LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Maybe Donald Trump and “The Apprentice” won’t get fired.Just when it seemed that Trump’s reality show would never return to NBC, the network’s new head of prime-time entertainment is thinking about bringing the real estate tycoon back after all.

The network has asked the executive producer of the show, reality TV veteran Mark Burnett, for a one-week extension of NBC’s option to renew the series, an NBC spokeswoman said on Thursday.

The future of Trump’s low-rated corporate reality show was cast into serious doubt earlier this month when “The Apprentice” was left off the new prime-time schedule unveiled by NBC. Network executives refused then to rule out the possibility the programme might return.