 (9 p.m. ET). Unlike the second season's much bemoaned three-hour finale and reunion last December, this swan song will only last an hour.


"At my insistence, I wanted it to be a one-hour finale," said Trump. "We ended up with a reunion and all of this nonsense. Nobody wants that. What they want is a finale where somebody gets fired."


The real estate mogul and "Apprentice" star also said he felt "very badly" for Chris Shelton, the 22-year-old "Apprentice" candidate who was arrested early Sunday for disorderly conduct at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Fla. Trump even offered to "be there" for Shelton.


"He's got a problem," said Trump. "He's got an anger management problem. We talked about it on the show. He truly is an angry guy."


On the competitive reality show, real estate millionaire Shelton frequently screams during boardroom sessions. During a pizza-selling task on the March 31 episode, Shelton engaged in an expletive-filled spat with teammate Alex Thomason. Trump said Shelton's fired-up temperament will again be on display during Thursday's episode.


"By circumstance, it happens to involve Chris to a large extent," said Trump. "He has a very interesting time on the show."


Shelton was arrested in Florida after "causing a scene" over being asked to pay a $20 cover charge to enter the hotel bar. After several attempts by staff to calm Shelton, he continued to yell and curse, a police report said. He was released after posting $250 bail.


"You've got to cut him a little slack because he's young," first-season winner Bill Rancic told The Associated Press. "He's just got to chill out."


During the press conference, Trump also announced Rancic, who was "hired" live a year ago, will continue to work in sales and marketing on Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.


"He's done everything I've asked him to do," Trump said of Rancic.


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Jray

to the 1 hour finale.

And to Trump for recognizing that we don't want to sit through 3 hours of crap, rather than being an egomaniac and wanting all the screentime he could get.

Dabaomb

Skirball Center is part of NYU's new student center. Stupid NYU knocked down the old one after my sophomore year so I didn't have a student center for my final 2 years

Tracer Bullet

Same here, except it was at the end of my freshman year. I never really used it for much anyway.

And to Trump for recognizing that last season's finale was incredibly painful to watch.

GuessWho

Saw a local news story about Bill a few months ago. Basically, he's a realtor as he just sells condos in the to-be-built tower.

So much for "president of one of my companies"


Anybody know what Kelly is actually doing?

Dabaomb

we used it a lot for everything. I was involved in a lot of clubs at NYU so we used it a lot.

Then they made us go all over the place...Mercer Lounge, Waverly Center, etc.....it freaking sucked!

JasonF

Dabaomb

Skirball is not the same as Skeeball

BizRodian

It's hard to watch 3 hours of anything...

chowderhead

damn ... and I was sooooo looking forward to the head of Trump's casinos in Atlantic City come on the show and pimp his favorite contestant only to wig out and forget to say anything but ... "I like Kelly." And you wonder why his casinos are bankrupt.
I wouldn't won't to hear them interview these bunch of stiffs anyone. I will probably tune in to hear the winner.

chowderhead

damn ... and I was sooooo looking forward to the head of Trump's casinos in Atlantic City come on the show and pimp his favorite contestant only to wig out and forget to say anything but ... "I like Kelly." And you wonder why his casinos are bankrupt.
I wouldn't won't to hear them interview these bunch of stiffs anyway. I will probably tune in to hear the winner.

Bill Needle

Not only was the finale too long, after how many hours they only spoke ten words to the actual winner (Kelly) when it was done.

Was that an actual compliment?

movieking

I think it is great that it is cut to an hour, but I really question if it was in fact Trump that made the call. With the reduction in viewers this year, I think that it was a logical decision that NBC would have made.

Groucho

I kind of liked last season's finally. An hour of it was humiliating Jennifer.