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Thousands Vie to Be Selected for Next Season of Donald Trump's Reality Show.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004

By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 12--Oh, to be The Donald.

Or at least his apprentice.

Thousand of Americans across the country, including Colorado, flung their briefcases into billionaire Donald Trump's television circus ring Thursday, the application deadline for the second season of "The Apprentice." NBC's wildly popular reality show features aspiring entrepreneurs vying to win Trump's approval and a $250,000-per-year job in his empire. About 18.5 million viewers tune in each week.

The series spotlights Trump as a ringleader weeding out contestants with a smarmy flick of his wrist and a sharp "You're fired."

About 215,000 people reportedly auditioned for the first season....

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