Thoughts on The Apprentice

In a... I can't think of a good adjective to put here turn of events, I decided to watch the first episode of Donald Trump's reality game show The Apprentice. I think it was in hopes that it might offer some kind of insights of some sort into how he operates. The first episode was... decent, not horrible, with all the trappings of a reality competition show. The only other show of that type that I'm sort of familiar with would be America's Next Top Model hosted by Tyra Banks. I guess they are kind of similar except ANTM is about modeling and The Apprentice is about business. However, both Tyra and Donald are rather prominent in their industries, at least at the peak of their shows I'd say. 

I can't say I have a ton of insights just after one episode, but I think I may watch more in the future. However, knowing a bit about how reality competition shows work allows me see the inner workings of them a bit - for example, on one season (or rather, cycle) of ANTM there was a particular contestant who was quite obnoxious but in being so, made for 'good television' or in other words, caused (intendedly entertaining) drama with the other contestants. So, it was unlikely that this contestant would be kicked off early in the show because their personality made the show more 'entertaining.' And the same went for this first episode of The Apprentice - I could tell that one person was unlikely to be fired because there had been a bit of a focus on the things they said which happened to be... 'entertaining.' I'm not a huge (or rather, yuge?) fan of reality competition shows, so obviously this is not exactly a show I'd usually watch, but I'm watching it anyways. 

In somewhat related matters, I have come up with yet another idea for a story. One of my longer ones involved Donald Trump getting arrested by the (fictional) detectives from some of the Law and Order shows. This newest idea involves the show The Apprentice, except one of the contestants is Michael Bluth of the show Arrested Development. I think that would be interesting and it would actually kind of fit for him to be a theoretical fictional contestant. I'm not sure if I'll write such a story, but the idea is there.