--- description: The 'Apprentice' producer has made our lives a reality television show, said the comedian during his opening monologue at the 2016 Emmys title: Emmys 2016 Jimmy Kimmel Blames Mark Burnett for Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt571e208bb4df02b3/6988a68c0a4a225b7b9cb4ed/mark-burnett-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Kimmel Blames Mark Burnett for Donald Trump in Emmys Monologue  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 19, 2016 12:32 AM CUT  Mark Burnett and Roma Downey attend the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey attend the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles.Steve Granitz—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 19, 2016 12:32 AM CUT “Many have asked, who is to blame for Donald Trump? And I’ll tell you who. He’s sitting right there,” said Jimmy Kimmel, the host of this year’s Emmy Awards, as he pointed to a man in the audience during his opening monologue. “That guy. Mark Burnett, the man who brought us _Celebrity Apprentice._” People booed as the camera panned to Burnett, a reality TV show producer, who took the joke in stride and laughed. ### Emmys 2016: See Celebrities on the Red Carpet  Priyanka Chopra arrives at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. 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Steve Granitz—Getty Images “Thanks to Mark Burnett, we don’t have to watch reality shows because we’re living in one,” said Kimmel. “If Donald Trump gets elected, and he builds that wall, the first person we’re throwing over is Mark Burnett.” > [](https://twitter.com/THR/status/777662618781650945) Burnett has produced shows like _The Apprentice_, _Survivor_, and _Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4498696/emmys-2016-jimmy-kimmel-mark-burnett-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4498696/emmys-2016-jimmy-kimmel-mark-burnett-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Blames Mark Burnett for Donald Trump in Emmys Monologue","datePublished":"2016-09-19T00:32:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:30.282Z","description":"The Apprentice producer has made our lives a reality show, said the comedian","url":"https://time.com/4498696/emmys-2016-jimmy-kimmel-mark-burnett-donald-trump/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt571e208bb4df02b3/6988a68c0a4a225b7b9cb4ed/mark-burnett-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt571e208bb4df02b3/6988a68c0a4a225b7b9cb4ed/mark-burnett-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mark-burnett-facebook","caption":"Mark Burnett and Roma Downey attend the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles.","creditText":"Steve Granitz—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/4498696/emmys-2016-jimmy-kimmel-mark-burnett-donald-trump/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Blames Mark Burnett for Donald Trump in Emmys Monologue"}}]}] ```