Hirer-and-firer Donald Trump names the winning player in the Season 11 finale. Before that, the final two stars continue to stage their retro-soda events, resulting in not-so-bubbly dramas and ...

“The Apprentice normalized him,” says Sam Solovey, who appeared as a contestant on the show in that first 2004 season. “It made him almost like the personification of the American dream.

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — “The Apprentice,” the NBC reality show that propelled Donald Trump from real estate mogul to TV personality, is getting ...