It has been announced by TV3 that they will not be renewing Bill Cullen's The Apprentice for a fifth season. After four years of boardroom brawls and finger wagging, the tables have been turned on Bill Cullen and he has been sent his P45.
In statement issued by the broadcaster they said: “TV3 has had four successful series of The Apprentice and had decided not to renew the series for a fifth year.”
Speaking to the Irish Independent last night the station’s director of programming Ben Frow admitted: “Everything has a time and personally I am over The Apprentice and want to move on. It's been a hugely successful series, but it's a big juggernaut of a show which took up a great deal of schedule, which makes it hard to do new things."
The stars of the award-winning show - Bill Cullen, Jackie Lavin and Brian Purcell - issued their own statement last night saying: "The programme has broken all ratings records for TV3 and we like to think that we have given a lot of people some important business tips and some hope."
Larry Bass of Screentime ShinAwil, who made all four series, said the cost of making The Apprentice had contributed to its demise.
