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Palins Can't Sell New Reality Show

Rob Quinn — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:27:00 CST

Has America had enough of the Palins? Sarah Palin and producer Mark Burnett have been trying to sell a follow-up series to TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska focusing on Todd Palin's career as a snowmobile racer—but networks aren't buying, according to the Hollywood Reporter . TLC owner Discovery Communication has passed,...

Sarah Palin's Hair Salon Gets Reality TV Show

Tim Karan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:19:24 CDT

If you loved TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska , you're in luck. The channel is getting up close and personal with another side of Palin—her girly one. The Alaska hair salon where Palin gets her up-do style will be the subject of a reality show on the network this fall, reports...

Sarah Palin: 'Refudiate' Was Just Sloppy Typing

Nick McMaster — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:43:11 CST

Sarah Palin used her TLC soapbox last night to repudiate, er, refute, er, whatever , that whole refudiate ruckus, explaining that it was a mere typo. "I pressed an F instead of a P and people freaked out," Palin said. "Make lemonade out of lemons." Critics, however, aren't buying, reports the...

Hunters: Sarah Palin a Danger to More Than Moose

Rob Quinn — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:02:35 CST

Experienced hunters say Sarah Palin didn't just take down a caribou on Sunday's episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska : She shot her reputation as a real hunter full of holes. Bloggers have complained about a series of bungles that suggest Palin has little actual experience hunting or handling a rifle, notes...

Sarah Palin's Alaska Ratings Plummet

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:10:05 CST

It seems mostly old people are watching Sarah Palin’s Alaska . Ratings for the show’s second installment fell 40%, CBS News reports. While the premiere set a record for TLC with 5 million viewers, only 3 million came back for more. Of those, only 885,000 were in the advertiser-friendly 18-49...

Fox Pundits Slam Palin During Ad Break

Matt Cantor — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:16:05 CST

Fox News commentators were caught ridiculing their colleague’s reality show during a commercial break—during which their mics were still on. Politics Daily reports that ex- Washington Times editor Liz Trotta gleefully recounted a New York Times review of Sarah Palin’s Alaska which likened it to “The Sound of Music...

Palins Got Too Close to Protected Bears: Conservationist

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:03:05 CST

A leading Alaska conservationist calls Sarah Palin's Alaska "a travesty"—and not because it's, well, a reality show starring Sarah Palin. He claims the former guv got too close to protected brown bears in last night's premiere, and says she was "clearly irresponsible." A clip from the premiere shows Palin...

Best Moments From Sarah Palin's Alaska

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:11:03 CST

Sarah Palin's Alaska debuted last night, complete with the inevitable references to mama grizzlies and the fence she built to block her pesky journalist neighbor. Some of the best, funniest, and/or cringe-inducing moments, depending on your POV: The mama bear : Palin, of course, made sure to dole out some wisdom...

Sarah Palin's Alaska: Good Branding, Bad TV

Kevin Spak — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:37:06 CST

Sarah Palin seems to be out for a fresh start with her new reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska . “In this well-staged reboot, the less you know about her—or, in some cases, shuddered to think about her—then the better the show gets, writes Hank Stuever of the Washington Post...