The Interview
The Interview | |
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Creator | piperjr |
Genre | Reality television |
Starring | Kevin Doyle Lloyd Mathers Nancy Coleman Curtis Brantley Kristina Doyle Spencer Doyle Aiden Doyle Jeremy Ruskins |
Country of origin |
United States |
Language | English |
Seasons | 15 |
Episodes | 240 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 44-46 minutes |
Production Company | Mystic Python Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Piper TV |
Release | January 1, 2004 - present |
Related | |
The Grunt Work Lloyd Mathers: Boardroom Beast Main Event Lawnscape |
The Interview is an American reality television series that premiered on PiperTV on January 1, 2004. It has aired fifteen seasons and focuses on a sixteen week job interview conducted by venture capitalist and entrepreneur, Kevin Doyle.
The Interview was created by production company Mystic Python Productions and co-produced with Kevin Doyle, who continues to serve as the show's host since the first season. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview," ten of the show's seasons featured aspiring, but otherwise unknown, businesspeople who vie for the show's prize, a one-year $250,000 starting contract to serve as an executive for one of Kevin Doyle's departments. The show features 16 to 18 such business people who compete over the course of the season, with usually one contestant eliminated per episode. Contestants are split into two "corporations" (teams), with one member from each volunteering as a project manager on each new task. The corporations complete business-related tasks such as selling products, raising money for charity, or creating an advertising campaign, with one corporation selected as the winner based on objective measures and subjective opinions of the host and the host's advisors who monitor the teams' performance on tasks. The losing corporation attends a boardroom meeting with the show's host and their advisors to break down why they lost and determine who contributed the least to the team. Episodes ended with the host eliminating one contestant from the competition, with the words "You're fired!"
There have also been five seasons of The Celebrity Interview since season 7. In this format, several celebrities participate to win money for their chosen charities, with the final prize being a large donation to the celebrity's charity and the title of "Ultimate Interviewee".
In 2005, following the end of the first season, producers partnered with Doyle once more to create a spin-off series following the winner's journey in the Doyle conglomerate. The Grunt Work premiered on May 5, 2005 and ran for six seasons.
Three more spin-offs came from the show: Lloyd Mathers: Boardroom Beast, following Mathers' day-to-day life; Main Event, following season 3 winner Naomi Burke's event planning business; and Lawnscape, following season 4 contestant Bryce Donaldson's lawn care company.
Series overview[edit | edit source]
Key:
- Host
- Board member
- Guest board member
- Contestant
Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | AS | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Kevin Doyle | ||||||||||||||||
Lloyd Mathers | ||||||||||||||||
Nancy Coleman | ||||||||||||||||
Curtis Brantley | ||||||||||||||||
Josie Gates | ||||||||||||||||
Alexis Webster | ||||||||||||||||
Naomi Burke | ||||||||||||||||
Charlene Linsey | ||||||||||||||||
Olivia Grainger | ||||||||||||||||
Hannah Grayson | ||||||||||||||||
Kristina Doyle | ||||||||||||||||
Spencer Doyle | ||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Ruskins | ||||||||||||||||
Karen Pearce | ||||||||||||||||
Santwon Howard | ||||||||||||||||
Aiden Doyle | ||||||||||||||||
Ice-T |
Statistics by season[edit | edit source]
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of The Interview on Piper TV.
Season | Winner | Winner's Project |
Season Premiere |
Season Finale |
Viewers (in millions) |
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1 | Curtis Brantley | Doyle Entertainment | January 1, 2004 | April 15, 2004 | 1.23 |
2 | Alexis "Lex" Webster | Doyle Digital | January 6, 2005 | April 21, 2005 | 7.50 |
3 | Naomi Burke | Doyle Events | May 4, 2006 | August 31, 2006 | 14.45 |
4 | Olivia Grainger | Doyle Beauty | May 3, 2007 | August 30, 2007 | 16.12 |
5 | Jeremy Ruskins | Doyle Demolition | September 4, 2008 | December 18, 2008 | 11.07 |
6 | Santwon Howard | Doyle Realty | September 3, 2009 | December 17, 2009 | 9.77 |
All-Stars | Anthony Colombo | Doyle Cuisine | October 7, 2010 | January 27, 2011 | 10.69 |