Amazon is deepening its relationship with President Trump.
Amazon Prime Video introduced on Monday that a number of seasons of “The Apprentice,” the 2000s actuality sequence that helped increase Mr. Trump’s profile on a nationwide stage, would quickly be accessible on the streaming service.
The present’s first season, which premiered in 2004, is out there on Prime Video beginning Monday. Amazon stated {that a} new season of “The Apprentice” could be made accessible every week, culminating with the present’s seventh season, which is able to make its debut to the streaming service in late April.
Mr. Trump expressed his enthusiastic approval in a press release launched by Amazon.
“I look ahead to watching this present myself — such nice recollections, and a lot enjoyable, however most significantly, it was a studying expertise for all of us!” he stated.
That is the second distinguished deal that Amazon has made with the Trump household this yr. In January, Amazon introduced that it will launch a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, the primary girl. Mrs. Trump will probably be an govt producer of the documentary, and Amazon stated on the time that it was “excited to share this actually distinctive story.”
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, stated late final yr he was “very optimistic” concerning the incoming Trump administration. Like different tech giants and Silicon Valley corporations, Amazon donated $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inaugural fund.
Mr. Bezos additionally owns The Washington Publish, which has been going by means of a protracted interval of tumult, together with after Mr. Bezos determined to not have the paper endorse a candidate within the 2024 presidential election. Mr. Bezos is retooling the paper’s opinion section, which he stated would emphasize “private liberties and free markets.”
“The Apprentice” was a success for NBC when it debuted in 2004, although the present’s rankings misplaced steam over time.
Mr. Trump was an govt producer of the present, and because of this he would virtually definitely obtain compensation from the brand new take care of Amazon. A spokesman for the corporate declined to touch upon monetary preparations.
In a press release, Mark Burnett, the truth present mogul who served as an govt producer of “The Apprentice,” expressed his pleasure over the brand new streaming deal.
“‘The Apprentice’ is among the finest exhibits that I ever produced,” Mr. Burnett stated in a press release launched by Amazon.
