Mark Burnett,

Mark Burnett, the facility producer who helped reintroduce President-elect Donald Trump to a nationwide tv viewers with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect to the newly-created put up of particular envoy to the UK in his upcoming administration.

Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like “Survivor” and “The Voice,” however is probably greatest recognized for teaming up with Trump for “The Apprentice,” which first aired on NBC in 2004.

Trump had been well-known in actual property and popular culture circles for many years. However the present helped once more make him a family title — although Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the identical 12 months he launched his first White Home run.

A supply conversant in the choice informed CBS Information that Burnett was initially on the record for consideration as U.S. ambassador to the U.Ok., however as a twin nationwide, that made the state of affairs difficult. That choice in the end went to Republican donor Warren Stephens, CEO of funding financial institution Stephens Inc. 

It’s unclear precisely what Burnett’s envoy position will encompass.

“With a distinguished profession in tv manufacturing and enterprise, Mark brings a singular mix of diplomatic acumen and worldwide recognition to this essential position,” Trump introduced Saturday.

The number of Burnett continues Trump’s development of filling out his incoming administration with individuals who have high-profile backgrounds in tv or politics, or each — together with his option to be protection secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of “Fox & Mates Weekend,” and ex-television physician and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

Trump’s first marketing campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on “The Apprentice” and different appearances throughout his affiliation with NBC, notably in footage by which he mentioned he may sexually assault ladies and get away with it as a result of he was a “star.”

Nearly a decade after he left his actuality TV position, Trump’s tv profession stays central to his biography and political rise. The present introduced Trump Tower to tens of tens of millions of individuals as an emblem of energy and success earlier than Trump launched his first marketing campaign from the constructing’s foyer.

“Mark is thought for creating and producing a number of the largest reveals in Tv Historical past,” Trump wrote in his assertion on Burnett, itemizing lots of his largest hits earlier than including, “most notably, ‘The Apprentice'” and noting that Burnett “has gained 13 Emmy Awards!”

Particular envoys are often picked by presidents for the world’s conventional hotspots, together with the Center East — the place Trump has already mentioned he’d like Steven Witkoff to fill the position. The UK, which has lengthy loved a “particular relationship” with the U.S. that makes it considered one of Washington’s strongest world allies, is just not usually a candidate for such posts.

However Trump has introduced a sequence of particular envoy positions to a number of prime loyalists forward of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, together with his former ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell who he selected as envoy for particular missions. That announcement joined earlier ones together with Adam Boehler as particular presidential envoy for hostage affairs, and Keith Kellogg to function particular envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

The president-elect mentioned Burnett “will work to reinforce diplomatic relations, specializing in areas of mutual curiosity, together with commerce, funding alternatives, and cultural exchanges.”