The Apprentice on TV3
Posted in TV, review by: Lottie
Did anyone watch The (Irish) Apprentice tonight on TV3? Thoughts? I think Bill Cullen was great. Alan Sugar has established his TV personality now and he’s become a bit dull. You know what you are going to get and there few surprises. Bill Cullen is the new master for the Irish show and he is the true Irish Businessman through and through. See here for a brief biography on the Boss Man.
It was interesting enough, the gender-divided teams were each allocated a sum of €350 and sent to Moore St. for the day to make a profit. It was all very polite for the first episode, the true personalities only showing in the final elimination. I was half expecting to see someone I know up as a candidate for the prized position but instead what we got were some real prospects for some drama.
AJ over at Le Craic ran a live interactive commentary on the show, which livened up the show allowing everyone to have their say on the contestants and the tasks at hand. Debz will run the live feed next week and I will try my best on Monday 6th October.
If anyone else is watching and fancies alleviating AJ of some of the burdon of coverage of the show drop him a line at aj@lecraic.com.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
It’s a good effort by TV3 and Bill Cullen comes across very well as you say.
Live blog was an experience
Just email to lecraic at gmail.com to host a live blog
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
damn it…….I rarely wish I had TV3 but now I do……
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I enjoyed it. I didn’t think I would but I did. A slick production indeed.
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from it, so was positively surprised when it turned out to be great! Definitely as good as the BBC one. I’m hooked!
September 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
The production quality was excellent. Thankfully RTE didn’t get their grubby little hands on it.
@Manuel – I think you may be able to watch it online. Ill be back.
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
I was out and set it to record on Sky Plus. It didn’t record.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Bummed I missed this…. I like the apprentice and seeing as I’m away from home I appreciate Irish programming more. Wish there was a source for Irish programming on-line.
Kept up with the commentary for a while but its like being blind at a strip show! What’s the point if you cant see the gory details!
Elf
September 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Just so you know you can watch it on the tv3 website. It’s broken into 10 minute videos.