After delaying “The Apprentice: Celebrity Edition” to January 10, NBC announced the premiere of the show is back on its original schedule and will air on January 3. NBC originally delayed the premiere of The Apprentice to avoid the ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” final episode.

The two networks appear to be playing a game that will only end on January 3, when at least one of the two shows will certainly air, but for now, viewers are in for a surprise.

In the meantime, the known rivalry between ABC and NBC has became more and more the subject of discussions, as the two programming executives, Stephen McPherson and Ben Silverman, are conducting a public dispute all over the news.

NBC is desperately trying to move the air date of “Celebrity Apprentice” and fully capture the public’s attention, without any interruptions. If “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Apprentice: Celebrity Edition” will air at the same time, Trump’s show is in for a big fight, which he will most probably lose.

The medical drama “Grey’s anatomy” reached its fourth season this year, and it is a Golden Globe and an Emmy winning show revolving around Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), an surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital.

Apprentice’s special edition, announced after ending the sixth and last series of the reality show, was officially made public by NBC on July 16, 2007, and is set to feature stars like Gene Simmons, Nadia Comaneci and Lennox Lewis.

So far, the two networks, ABC and NBC, have not been able to reach an agreement, and continue to fluctuate between January 3 and January 10 air dates.