Most of my TV viewing is delayed. I rarely watch programmes live, I usually watch via VOD or record and watch later via my V+.

But with The Apprentice, I have to watch it on the same night its broadcasted. Failure to do so results in:

a) A radio presenter revealing who got fired while I drive into work.

OR

b) Digital Spy revealing who got fired (usually on the front page of the site or some other high-profile link).

OR

c) Some other site (like BBC News) revealing who got fired.

I'm not even actively looking for 'who got fired' news, I just run into it somehow.

If there was a survey for least-timeshifted shows, I bet The Apprentice would be at the top of the list. I guess that's a good sign of the show's popularity and just how great it is. I just wish I'd started watching it before the last series.

Yeah on the first episode I logged into here and inadvertently saw who got fired just before going to the iplayer to watch it.
So the only suspense left was now "how" they got fired!