You might not ever want to stay at a hotel run by Dennis Rodman, but you apparently don't mind watching one being run down him.
The retired hoopster's last, vodka-fueled stand on last night's The Celebrity Apprentice scored 8.5 million gawkers, per preliminary Nielsen estimates. That's the show's biggest audience since its premiere.
Elsewhere:
• Saturday's Kids' Choice Awards scored with pint-sized power-brokers, scoring a record 7.7 milion overall viewers.
• Compared to last week, Family Guy (8.2 million) and The Simpsons (6.6 million) were up.
• Friday Night Lights (4 million) keeps generating renewal buzz, and its Friday-night counterparts Dollhouse (3.9 million) and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (3.8 million) have to wonder what makes FNL's low ratings so special.
• Aided by college basketball, 60 Minutes scored a weekend-best 14 million.
• Desperate Housewives basically had the weekend off (ABC aired a rerun); Brothers and Sisters and Ghost Whisperer totally had the weekend off.