You're Revived

Trump was fired from NBC's fall lineup and now he's re-hired. Something tells me this is gonna be hu-uuge.

AP:

Apprentice' to return with celebrities

By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Check your publicist at the boardroom door — NBC is inviting celebrities to try to wow Donald Trump in the next version of "The Apprentice." And while it would make for a marquee matchup, don't expect Rosie O'Donnell to be among them.

"It will never happen in this lifetime or beyond," said Cindi Berger, O'Donnell's spokeswoman.

The network announced Monday that the game show will be back in the middle of next season with the celebrity twist, the winner donating proceeds to charity instead of going to work for The Donald.

Huh?!? So the show that is supposedly the ultimate job interview doesn't end with someone getting a job?

I guess this just means one thing, Trump doesn't want to give K-Fed a job either.

World Series of Uno

Hard to believe this isn't airing on NBC...

Studio 60 Denied

I had a nice little evening planned. I was going to go to the store after work, come home, eat dinner, and then settle down in front of the TV for this week's episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

So I do all of this, plop down on my couch by 10/9 central, and what do I see? Friday Night Lights. Huh?!?

I know nobody is watching Friday Night Lights, but it doesn't sound like a ton of people are watching Studio 60 either. So what is the point? Is NBC just trying to kill both of these shows by tinkering with their times?

This "special night and time" rained on my evening. (And if the NBC marketing folks are reading this, no, I did not watch Friday Night Lights -- instead I changed the channel and watched my early local news).

Mercifully, NBC's Web site says Studio 60 will be back at its regular time next week.