Well, that's up to really Mark Burnett and myself and NBC ( search ) as to whether or not the Martha show continues, but it certainly has struggled mightily.

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

NBC is working on filling holes instead of making a schedule that can maintain itself over the years. Martha Stewart will breathe new life into 'The Apprentice' franchise but it's not something that you can count on year after year.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people.

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.