The Celebrity Apprentice — Season 1
The Apprentice 1 is the first season of The Apprentice, which aired on NBC in the winter and spring of 2004. It is currently available on DVD. It featured 16 candidates. The first season was a ratings smash, ranking at #7 in the average weekly Nielsen Rankings, with an average viewership of 20.7 million viewers each week. The final episode of the season was seen by an estimated 28.05 million viewers and ranked as the #1 show of the week, beating out a new episode of CSI. It was the most popular new show of 2004.
Episodes

E01 Meet the Billionaire
★ 1.0Jan 8, 2004
The contestants are split into two teams, one team of 8 men and another team of 8 women. The two teams are then given their first challenge - sell lemonade on the streets of New York with a budget of $250. The team that makes the most profit wins.

E02 Sex, Lies and Altitude
★ 1.0Jan 15, 2004
For the second task, the corporations have to design advertisements for the Marquis Jet Card.

E03 Respect
★ 1.0Jan 21, 2004
The challenge this week is a lesson in negotiation. The task is a scavenger hunt of sorts - the teams are given a list of items to buy from vendors from all over New York City.

E04 Ethics, Shmethics
★ 1.0Jan 29, 2004
This weeks task is to manage a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square. The object is to make more money in one night than the same night last year.

E05 Trading Places
★ 1.0Feb 5, 2004
After a corporate restructuring, where Project Managers Nick and Kristi choose their own team, the new co-ed teams are given their fifth task: hold a flee market.

E06 Tit for Tat
★ 1.0Feb 12, 2004
This week's task is to raise money for charity at a Sotheby's celebrity auction.

E07 Dupe-lex
★ 1.0Feb 19, 2004
This week's task is renovating and leasing apartments in New York City.

E08 Ice Escapades
★ 1.0Feb 26, 2004
This week's task is marketing a new product.
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E09 DNA, Heads and the Undead Kitty
★ 1.0Mar 4, 2004

E10 Wheeling & Dealing
★ 1.0Mar 11, 2004
This weeks task is operating a rickshaw pedicab service.

E11 A Look Back
★ 1.0Mar 18, 2004
Nobody gets fired on this episode, in which Mr. Trump recaps the first 10 shows and explains his termination decisions. The episode also includes outtakes from past episodes.

E12 Circus, Circus
★ 1.0Mar 25, 2004
This week's task is to lure gamblers to Trump's Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City by creating a new and unique game of chance for customers to play.

E13 The Price is Height
★ 1.0Apr 1, 2004
This week's task is to rent out a luxurious penthouse for one evening. The catch is it must be rented for at least $20,000.

E14 Down to the Wire (1)
★ 1.0Apr 8, 2004
In the first individual task, the remaining four candidates participate in a series of round robin, one-on-one interviews with some of Trump's most trusted advisors, who give their feedback, which is somewhat surprising, to Trump.

E15 Down to the Wire (2)
★ 1.0Apr 15, 2004
The final two tasks, running a Chrysler-Trump golf tournament.

E16 Down to the Wire (3)
★ 1.0Apr 15, 2004
The final two tasks, running a Chrysler-Trump golf tournament.










