NBC Entertainment is planning to go ahead with production of Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice," Season 15, despite the fact that the real estate mogul is reportedly dropping the show in order to form a presidential exploratory committee.

"The show has been picked up for another season, production dates TBD," an NBC Entertainment source told the On Media blog.

The decision to go ahead with the renewal, which was announced last month, suggests that NBC Entertainment executives aren't putting much stock in Trump's presidential bid. Trump has teased the idea of a presidential run multiple times, but never actually followed through.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee and that he had made "several key hires” in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as advisers based in New York. Meanwhile, a senior adviser to Trump told the New Hampshire Union Leader that "The Apprentice" host would not be renewing his contract with NBC