A recap of who everyone is, from: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...buffett-860037

Laila Ali — retired four-time boxing world champion, TV host, author, health and wellness expert and daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali

Brooke Burke-Charvet — actress, host, entrepreneur, fitness expert and CEO of ModernMom.com

Eric Dickerson — Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who played for the Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Raiders and Atlanta Falcons

Boy George — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, lead vocalist for pop band Culture Club, international DJ and a coach on the U.K. version of The Voice, as well as a top fashion designer and photographer

Matt Iseman — American Ninja Warrior host, comedian, actor and licensed physician

Carrie Keagan — Actress, producer, writer, entrepreneur and the former host of VH1’s Emmy Award-winning live morning talk show Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan

Carson Kressley — Emmy Award-winning television star, celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer, as well as a successful horse-show exhibitor who owns saddlebred horses

Lisa Leslie — Naismith Hall of Famer, four-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA champion who earned an MBA

Jon Lovitz — comedian, film and television star and former Saturday Night Live cast member

Vince Neil — lead vocalist for heavy-metal band Mötley Crüe as well as an eclectic businessman with interests in liquor, bars, restaurants and tattoo parlors along with clothing and retail

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi — Reality television star and New York Times best-selling author

Kyle Richards — actress and star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as well as a philanthropist who owns an innovative boutique concept in Beverly Hills

Chael Sonnen — former UFC standout and mixed martial artist

Porsha Williams — model, singer and star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Ricky Williams — Heisman Trophy winner for the University of Texas, 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and ESPN sports analyst who was a running back for the Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens

Carnie Wilson — singer, television host and member of pop music group Wilson Phillips.

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Do they really need two Real Housewives in this? I mean, I guess it's better than 'Vine celebrities', but still...

So the breakdown (going by their *main* claims to fame):
5 Athletes
4 TV Show Hosts/Personalities
3 Musicians
3 Reality Stars
1 Comedian

That's really athlete-heavy, which perhaps makes sense for Arnold... but sports stars tend to be a bit boring on this show (except for Rodman).

As long as Chael Sonnen shows up in character he won't be boring. You and everyone else may end up hating him with a passion... but he won't be boring.

Yeah, he'll end up being the reason to watch this season.

I think I recognize about 2/3rds of them. I'm in Brooke Burke... I mean, I'm in for Brooke Burke.

I hope it is not the Fall or Winter when football season is in progress

WTF??? I weep for anyone that helped that.

I looked her up and yea I guess I heard of that little troll.

WNBA Superstar.


Only thing lower on celebrity lists than WNBA might be being famous for being a housewife. Oh maybe a Vine or YouTube personality can't leave them out..

It's not like she's just a player, or even just a Champion, or just a four-timr Gold Medal Olympian, or "just " an MVP and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, though she is all those things. She was one of the three women who were sent to the three biggest markets at the founding of the WNBA to be the centerpiece of their franchise and the face of the new league.
If you want to contend that no woman basketball player could possibly be considered a star, I suppose you could make that argument. But she's about as accomplished as any woman in any team sport could be in America.

Just took me a few minutes just to remember what my city's WNBA team name is (Chicago Sky). I wouldn't be able to recognize a player on the spot if you paid me $1 million.

Still no airdate yet. If it doesn't air this summer, probably won't air until next season.

Holy shit! Is that a real ad? He better be on that horse in the boardroom.

Probably as a replacement for a fall cancellation, which means it will air in September

http://deadline.com/2016/05/celebrit...ts-1201756630/

No exact date yet, but NBC says it's expected to air January 2017 after The Voice's fall season wraps.

Also, they want to air it after the elections.

I wonder how big of a role Arnold will have on the show or he just shows up to introduce a task and then is gone for most of the show.

Sonnen is such a fraud, so he'll probably be perfect for this show.

Isn't that basically how much Trump did on the show? He would introduce the task and then come back again for the final result and boardroom. Will Arnold's kids be on the show like Trump's?

Premieres January 2, 2017

http://deadline.com/2016/08/the-new-...bc-1201810475/

1st promo with Arnold.



Show is now called "The New Celebrity Apprentice"


Thread title needs an update.

I have to admit, I'm kind of intrigued to see how Arnold handles this show. Hated the previous version with Trump.

I like 'the real' Schwarzenegger a lot. Looking forward to this.

I'm not big on making new threads. I didn't see a thread anywhere.

I really appreciate Schwarzenegger's work (in and out of movies). Zero interest in the old episodes. But looking forward to this.

Premier is tonight (Monday the 2nd). I'll watch it for Arnie and also like that they got Buffett and some other good people in there.

Mildly curious because of Schwarzenegger but I'm normally not a fan of reality shows and never watched The Apprentice much. Might tune in to the first episode to see how it is.

I would watch, but not as long as that A-hole keeps an EP credit.

It's a contractual/legal thing and Mark Burnett productions has no choice but continue to give him an EP credit since Trump co-created the show. But, Trump is no longer involved with the show.

I'll check it out simply because I'm a fan of Arnold, but I was never a fan of the Trump version.

Apparently it's only a 7 episode season. It's filler until the Voice returns in late February.

It looks like each week is 2 hours, so it's probably really more like 14 episodes all together.

The esteemed Jessica Alba as an advisor

I just hope the Apprentice brand has been damaged with enough people that this tanks in the ratings.

I don't blame you when you're in a big town full of sports and activities, but the Storm have been relatively big in Seattle since the Sonics left, and they're great role models for young female athletes. (And yes, I know I'm responding to old comments.)