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 collection that helped increase Mr. Trump’s profile on a nationwide stage, would quickly be obtainable on the streaming service.
The present’s first season, which premiered in 2004, is offered on Prime Video beginning Monday. Amazon mentioned {that a} new season of “The Apprentice” can be made obtainable 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 stay up for watching this present myself — such nice recollections, and a lot enjoyable, however most significantly, it was a studying expertise for all of us!” he mentioned.
That is the second distinguished deal that Amazon has made with the Trump household this yr. In January, Amazon introduced that it could launch a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, the primary woman. Mrs. Trump will probably be an government producer of the documentary, and Amazon mentioned on the time that it was “excited to share this actually distinctive story.”
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, mentioned late final yr he was “very optimistic” in regards to 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 Submit, which has been going by way 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 mentioned would emphasize “private liberties and free markets.”
“The Apprentice” was successful for NBC when it debuted in 2004, although the present’s rankings misplaced steam over time.
Mr. Trump was an government producer of the present, and because of this he would virtually definitely obtain compensation from the brand new cope with 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 government 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 mentioned in a press release launched by Amazon.
