If Trump hired another Apprentice, would anyone care?

Okay, so there was yet another Apprentice finale last night. I think we pretty much jumped the shark on this whole series, because I couldn’t find a more lamer run than this one.

First of all, the whole “haves and the have-nots” concept was lame. Here you have the cream of the crop, and they’re living like homeless people. Instead of the “final three” or even “the final two” there were “the final two teams”. That in and of itself was lame. The final tasks used to be HUGE productions designed to show off the creativity and managerial skills of the finalists and to prove their worthiness, and instead this final task is another lame task.

And the person who won pretty much stayed under the radar the whole time! There was no clear leadership moment for this candidate. There was nothing that screamed “Apprentice” until we saw her individual profile video.

The whole thing screamed “waste”! Many of the shows were airing at 10pm, including the finale, which in and of itself takes out potential viewers.

The only good thing about this finale was that it was only an hour long, and most of that time was in recapping events and eliminating the worst of the two teams before focusing on which one of the two remaining candidates should win. Most of these finales dealt with either there was too much time or not enough time.

At this point, though, I think this is it for the Apprentice. At least it really would be for this viewer… unless someone I knew ended up in the next one. Trump kept on saying he wanted an LA run… he had his LA run… it sucked… that’s it. I really don’t think he can make things better at this point. His best bet is to give it a rest, maybe bring it back after a season or two of other programming if he feels so inclined.