ENTERTAINMENT BULLETIN – AT 10:08 A.M. ET:  Direct from the New York Daily News:

The show must go on.

"The Apprentice," a show based on getting a sought-after position with Donald Trump, won't end if the businessman decides to run for President, NBC announced Sunday.

The network's midseason schedule will include the hit show on Sunday nights with or without the Donald, executives said.

"It's such a strong franchise, not to minimize his presence in it because we love him, but I really do think it's all about the casting of that show and the challenges," NBC's chairman of entertainment, Bob Greenblatt, told The Hollywood Reporter.

COMMENT:  I'm just so relieved, aren't you?  And so awed by NBC's passion and commitment.  Why, who said there aren't great showmen around today? 

Now I can nap soundly.

May 16, 2011