NBC Chief Bob Greenblatt Talks ‘Apprentice': ‘I Don’t Think You’ll See It Anytime Soon’ (Exclusive)
“We literally have put it on the shelf,” he tells TheWrap
Tony Maglio | August 3, 2017 @ 11:57 AM
Last Updated: August 3, 2017 @ 12:07 PM
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NBC has no plans to bring back “The Apprentice” or its more-popular “Celebrity Apprentice” spinoff “anytime soon,” the network’s entertainment chief, Bob Greenblatt, told TheWrap on Thursday.
“We don’t have any plans for it at the moment, but I don’t think you’ll see it anytime soon,” he said.
Pressed on what iteration it could return in — perhaps a few years down the road — Greenblatt squashed any notion that NBC is even thinking of airing the show, now that its peak Donald Trump years have passed.
“We literally have put it on the shelf,” he said, during an interview at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills.
“The Apprentice” and its subsequent “Celebrity Apprentice” were hits for NBC in their early years, when Trump hosted the show. They came back down to Earth, ratings-wise, after a couple of seasons.
“The Celebrity Apprentice” was revived in January 2017 with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger, but that run was a ratings disappointment — as the president publicly reminded Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger, who has feuded with Trump this year through social media and the press, has already said he won’t be back should the show return.
Sounds like a nonissue there, Arnie.
Stephen Miller: 8 Late-Night Insults for Trump's 'Basic Henchman' (Photos)
Trump adviser Stephen Miller made a splash Wednesday by calling CNN's Jim Acosta "insulting, ignorant and foolish." But late-night hosts have had some harsh assessments of him, too. For example:
Sunday morning shows to push the president's border policies. Late-night hosts were not impressed by his chilly claim that "the powers of our president to protect our country... will not be questioned," and compared him to some unflattering people, places and cartoon characters. For example...
"Sméagol in a suit" - Trevor Noah
"That guy is 31 years old and he already looks like he's two-thirds of the way to Montgomery Burns." - Seth Meyers
"Young Gargamel" - Stephen Colbert
Superman villain General Zod - Stephen Colbert
(Context: After making the Gargamel comment, Colbert played a video of the previously mentioned Stephen Miller quote. Then Colbert joked that Miller then added, "I am become death, destroyer of worlds. Kneel before Zod." Which is a combo of famous quotes by Robert Oppenheimer and Zod.)
"The guy who shows up with a flashlight when teens are getting drunk in a graveyard." - Seth Meyers
"If you're wondering why his face looks familiar, it's probably because you see him every time you take off our socks. Black people, you can ignore that joke." - Trevor Noah
"A basic henchman" - Trevor Noah
"A guilty husband who got caught texting with a female co-worker." - Seth Meyer
We'll keep updating this list as more Stephen Miller insults roll in.
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Miller made a splash by insulting a CNN reporter as “insulting, ignorant and foolish”
Trump adviser Stephen Miller made a splash Wednesday by calling CNN's Jim Acosta "insulting, ignorant and foolish." But late-night hosts have had some harsh assessments of him, too. For example:
Sunday morning shows to push the president's border policies. Late-night hosts were not impressed by his chilly claim that "the powers of our president to protect our country... will not be questioned," and compared him to some unflattering people, places and cartoon characters. For example...
