What to Watch

| Feb 24, 2006
What to Watch for week of Feb. 27 - Mar. 5 | 15535__Apprentice_l
You guys are okay, but my daughter's the ultimate 'Apprentice'

MONDAY

FEBRUARY 27

SEASON PREMIERE
9-10PM The Apprentice (NBC, TV-PG-L) Does daughter know best in the fifth edition of Trumps-in-Training? Ivanka replaces Carolyn in five episodes, starting next week, to help dad Donald (left, with Ivanka) figure out his firings. Which, of course, raises another question: Who'd win in a Carolyn/Ivanka icy stare-off? ''When one has conflict with another,'' says the 24-year-old Wharton grad, ''hopefully they can sit down and actually have a conversation about it, rather than just stare at each other icily across the room.'' Damn — this girl's good.

DEAL OF THE WEEK!
8-9PM Deal or No Deal (NBC, TV-PG) Losing cash sucks. Getting taken by Howie Mandel is just tragic.

SEASON FINALE, PART 1
8-9PM Skating With Celebrities (Fox, TV-PG) Skate off! Jillian and John are up against Kristy and Lloyd. The tension would so be killing us if there were actually something at stake.

8:30-9PM How I Met Your Mother (CBS, TV-PG-L) Bad: Barney could be conning his pals into spilling their deepest secrets. Worse: They don't even know him well enough to totally see it coming.

9-10:15PM A Life Without Pain (Sundance Channel, TV-PG) Documentary on kids with a life-threatening inability to feel physical pain.

SEASON FINALE
9-11PM The Bachelor: Paris (ABC) Counting The Bachelorette, it's a 20 percent success rate. You wouldn't accept that from a mop.