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 obtainable 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” can be made obtainable 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 recollections, and a lot enjoyable, however most significantly, it was a studying expertise for all of us!” he mentioned.
That is the second outstanding deal that Amazon has made with the Trump household this 12 months. In January, Amazon introduced that it could launch a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump, the primary woman. Mrs. Trump shall 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 12 months he was “very optimistic” concerning the incoming Trump administration. Like different tech giants and Silicon Valley firms, Amazon donated $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inaugural fund.
Mr. Bezos additionally owns The Washington Put up, which has been going by means 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 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 take care of Amazon. A spokesman for the corporate declined to touch upon monetary preparations.
In an announcement, Mark Burnett, the fact 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 reveals that I ever produced,” Mr. Burnett mentioned in an announcement launched by Amazon.
