Posted on 01/08/2017 6:38:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Just as I suspected would happen, President-Elect Donald Trump took to twitter to brag about his Apprentice ratings.
“Wow, the ratings are in,” he tweeted, “and Arnold Schwarzenegger got “swamped” (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine DJT. So much for…being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary”
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for.... 7:34 AM - 6 Jan 2017
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary 7:42 AM - 6 Jan 2017 8,606 8,606 Retweets 38,228 38,228 likes
The ratings for the The New Celebrity Apprentice premiere, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which aired Sunday Jan 2, were markedly down from the Trump-helmed premiere in 2015.
The New Celebrity Apprentice premiered to a 1.3 in the 18-49 demo on NBC, well below The Voice’s fall average. The Voice dip was expected. However, the numbers were about one point below the premiere of the previous Trump-helmed Apprentice–about a 35% drop.
You’d think a guy who was 14 days away from becoming one of the most powerful people in the world would have better things to do than obsess over Nielsen ratings. You would be wrong.
Also, Trump has a producer’s credit on Apprentice. If they make money, he makes money. He should be supporting the show, rather than trashing it. Trump’s ego supersedes his business interests, which is scary to contemplate considering he’s about to become President of the United States.
Additionally, Trump hosted the Apprentice for 14 seasons, of which the last few were considerably lower rated than the first years. In the end, that show was in no way a “ratings machine.” Furthermore, comparing ratings from fourteen years ago to now is useless. Broadcast ratings have been on a continual slide since the 80s.
UPDATE: Schwarzenegger has responded: “There’s nothing more important than the people’s work…I wish you the best of luck and I hope you’ll work for ALL of the American people as aggressively as you worked for your ratings."
And then Arnold quoted his “hero” Abraham Lincoln and then ended by saying, “We are not enemies…we are all Americans."
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Please study this quote from Lincoln's inaugural, @realDonaldTrump. It inspired me every day I was Governor, and I hope it inspires you.
Let’s compare the amount of time it takes to send some tweets to the time it takes to play a round of golf
MJSBIGBLOG?
Are you series?
Trump is getting set to take America in the right direction for the first time in an entire generation, now less that two weeks from now.
And you’re posting from a blog, with a post about Arnold, who was the biggest conservative washout in recent history?
Come on. You cannot be series.
Arnold supported Hillary? Are you kidding me? Wow, so he really is a leftist putz. Yet another RINO
Obama had time to say that if he had a son he would look like a thug teenager...
Beware the outtakes! You are never off mich or camera!
Trump way more efficient than Obama giving one of his lectures to the nation...
This guy gives blogs a bad name. He, like so many other socialist or communist types, are being played by The Donald. He tweets and keeps his name in the news. Hillary had to act corrupt or Obama had to feverishly push gay rights to make their names known.
TRUMP tweets on his off-time. It’s a creative hobby.
Really. You almost have to feel sorry for how stupid liberals are. Then again, they bring it on themselves.
Chill out, Schwarzy - you and your perverted buddies will be treated as Americans. Just they won’t be getting special, cream puff, unconstitutional, undeserved special treatment.
Don’t you have a maid to molest or something Ahhhhnold?
Da Wurst Gubenoua Eba!
It’s not like he’s taking selfies on our tax dollars.
It’s going to be an interesting 4 years for sure! Buckle up, and enjoy the ride!
Or fart around with celebs or fantasy league sports or any of the other crap Obama has done.
In pro-wrestling, this so-called bad mouthing would be seen as free advertising for The Apprentice and Ahhhnoll.
Had Schwarzenegger not jumped into the race to recall California Governor Gray Davis in 2003, Californians would have elected a real conservative, Tom McClintock, to the State House.
It's said that Trump gets by on 5 hours sleep.
And what’s this ‘ALL THE PEOPLE’ crap? For 8 years, my president was against my values, my race, my beliefs....he was NEVER a president for ALL the people. AHNOLD supported Hillary....not a republican at all.
“Ve are not enemies…Ve are all Amerikaners und utter stuff like dat.”
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