Reality Tv

NEW YORK -- This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees ...

A Scottsdale, Ariz., pizzeria made TV history Friday, when Gordon Ramsay walked off an episode of "Kitchen Nightmares" for the first time. But that was just the start of the bad press for Amy's Baking Company, after the restaurant's social media accounts blew up with salty language that would make even Ramsay ...

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The Great Recession left millions of middle-class Americans without jobs, and many have had no luck in finding another one. Some, seemingly, are so desperate that they've signed up with the new CBS reality show, "The Job," in the hope of landing a position with a high-profile employer, such as Epic ...

The Sundance Channel is looking for small companies on the brink that have been hit hard by the recession. If yours is one of the lucky six selected, you will be teamed with a proven business turnaround expert on you own episode, with the goal being to save jobs and keeping another American business afloat. ...

Who among us hasn't, at one time or another, stood in front of the TV, remote in one hand, telephone clenched against your ear, desperately pleading with the customer service rep to just get rid of the snow and make the darn reception work before you miss your favorite show? On 'Undercover Boss' this week, ...

Popcorn isn't just for movies anymore. Contestants on 'The Apprentice' this week popped out promotional stunts for snack company Popcorn Indiana with hopes they would go viral online. Turns out that it takes more than just losing the challenge to hear "You're Fired," as Tyana Alvarado, 41, learned. If you're not ...

Great Wolf Resorts' CEO is boldly going where no 'Undercover Boss' has ever gone before: into the ladies room. That's right -- this week marks the first time we've seen a female infiltrate a company incognito. "I hope I do a good job representing my gender," says CEO Kimberly Schaefer. But it seems she was ...

Donald Trump's latest pink slip recipient learned that failing the world's most visible job interview may not be such a bad thing. Alex Delgado won't be working for the Trump Organization but he's landed on his feet just fine, thank you very much. Episode two of The Apprentice had contestants on the streets of ...

"This is the toughest job interview in the world." And so began Season 10 of the NBC hit show, The Apprentice." This time, Donald Trump's show returns to its roots: B-list celebrities are replaced by 16 good looking no-names from around the country. Or at least they're no-names for now. (Remember, Omarosa was a ...

There's no official word yet, but the Hollywood Reporter's details of a new CBS workplace-related show from Studio Lambert, the same company that brought you 'Undercover Boss,' appear to be dead on. The 'Undercover Boss' "companion" series will feature two employees of the same company working against each ...

I once spent a few years working as a writer for reality television. When I tell people that, they feel as if they're being let in on a Hollywood secret. "Aha!" they'll say. "That stuff is all written? I knew it was fake." "Well, it's not exactly writing," I'd explain. "It's more like ... story." That ...

Before the newest Celebrity Apprentice had been hired, Donald Trump, Mark Burnett and NBC decided they wanted to reach out beyond Hollywood, rock and sports glitterati and try to help the everyday people out there who have been hardest hit by the current economic downturn. So they concocted an extra season of ...

Of all the people to blow your Undercover Boss secret identity, the last person you'd expect would be your brother, who just happens to be the CEO of the company. But that's what almost happened on the season finale of the popular CBS reality show Undercover Boss, which focused on Chris McCann of ...

Of all the Undercover Boss episodes, Rick Arquilla, President and Chief Operating Officer of Roto-Rooter, realizes full well that his probably has the highest "ick" factor. After all, they deal with some of the smelliest, greasiest, grossest substances known to man. "We're probably off the "ick" scale," he ...

You've probably seen a Herschend Family Entertainment property; you might have even visited one. Since they're so diverse, however, you just might not be aware of it. They have 22 properties in nine states, with attractions ranging from Dollywood in Tennessee and the Talking Rocks Caverns in the Ozarks to ...

Comedienne/writer/producer Carol Leifer may have been the first one fired on the premiere episode of this season's The Celebrity Apprentice, but she's having the last laugh as she outrageously counts down the things she'll miss most about the show. Leifer has probably been responsible for more hours of TV content ...

The toughest, most excruciating part of William C. Carstanjen's ten-day stint as an Undercover Boss at Churchill Downs didn't involve mucking horse stalls or cleaning bathrooms. As a matter, of fact, for this particular job, he was able to keep his hands relatively clean. The chief operating officer of one of ...

CBS News Release An amusement park empire, a national plumbing company, a top internet retailer and a national florist will be the remaining four companies participating in the first season of Undercover Boss. The series airs Sundays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. The remaining Season One companies are: ...

There's cause to rejoice if you're one of the more than 38.7 million viewers who have seen the new hit reality show Undercover Boss. CBS has ordered a second cycle of the series for the 2010/11 broadcast season. Undercover Boss, which follows high-level chief executives as they slip anonymously into the rank and ...