'Celebrity Apprentice' Renewed: NBC To Air Another Season Of Donald Trump's Show

NBC released its 2011-2012 primetime schedule on Sunday, featuring six new dramas and six new comedies. Among the shows set to air in the Fall is Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice."

Does this signal the end of Trump's 2012 presidential ambitions?

When questioned by the Associated Press, NBC President Robert Greenblatt wouldn't reveal whether he had any inside info:

Asked if that meant NBC had a commitment from host Donald Trump that he wouldn't run for president, Greenblatt said, "We're putting a pin in that for the next 24 hours or so. Things will become clearer soon."

Meanwhile, Greenplatt told The Hollywood Reporter that "Celebrity Apprentice" could go on even without Trump:

"It's such a strong franchise, not to minimize his presence in it because we love him," said Greenblatt. "But I really do think it's all about the casting of that show and the challenges and if he's not available to us, we're going to have someone really interesting sitting at the head of that boardroom."

Trump, however, hasn't shown any sign that he's lost interest in the presidential race. On Saturday, following Mike Huckabee's announcement that he wasn't running, Trump sounded like he was in "candidate" mode when he said to "Fox News", "This might be considered by some people -- not necessarily me -- bad news because he is a terrific guy and frankly I think he'd be a terrific president. But a lot of people are very happy that he will not be running, especially the other candidates."

 

 

Comments

[Jced]

08:45 AM on 05/17/2011

Boycott!

[kvolovesart]

10:48 AM on 05/21/2011

Whatever...the show is one of the best out there...let it go...people get too upset over the political inclinations of others...who cares...it is all bs anyway...

[Writerdude2011]

08:24 AM on 05/17/2011

No cap o' industry Rick Perry wants to be the president of the republic of Texas not the United States. He's a secessionist, you know, like Todd Palin husband of the other neocon. Why is it that re repubs like Palin and Perrynlove America so muchnthat they want their states to secede from it. Face it cap, even the American people aren't dumb enough to elect Perry president.

[captainindustry]

07:41 AM on 05/17/2011

Donald, Newt, Huckabee.... You gentlemen sit down now.

It's time for the next president of the United States to take the stage.

Rick Perry. Governor of Texas.

ALL RISE!!

[Jced]

08:38 AM on 05/17/2011

That crook! Lmao...

[leftcoaster27]

03:48 AM on 05/17/2011

BOYCOTT ALL THAT IS TRUMP

http://suspiciouspackaging.blogspot.com/2011/04/donald-trump-megalomaniac-or-cartoon.html

[JMiler]

01:51 AM on 05/17/2011

The good news . . . Trump will no longer insult our intelligence by saying he is running for president and the Bad news is some idiot renewed this fools TV show. What a totally pathetic excuse for entertainment!

[norkas]

12:08 AM on 05/17/2011

If you watch this show please consider quitting. Donald is a angry ,, liar with little or no respect for any American.

[ballstein]

11:32 PM on 05/16/2011

Who exactly watches this show?

[Kim0330]

10:19 PM on 05/16/2011

Umm, do we really need this again?

[gfs5541]

10:04 PM on 05/16/2011

So that's why he isn't running for President in 2012.

[Watermelonman]

08:46 PM on 05/16/2011

Republicans ran to embrace the Mama Grizzly out of desperation and fear of losing to a community organizer wih zero experience. One can only wonder who they will run to embrace this time around as they have the same fears ... except now the community organizer took out Bin Laden.

[tpetrello]

08:41 PM on 05/16/2011

DAMN.....ANOTHER SEASON OF THIS EGO MANIAC BLOWHEART......WHY DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS RUDE, CRUDE CREEP......

[Wess25]

12:58 AM on 05/17/2011

Because he makes NBC money, a lot of money.

[snesich]

08:40 PM on 05/16/2011

This is very disappointing and it shows cowardice and very poor judgment on the part of NBC.

Does NBC understand that Donald Trump consciously and deliberately exploited historic racial fears and tensions when he attacked President Obama on his "birth certificate" and "Ivy League admissions"?

Does NBC realize that Trump decided to pound these "issues" publicly in an attempt to stir up those individuals who hold racist views towards black Americans?

Does NBC understand the clear "Code Words" that Trump was using in his effort to stoke the fires of anger, resentment and ignorance in our country's politics?

NBC shouldn't be giving a prime time spot to someone who has so thoroughly discredited himself in the lowest way possible.

This is a very bad decision on the part of NBC. I hope they will reconsider it.

[molare88]

11:19 AM on 06/02/2011

but the ratings are good so...........

[Paris55]

07:57 PM on 05/16/2011

I can not believe NBC would renew this guy's Celeb Apprentic for the money that they could have used to provide others shows another season. NBC has axed Law & Order, LA, The Event, and many others. I am already boycotting ABC. Now NBC. This is why cable TV has far better drama: Royal Pains, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Leverage, Men of a Certain Age, Covert Affairs, all the Law & Order reruns, CSI reruns, etc. I would ditch the networks off of my satellite box....if I could. That's it - I am through with network TV.

[Missy Vague]

07:07 PM on 05/16/2011

We, the American voters, are the biggest loser Jokes on ourselves.

[Marcus1]

05:53 PM on 05/16/2011

Yes he's running, for America's clown.

[MotorcycleBoy]

06:59 PM on 05/16/2011

he's already won that title.

[Missy Vague]

07:02 PM on 05/16/2011

We are the clowns..the American voters.