II never watched one second of the original apprentice, and I was looking forward to not watching a second of a reboot.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 10:26 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Good news: Lesley Goldberg at the paywalled The Ankler reports that > Amazon discussed a reboot of "The Apprentice" last year and pretty much > decided not to for various reasons, among them the requirement of Secret > Service presence for Trump family members. > > Meanwhile, Amazon sits on the library of Heatter-Quigley game show formats > that they own by way of Orion and MGM. I know that the prime property, > "Hollywood Squares," was sold off to KingWorld years ago (and is now owned > by CBS/Paramount, who are doing it a disservice with that awful Drew > Barrymore reboot), how about a high-tech reboot of "Video Village" or just > bringing back "High Rollers" or "Gambit?" (With our luck, it'll be "The > Magnificent Marble Machine" or "Amateur's Guide to Love.") > > On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 1:23:54 PM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote: > >> You won’t watch it, nobody you know will watch it, and Amazon just >> doesn’t care. They would be making a hell of a short term bet here since >> whatever benefit they would get from this bribe will be held against them >> once Trump (the elder) is out of the spotlight. Sons of dictators don’t get >> the auras of their fathers. >> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> [image: I Just Threw Up In My Mouth GIFs | Tenor] >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 9:43:18 PM UTC-4 Joe Hass wrote: >>> >>>> With Jr as host. Because that's exactly what America needs right >>>> fucking now. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.wsj.com/business/media/amazon-discusses-apprentice-rebootwith-don-jr-as-a-potential-host-fe09e885?st=5Ycge5 >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ce13df01-c6cc-4c9d-9c98-58377edb6b40n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ce13df01-c6cc-4c9d-9c98-58377edb6b40n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6db189c-c04c-46a0-8c42-7f53ba190974n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6db189c-c04c-46a0-8c42-7f53ba190974n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B2-M4hLC6Rge2WjHYO_Guv5C%2BLO4C7M4sTrJkgEvjd4w%40mail.gmail.com.
