December 8, 2016
In today's epsiode of "lowering the optics of the American Presidency," Variety is reporting that President Elect Donald Trump will keep a credit on Celebrity Apprentice, despite the ties that the show's network, NBC, supposedly cut with Trump http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2015/06/29/nbc-dumps-trump/#6ed9cccd1c82">after comments he made about Mexican immigrants in 2015.
The show is produced by MGM Studios, giving NBC an arms-length deal with the incoming commander in chief; Variety speculates that he'll continue to receive a five-figure payout per episode.
See the http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/donald-trump-mark-burnett-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producer-1201937420/">Variety piece here.
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