Although this season did not match the ratings of the first and dropped out of the Top 10 Nielsen, it still performed strongly overall, ranking No.
Second, it was revealed that a project manager for the winning team would be immune from being fired the following week, even though in the season's second episode Bradford Cohen decided to waive his exemption that he got on the episode prior and was subsequently fired for making that ill-advised decision.
Finally, the losing project manager could choose either two or three people to bring to the boardroom to be considered for firing.
The option to take three people to the boardroom was only used twice, with the first person (Ivana Ma) who did so making the decision after pressure to do so from Donald Trump.
1 – In an unannounced move, Trump fired two candidates week 11.