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 elevate Mr. Trump’s profile on a nationwide stage, would quickly be out there on the streaming service.
The present’s first season, which premiered in 2004, is out there on Prime Video beginning Monday. Amazon mentioned {that a} new season of “The Apprentice” could be made out there every week, culminating with the present’s seventh season, which can make its debut to the streaming service in late April.
Mr. Trump expressed his enthusiastic approval in an announcement launched by Amazon.
“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!” 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 girl. Mrs. Trump will probably be an government producer of the documentary, and Amazon mentioned on the time that it was “excited to share this really distinctive story.”
Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, mentioned 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 way of a chronic 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 a success for NBC when it debuted in 2004, although the present’s scores misplaced steam over time.
Mr. Trump was an government producer of the present, and consequently he would virtually actually obtain compensation from the brand new cope with Amazon. A spokesman for the corporate declined to touch upon monetary preparations.
In an announcement, 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 greatest exhibits that I ever produced,” Mr. Burnett mentioned in an announcement launched by Amazon.
