NBC announced yesterday that The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, its new Martha Stewart spinoff of Donald Trump's The Apprentice reality series, will premiere on Wednesday, September 21 at 8PM ET/PT.
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The fourth edition of Donald Trump's traditional The Apprentice series will debut the following day in its usual Thursday 9PM ET/PT time period, part of an NBC fall schedule roll out that will see the network premiere virtually its entire fall primetime lineup during the week of September 19, 2005.
NBC has yet to reveal many details about Stewart's The Apprentice edition, however according to media reports, the series wrapped production in mid-June. Despite filing a court request that she be allowed to remove it, the recently paroled Stewart was required to wear her home confinement monitoring ankle bracelet throughout filming.
According to a New York Post report, Stewart will not "fire" contestants, nor will the elimination decisions take place in a boardroom. "It's got totally different terminology and a different look than The Donald," a source told The Post, which also reported that two of the contestants are gay.