The Apprentice, Donald Trump’s 2000s-era actuality competitors TV present, is about to makes it streaming debut on Amazon’s Prime Video starting this week.
The primary season of The Apprentice will debut on Monday, March tenth, with six extra seasons dropping each Monday by means of April twenty seventh.
The Apprentice premiered in 2004 and initially ran for seven seasons, that includes a bunch of contestants vying for a job at considered one of Trump’s properties. Starting in season eight, the present was rebranded as The Movie star Apprentice. Following Trump’s preliminary run for president in 2015, the present was canceled by NBC following his remarks disparaging Mexican immigrants.
Former producers and contestants of The Apprentice have alleged that in manufacturing of the present, Trump routinely utilizing racist and misogynistic language. Nevertheless, makes an attempt to launch behinds-the-scenes footage of The Apprentice — together with by former Movie star Apprentice contestant Tom Arnold — have so far proved fruitless.
In 2021, Amazon obtained the rights to The Apprentice as a part of its acquisition of MGM. It’s determination to convey the present to streaming on Prime Video is the second notable transaction between Amazon and the Trump household in current months, following information {that a} Melania Trump documentary will premiere on Prime Video later this yr.
“The Apprentice is among the finest exhibits that I ever produced,” mentioned producer Mark Burnett in an announcement. “The charismatic onscreen presence of President Donald J. Trump made it a bona fide hit! Now, due to Prime Video, an entire new viewers will expertise a brand new season each Monday. This present is a love letter to New York Metropolis! Survivor grew a completely new large viewers as results of outdated seasons being binged throughout the pandemic. On Monday, March 10, this identical phenomenon will start once more…with The Apprentice.”
“I stay up for watching this present myself — such nice reminiscences, and a lot enjoyable, however most significantly, it was a studying expertise for all of us!” added Trump in his personal assertion.