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IT'S ON!!!! - CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FINAL The final four are model Carol Alt who is the only female survivor and the only female to win as a project manager. She is joined by former heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, country singing recording artist Trace Adkins and gossip journalist/talent critic Piers Morgan - Fox News Channel to Debut Glenn Beck on Monday, January 19th - Recommended TV LISTINGS - Part 1 American Idol Returns

Tuesday January 13, 2009

CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FINAL FOUR

It's that time when Donald Trump chops down to the final two from the final four in the race to be the Celebrity Apprentice champion. The final four are model Carol Alt who is the only female survivor and the only female to win as a project manager. She is joined by former heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, country singing recording artist Trace Adkins and gossip journalist/talent critic Piers Morgan.

In the last episode Morgan was gloating over his win going head to head as project manager against Omarosa who to put it mildly detest each other. He demolished her with the largest margin of victory in Apprentice history and said beamingly to the remaining final five contestants at the beginning of the last episode regarding the match-up, "It's like pitting a small rat against a large dragon. It wasn't a fair fight. What can we say it was the biggest beating in the history of the Apprentice."

When Trump addressed the remaining five contestants in the last episode he mentioned Omarsa's departure to which Morgan replied with a sly grin, "It was a great loss for the Apprentice program."

And life went on for the final five as Adkins took on the project managers position for the first time and went up against Lewis who as been a stellar performer throughout the series for his name recognition as a draw to tasks and his leadership and decision making. Lewis had Alt and Morgan on his team and Adkins only had actor Stephen Baldwin in a sandwich creation and selling competition.

In an unusual result Trump went against tradition of firing the losing project manager and fired Baldwin. Reasons given were he wasn't bringing in any money during the recent tasks and Adkins was. Also going forward he felt Adkins would be a stronger asset to the program.

On the next episode Trump fired two of the candidates. Fired first was Lennox Lewis, for his way-too-laid back demeanor and lack of focus during his interviews and for admitting that he really needed Piers Morgan throughout the job process. Fired second was Carol Alt. She did nothing wrong that would get her fired, and actually she was impressive in the interviews through her professionalism. However, Trump saw a feud brewing between Trace Adkins and Piers Morgan and, finding it an interesting situation of "good vs. evil," decided to see the men slug it out in the final task, so Carol was fired.

Trump then brought back four fired celebrity candidates, and let the final candidates Piers Morgan and Trace Adkins choose them as teammates. A coin flip was used to decide who goes first. Trace Adkins went first and chose Marilu Henner and Lennox Lewis to be on his team. Piers Morgan chose Stephen Baldwin and Carol Alt for his team.

The task was to organize a charity auction and concert featuring the Backstreet Boys. The two competitors would need to work together on the task; one would be responsible for decorations and handling the band, the other would be responsible for the appetizers and the charity auction event. Both competitors would vie for a list of items to be donated for the auction, but they would be able to add any other items they could to the auction. The winner would be judged on three aspects: how well they handled their task, how much money their items raised at the auction, and how effectively they handled their teams. Trace selected the decoration and handling of the band task, while Piers took over the food and auction events. Who won? Tune in Wednesday night on the Star World channel in Southeast Asia.

The FINAL FOUR:

* Trace Adkins - recording artist

* Carol Alt - model

* Piers Morgan - gossip columnist and a judge on 'America's Got Talent'

* Lennox Lewis - former heavyweight boxing champion

The contestants included:

* Stephen Baldwin - actor - 10th Eliminated

* Omarosa - controversial former Apprentice contestant - 9th Eliminated

* Tito Ortiz - former UFC champion (Ultimate Fighting Championships) - 8th Eliminated

* Marilu Henner - actress - 7th Eliminated

* Nely Galán - Entertainment business executive - 6th Eliminated

* Vincent Pastore - actor 'The Sporanos' - Resigned Episode 5

* Jennie Finch - Olympic Gold medal winner - 4th Eliminated

* Gene Simmons - formerly of the rock group KISS - 3rd Eliminated

* Nadia Comaneci - Olympic Gold medal winner - 2nd Eliminated

* Tiffany Fallon - Playboy Playmate/Miss Georgia USA 2001 - 1st Eliminated

Fox News Channel to Debut Glenn Beck on Monday, January 19th

FOX News Channel (FNC) will launch new host Glenn Beck's self titled program on Monday, January 19th at 5pm. This hour long show will feature a variety of guests and topics from the political, entertainment and business news worlds utilizing Beck's unconventional perspective of the day's top stories. Gresham Striegel, currently with FOX & Friends, will serve as the Senior Producer of the program.

Before being added to FNC's roster in November 2008, Beck previously served as the host of Glenn Beck, a talk show on CNN's Headline News which grew more than 200% in viewership in both the 7pm and 9pm timeslots during its tenure.

Prior to his television career, Beck was a talk radio show host at WFLA-AM in Tampa, FL where he took his program to number one within his first year there. He began his radio career in Corpus Christi, Texas as the youngest Top 40 morning show disc jockey in America at 18 years of age. Beck later moved on to become a top 40 disc jockey in major markets throughout the country, including Houston, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Phoenix and New Haven, CT.

FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and business news. For more than six years, FNC has been the most watched cable news channel in the nation. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 90 million homes.

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TV SCHEDULE

Note: The shows listed are for the Cambodia - Thailand time zone. Check your local listings for time in your area.

NOTE TIMES AT OF THE SAME TELECAST IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES

SUNDAY

3:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

9:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

10:30 PM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

12 NOON - FRONTLINE - Australia Network

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

6:00 PM - AMERICAN IDOL - Star World

10:00 PM - THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - Star World

12:00 PM - THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE - Star World

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

??? - STAR SPORTS - NBA GAME - CHECK ALL of NBA TV SCHEDULE for Southeast Asia

4:30 PM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

Midnight - SOPRANOS - HBO

??? - ESPN SPORTS - NBA GAME - CHECK NBA TV SCHEDULE for Southeast Asia

7:30 AM - CLICK (Internet Technology program) - BBC

3:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

5:00 PM - LARRY KING - CNN - Airs daily

7:00 PM - THE BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - (1 1/2 hr) Star World channel

9:00 PM - JAY LENO - CNBC

11:00 PM - THE BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Star World channel

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