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“Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for President of the United States and we are going to make our country great again,” real estate mogul and Celebrity Apprentice star Donald Trump announced at Trump Tower this morning, ending two decades of flirting with the idea.

The announcement raises questions as to what NBC will do about Celebrity Apprentice, and its broadcast of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. Trump has starred in Celebrity Apprentice since its inception; the network has not yet shot a new season, but is expected to continue the franchise with his children taking over at its star. NBC co-owns the beauty pageant franchise broadcasts with Trump.

NBC insiders describe Celebrity Apprentice as a reliable ratings attraction, always delivering good ratings results that are competitive and definitely help the network with solid results on nights such as Mondays this season, bridging the gap between The Voice editions, and Sundays after football a few season back. That said, NBC went two years between the last two editions.

In its recent January-February cycle, Celebrity Apprentice grew by 26% in the demo versus the prior cycle in Spring of ’13, to a 2.4 rating, and by 31% – 1.8 million viewers (to 7.6 million). It was the show’s most watched cycle since the Spring ’11 edition, which had averaged 9.0 million viewers.

Once again, Trump demonstrated he knows how to make news. In January he was in the news for announcing which sports franchises he was not buying — the Brooklyn Nets, for instance. Back then, cable news networks also feasted on Trump suing the “malicious” Palm Beach, FL airport for $100 million, accusing the county-run airport of deliberately sending air traffic over his mansion and private club because the local airport director was seeking revenge for a 20-year-old lawsuit.

But, until this morning, Trump’s never topped his appearance at NBC’s May 2011 upfront presentation when he became THE big news of Broadcast Upfront Week, announcing, “I will not be running for president — see you for a great season [of Celebrity Apprentice]!” That was the year The Donald said he was mulling a run at the White House and held a news conferences to take credit for the release of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate.

Source:  msn.com

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