“You’re fired!” This dialogue – immortalised by Donald Trump on the iconic show from the early noughties, The Apprentice – came to represent the heyday of reality TV. It sparked a love of competitive live entertainment across the world and even spawned a million memes! Following its tremendous success, many have attempted to adapt its format to suit contemporary viewing, yet very few succeeded – until ‘The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition’ came on the scene. Debuting in March 2021 on AXN in Singapore, Hong Kong and a few other South-East Asian countries, its popularity led to it being picked up by OTT platform Netflix to stream across 150 countries. Hence, from February 1, 2022, Indians have had front-row access to this exciting reality show.
Described by its makers as ‘the toughest series…
