Why Donald Trump may have a big impact on the Emmys
Filed under: Entertainment, TV, Award Season
For someone who purports to hate the Emmys, Donald Trump has given the awards show a lot of attention over the years. As The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report, Trump has been a member of the TV Academy since June 2004, six months after his reality show The Apprentice premiered. That program generated massive ratings for NBC, but it never clicked with Emmy voters. Its first two seasons were nominated for reality competition series, but it lost both times to The Amazing Race and was never nominated again — to Trump's everlasting fury. "I got screwed out of an Emmy," he said of his first loss during an Apprenticeepisode a decade later. "Everybody thought I was going to win it. In fact, when they announced the winner, I stood up before the winner was announced, and I started walking for the Emmy. And then they announced the most boring show on television, The Amazing Race. Piece of crap."