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Though NBC picked up another edition of Celebrity Apprentice, the network is prepared for the possibility (however remote) that Donald Trump will follow through with his threats to run for president.
“If he decides to run and is unavailable to do the show, we will bring the show back and someone else will be sitting at the head of the board table,” NBC programming topper Robert Greenblatt told reporters Sunday.
NBC is not prepared for now, however, to say who would replace him. “We are still hoping to have Donald back.”
Does that mean that the Peacock hopes Trump won’t run? Greenblatt says he’s not interested in crushing anyone’s (crazy) dream. “I’ve said I don’t want him to be unavailable,” the exec said. “It’s the right and privilege of anyone to run for the highest office of the land. Nothing would make me happier than for someone to reach that.
“If we had to address the issue of who would be replacing him, we would have to feel confident that we have another galvanizing presence,” Greenblatt continued. “I’m hopeful we don’t have to go there. If we do, it’s too strong a franchise for us, not to consider [a replacement].”
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He’ll be on The Apprentice. He never intended to run.
I sure hope you’re right, Julie.
Julie is right.
I hope he DOES run. Then all the people running against him (both parties) can ruin him. Financial records, his failed marriages, the bankruptcies, all fodder to TAKE HIM DOWN!
I don’t see how they can keep portraying a business failure like Trump as a business genius. He is only rich because he inherited money & a company. Everything he does on his own fails.
@Julie: I agree. However, I would like to see Trump replaced anyway, run or no run. Whenever they go to the board room, I turn it off, because Trump’s personality is a turnoff. I like the show, but at the end, he comes off as stern and unfair.
I actually hope he does run. He’ll lose miserably and we’ll get a lot of great comedy out of it. Plus, it would be great to see his ego deflate a little bit.
Why is his running considered a “threat”.
His “running” is considered a joke.
The people that say “Trump” running is a joke — the only joke is the President that is in the White House now!
come up with a reason why you think the President is a joke. A well thought out reasoned one that isn’t full of soundbytes you picked up from propaganda media and i’ll listen to ya babs. there are a lot of people who throw stones and have no reason for it other than “i was told he was bad…”
Let me guess – you’ve been waiting 3 years to tell that joke.
Hey @Barbara Cathcart – OSAMA BIN LADEN. Yeah your joke is hilarious
Obama is a joke!!!! Obamacare sucks and the only thing he has done right is find osama. everything else he has done is crap.
I’d just like to chime in and let you know that putting “quotes” around a word for emphasis is stupid.
Obamacare doesn’t take full effect until 2014, so how do you know it sucks? Do you have a crystal ball telling you what will happen in the future?
Obama stopped the country from falling into a full Depression. Since you say everything Obama has done sucks, I guess you would love it if the economy tanked and we were living like the 1930′s.
Not Lord Sugar one hopes…
No! Americans would probably choose Branson.
Replace him? With what exactly? Dog turds are easy enough to find but how with they find one that ugly, stupid, AND arrogant?
He doesn’t have to look any further than one of his own horrific offspring.
I could see Ivanka taking over. She’s smoking hot and seems to be the only one of the Trump children that has a killer instinct.
+1 to the smoking hot
Ivanka has had so much plastic surgery that she might melt if she gets too close to a heat source.
Joan River’s would do it. With her, you get ugly, stupid, arrogant along with a decent sized helping of the crazy.
At least Joan became rich on her own, and runs a successful business. Unlike Trump who inherited everything.
Who cares just as long as he does and im his running mate
Sarah, is that you?
I say Charlie Sheen, wouldn’t that be great? Instead of saying “you’re fired” — he can say “you’re winning” Seriously, it could work.
You’re absolutely right. If there’s one person with the oversized ego and delusions of grandeur to replace Trump, it’s Mr. “Winning” Himself.
I was thinking Flava FLAV would be an awesome replacement. Lol.
You people are scared of a strong white man getting this country in order
Yeah, that must be what it is since ALL the other ones we’ve had have done such steller jobs.
BAHAHAHAHA… “Strong white men” are exactly the reason we’re in this mess. You think poor minorities were the ones who deregulated the markets, short-changed their own investors, and gave themselves millions in bonuses after crashing the economy??
Not to mention, caused a collapse of the economy putting up on the edge of another great depression which Obama saved us from. For me, his too greatest accomplishments are saving us from a depression, and destroying bin laden.
Oopsie. I mean “two” greatest accomplishments…
Try running a strong white man and we’ll see. The best Republicans had to offer as a strong white male was Sarah Palin… and I think the sanity thing would get her disqualified.
Lari just said all that needs to be said….thread over.
on the contrary, the sanity thing seems to be an automatic qualifier for the Republican party this time. The less sense you make, the bigger platform they give
Charlie couldnt keep from passing out long enough i say rush limbaugh or sean hannity
Chuck Lorre has no problem saying “You’re Fired”. lol
Replace Trump with Ted Turner on Celebrity Apprentice. Then, Trump will lose Presidency and have nothing left but more bankruptcies.
TO NBC: It’s super easy to replace the part on Celebrity Apprentice: Richard Branson of VIRGIN.
He’s telegenic, billionaire, and British to boot! New energy would actually be good for the show. Other options: Mark Cuban, Mark Zuckerberg, James Dyson.
It is also super easy to replace Donald Trump the media personality — just get a large balloon filled with hot air in a bad toupee… and you’re done.
Marc Cuban was my first thought, but Branson’d be amazing.
@Strepsi, you just made my morning more fun.Couldn’t have said it better myself. Thanks.
Cuban and Branson already had Apprentice knockoff shows. Branson’s was called The Rebel Billionaire and Cuban’s was called The Benefactor. You don’t remember them because they were awful and were cancelled.
So, it’s put up or shut up?
Trump will never run for office because then he would have to make his tax records public. That is something he will never do.
this
Have Sarah Palin replace Trump….that way she can get even with all thos so-called “Hollywood Elites” she is so fond of railing against. And instead of firing them, she can shoot them with a paintball gun from a helicopter or something….
“NBC is not prepared for now, however, to say who would replace him. ‘We are still hoping to have Donald back.’”
I originally read that as “Donald Duck”, and when I thought about it realized how awesome that would be.