--- title: Donald Trump: NBC 'Celebrity Apprentice' on Hiatus to Find New Host description: The show hopes to return for the 2016-17 season with a new host canonical: https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-13T20:04:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:10:02.270Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: NBC Puts 'Celebrity Apprentice' On Hold to Look for New Host og:description: After cutting ties with Donald Trump og:url: https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f1b04a78c17b4da/69885f310a4a22a29c9c5997/donaldtrump-celebrity-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump in Celebrity Apprentice All-Star og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NBC Puts 'Celebrity Apprentice' On Hold to Look for New Host twitter:description: After cutting ties with Donald Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f1b04a78c17b4da/69885f310a4a22a29c9c5997/donaldtrump-celebrity-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NBC Puts _Celebrity Apprentice_ on Hold to Look for New Host by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Aug 13, 2015 8:04 PM CUT  Brande Roderick, Donald Trump Jr.,Donald Trump, Gary Busey and Eric Trump attend the Celebrity Apprentice All Stars Season 13 Press Conference on October 12, 2012 in New York City. Brande Roderick, Donald Trump Jr.,Donald Trump, Gary Busey and Eric Trump attend the Celebrity Apprentice All Stars Season 13 Press Conference on October 12, 2012 in New York City.Desiree Navarro—WireImage/Getty Images by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Aug 13, 2015 8:04 PM CUT NBC won’t make a new _Celebrity Apprentice_ anytime soon. The network announced Thursday morning that competition series was being put on hiatus this coming season while they hunt for a new host. In June, NBC [cut business ties](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/nbc-dumps-donald-trump "undefined") with host and executive producer Donald Trump after his comments about Mexican immigrants. “Due to circumstances that everyone here is aware of regarding our host—I should say _former_ host,” said NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. “We will not be producing a new edition of the show this season, but it will be back for the 2016-17 season with a new host. We’ve actually been overwhelmed by a number of really exciting people who have come forward and are interested in taking over the show. You’ve heard some names bandied about. Some of them are simply not true, but I also don’t want ot speculate on any specifics today because we haven’t gotten that far into the process. As soon as we settle on someone, we’ll get the word out, and something tells me that will be big news.” As for relations with Trump moving forward, Greenblatt aded, “I don’t think somebody who is running for president and might possibly be the next leader of the free world could be banned from _any_ activities at NBC, but we’ll have to see how this plays out.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/13/nbc-celebrity-apprentice-trump "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/"},"headline":"NBC Puts Celebrity Apprentice on Hold to Look for New Host","datePublished":"2015-08-13T20:04:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:10:02.270Z","description":"After cutting ties with Donald Trump","url":"https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/","keywords":["Television","NBC","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f1b04a78c17b4da/69885f310a4a22a29c9c5997/donaldtrump-celebrity-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6f1b04a78c17b4da/69885f310a4a22a29c9c5997/donaldtrump-celebrity-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump in Celebrity Apprentice All-Star","caption":"Donald Trump in Celebrity Apprentice All-Star","creditText":"Desiree Navarro—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3996911/donald-trump-nbc-celebrity-apprentice/","name":"NBC Puts Celebrity Apprentice on Hold to Look for New Host"}}]}] ```