The Resume

(September 22, 2005-February 2006)
Series shot during July 2005 in New York City
NBC
Creator Mark Burnett
Boss: Donald Trump
Consultant: Carolyn Kepcher
Consultant: George Ross
Receptionist/Assistants: Robin Himmler and Rhona Graff-Riccio
Teams are Capital Edge (female) vs. Excel (male)
Job Applicants (and place finished):
Randal Pinkett (Excel 1-4, 7-12, Capital Edge 5-6) - Winner
Rebecca Jarvis (Capital Edge 1-5, 12, Excel 6-11) - 2nd place
Alla Wartenberg (Capital Edge) - 4th place
Felisha Mason (Capital Edge) - 4th place
Adam Green (Excel 1-5, Capital Edge 6-10) - 5th place
Clay Lee (Excel 1-5, 9, Capital Edge 6-8) - 6th place
Brian Mandelbaum (Excel) - 8th place
Marshawn Evans (Capital Edge 1-5, Excel 6-8) - 8th place
Markus Garrison (Excel 1-5, Capital Edge 6-7) - 9th place
James Dillon (Excel) - 13th place
Jennifer Murphy (Capital Edge 1-5, Excel 6) - 13th place
Josh Shaw (Excel) - 13th place
Mark Lamkin (Excel) - 13th place
Kristi Caudell (Capital Edge) - 14th place
Toral Metha (Capital Edge) - 15th place
Jennifer Wallen (Capital Edge) - 16th place
Chris Valletta (Excel) - 17th place
Melissa Holovach (Capital Edge) - 18th place
Object of the game:
18 players are divided into two teams.
Each episode the teams are assigned the same task.
Each team chooses a project manager (team leader) who leads the team.
The team that earns the most money (or in some cases critical praise) for the task wins.
The winning team gets a reward.
The winning project manager may be exempt from being fired during the next task.
The project manager (team leader) of the losing team selects two other members of the losing team to meet with Donald Trump, Carolyn Kepcher and George Ross.
Each pleads why they should continue on but Donald Trump eventually eliminates one (or more) of them
Theme song 'Money' by the Ojays

Why Apprentice 4 might be annoying:

Although it is known as 'Apprentice 4,' it is officially titled 'Apprentice: Donald.'
Donald Trump gave his partner permission to do a spin-off in Hong Kong. Donald Trump predicted it would fail as 11 Apprentice imitations have failed previously.
They are continuing the policy of product placement.
Firings are arbitrary and completely at the whim of Donald Trump.
Donald Trump at a press conference blamed Mark Burnett for Apprentice 3's lack of success. He claimed Mark Burnett paid no attention to who he wanted as Apprentice applicants.
Donald Trump told the NY Times: 'I try to be objective, but beauty is an unfair advantage for certain people.'
A project aboard a cruise ship was cancelled when the ship developed problems.
Trump indicated he wanted to hire Rebecca Jarvis also, but when he asked the winner Randal Pinkett for his opinion, he greedly said there is only Apprentice.

Why Apprentice 4 might not be annoying:

They continued the success of Apprentice, Apprentice 2 and Apprentice 3.
This is the first time Donald Trump selected all 18 candidates.
Although the candidates range in age of 22-41, most skew young.
He claimed on The Howard Stern Show this is the best looking Apprentice cast ever.
Among the candidates are two beauty queens, a stripper and an openly gay guy.
Shania Twain and George Lucas appeared on this series.
Projects:
Project 1 - Fitness - Markus Garrison's Excel beats Kristi Caudell's Capital Edge - Melissa Holovach fired
Project 2 - Lamborghini Ad - Marshawn Evans' Capital Edge beats Chris Valletta's Excel - Chris Valletta fired
Project 3 - Hi-Tech Senior Citizens - Randal Pinkett's Excel beats Rebecca Jarvis' Capital Edge - Jennifer Wallen fired
Project 4 - Ice cream mascot - Clay Lee's Excel beats Felisha Mason's Capital Edge - Toral Metha fired
Project 5 - Movie Float - Brian Mandelbaum's Excel beats Jennifer Murphy's Capital Edge - Kristi Caudell fired
Project 6 - Sports - Alla Wartenberg's Capital Edge beats Josh Shaw's Excel - James Dillon, Jennifer Murphy, Josh Shaw and Mark Lamkin fired
Project 7 - Education - Randal Pinkett's Excel beats Adam Green's Capital Edge - Markus Garrison fired
Project 8 - Star Wars - Clay Lee's Capital Edge beats Brian Mandelbaum's Excel - Brian Mandelbaum and Marshawn Evans fired
Project 9 - Song - Felisha Mason's Capital Edge beats Rebecca Jarvis' Excel - Clay Lee fired
Project 10 - Fragrance - Randal Pinkett's Excel beats Alla Wartenberg's Capital Edge - Adam Green fired
Project 11 - Computer Software - Rebecca Jarvis' Excel beats Felisha Mason's Capital Edge - Both Felisha Mason and Alla Wartenberg fired
Project 12 - Charities - Randal Pinkett's Excel beats Rebecca Jarvis' Capital Edge - Randal Pinkett hired
See related: Apprentice 4, Apprentice 3, Apprentice 2, Apprentice, Mark Burnett, Donald Trump, Carolyn Kepcher, George Ross, Robin Himmler, Rhona Graff-Riccio, Adam Green, Alla Wartenberg, Brian Mandelbaum, Chris Valletta, Clay Lee, Felisha Mason, James Dillon, Jennifer Murphy, Jennifer Wallen, Josh Shaw, Kristi Caudell, Mark Lamkin, Markus Garrison, Marshawn Evans, Melissa Holovach, Randal Pinkett, Rebecca Jarvis and Toral Mehta

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2016 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 49)
• Apprentice [Complete] (Ranked: 4)
• Apprentice 1 [2004]
• Apprentice 2 [2004]
• Apprentice 3 [2005]
• Apprentice 4 [2005]
• Apprentice 5 [2006]
• Apprentice 6 - Los Angeles [2007]
• Apprentice Winners (Ranked: 4)
• Apprentice: First Fired
• Celebrity Apprentice 1 [2008]
• Celebrity Apprentice 2 [2009]
• Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice Wish List
• IDs Ending in 00 (Ranked: 15900)
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• NBC TV Series
• Nielsen's TV Series with the Most Product Placement [2006] (Ranked: 7)
• Profiles 15751-16000 (Ranked: 15900)
• Reality Series
• Time Magazine's 10 Best TV Series - James Poniewozik [2004] (Ranked: 4)
• TiVo's Top 10 Season Passes [2004] (Ranked: 4)
• TiVo's Top 25 Season Passes [2005] (Ranked: 5)
• TV Series Set in New York City
• TV Shows/Series
• UK Digital Spy's Top 25 TV Series - Neil Wilkes [2008] (Ranked: 12)
• VH-1's 40 Greatest Reality Moments (Ranked: 5)
• Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Show Searches [2005] (Ranked: 6)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 257 Votes: 53.31% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 49 Votes: 89.80% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 67 Votes: 77.61% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 244 Votes: 56.56% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 367 Votes: 76.02% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 10180 Votes: 69.95% Annoying