Talk of Trump Infuses NBC's Day at TCA

Unfortunately its fall season isnamp8217t looking as promising with such relatively tepid scripted fare as amp8220The Playeramp8221 amp8220Chicago Medamp8221 amp8220Blindspotamp8221 amp8220Truth Be Toldamp8221 and amp8220Heroes Rebornamp8221 and the tough to describe live varietytaped comedy hybrid amp8220Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harrisamp8221 It may be that amp8220Sunday Night Footballamp8221 and amp8220The Voiceamp8221 will have to carry the network through to December when it will continue to uphold its title as the Best Holiday Season Network with its annual telecast of the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting its allstar live production of the musical amp8220The Wizamp8221 and the first entry in its new Dolly Partonpowered movie franchise amp8220Coat of Many Colorsamp8221Even its latenight stronghold comprised of amp8220The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonamp8221 and amp8220Late Night with Seth Meyersamp8221 will face formidable new challenges from CBSamp8217 potential power duo amp8220Late Show with Stephen Colbertamp8221 and amp8220The Late Late Show with James Cordenamp8221 Greenblatt is confident that they are in it for the long haul in fact he announced yesterday that NBC has extended Fallonamp8217s contract through the fall of 2021There was much to say about all of these shows and other matters yesterday during NBCamp8217s day at TCA but what really excited the press was the opportunity to ask Greenblatt questions about former NBC star Donald Trump Greenblatt got the ball rolling by announcing that amp8220Celebrity Apprenticeamp8221 would eventually return to NBCamp8217s schedule with a new hostAsked if there was any possibility of Trump returning to the show perhaps if he exits the current presidential race Greenblatt was crisp and to the point amp8220Absolutely notamp8221 he assertedThe session began with a reporter asking if Trump would ever again be allowed to purchase advertising time on the network or put money into a show on NBCamp8220I donamp8217t know that weamp8217ve even thought beyond amp8216Apprenticeamp8217 and the pageant businessesamp8221 Greenblatt replied amp8220Thatamp8217s a good question and I donamp8217t know the answer I donamp8217t think somebody who is running for president and might possibly be the next leader of the free world will be completely banned from any activities at NBC but weamp8217ll just have to see how this plays out I honestly donamp8217t know how else he might want to be in business with us At the moment weamp8217re sort of separatedamp8221Has NBC learned anything from the titanic interest in Trump that might influence the networkamp8217s choice for the next amp8220Celebrity Apprenticeamp8221 host another critic askedamp8220Weamp8217re looking for a host of that show whoamp8217s going to make noise and be a big personality and there are a few people out there that fit that billamp8221 Greenblatt repliedRuminating on the current mania surrounding Trump Greenblatt said amp8220I guess people are looking for somebody who just speaks their mind regardless of anything else And he does that Whether you agree with anything he says he says it without any kind of filter You also get the sense that he doesnamp8217t have a big retinue of people around him who are massaging him and handling himamp8220I do believe that at a certain point you really have to also look at the message and make your own decisions and draw your own conclusions But the world likes a star and heamp8217s a staramp8221One critic wanted to know what it was like for Greenblatt to deal personally with Trump during his years on amp8220Celebrity Apprenticeamp8221amp8220You know heamp8217s a lovely guyamp8221 Greenblatt admitted amp8220He was very much a collaborator and worked with us closely on amp8216Celebrity Apprenticeamp8217 and is a really effusive great guy We werenamp8217t in any sort of adversarial position There were no controversies He worked really closely with Mark Burnett who is the uber producer of all time So it was a congenial really great relationshipamp8221

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