CBS and ABC Reject ‘The Apprentice’ Trailer for Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates

“The Apprentice” – one of the most controversial and sought-after films of the year, portraying the life of a young man donald trump – is too risque for some major TV networks… at least during the presidential and vice presidential debates

Briarcliff Entertainment, the film’s distributor, tells TMZ…a 15-second commercial for the film was rejected by ABC and CBS to air during debate nights.

CBS, which is hosting tonight’s debate between Tim Walz and JD VanceBriarcliff said the community isn’t comfortable selling “The Apprentice” at the debate or on national news — but is open to selling the film during other parts of the day.

ABC, which hosted the presidential debate a few weeks ago, rejected the ad… telling Briarcliff that the network wanted to avoid ads that “talk about related topics within the broadcast.”

You may recall that Trump and his team fought hard to stop the film’s release, sending a cease and desist letter to the filmmakers in May. However, Briarcliff Entertainment ended up securing the rights and will release the film in theaters nationwide on October 11th.

TMZ received the 15-second ad rejected by the networks, which you see here.

Sebastian Stan stars as Donald Trump at the beginning of his rise to power, eager to learn from his mentor, famous right-winger and political fixer Roy Cohn …played by the star of “Succession” Jeremy Robust. In the clip, you hear Robust’s character declare, “If you’re indicted, you’re invited.”