ABC and CBS Reject 'The Apprentice' Trailer Ads During Presidential Debates

Major networks refuse to air controversial Donald Trump biopic ads during key debate broadcasts, citing concerns over content and timing.

ABC and CBS have declined to air ads for 'The Apprentice' during presidential and vice-presidential debate nights.
The film, directed by Ali Abbasi, explores Donald Trump's early life and rise in 1970s New York.
Briarcliff Entertainment, the film's distributor, criticized the networks' decision as 'timidity and cowardice.'
Despite Trump's legal efforts to block the film, 'The Apprentice' is set for a nationwide theatrical release on October 11.
The biopic stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.