Sarah Palin is getting closer to having her own reality show. A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin's project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska: visiting fishing boats and taking a trip to a gold mine, to cite a couple of examples. Mark Burnett is executive producer.Rico says it's too bad she won't do Desperate Housewives of Alaska or, better yet, the Naked Women's Wrestling League...
The working title is Sarah Palin's Alaska.
A&E Networks hasn't officially put in a bid for the project, but the company apparently is interested in the project for several of its brands: A&E, History, or Lifetime. Discovery likewise is vying for the project for one or more of its outlets, including TLC.
Palin is asking for $1 million-$1.5 million per episode, a hefty amount for a first-year cable series. She initially pitched the show to broadcast networks. Given the laid-back nature theme and none of the high-stakes drama that typifies broadcast reality hits, industry execs see cable as a better fit.
A&E is the home of such bold reality fare as Intervention and Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Discovery has picturesque travelogues and the Alaska-set Deadliest Catch. "It will sell," predicts one insider, "one way or another." A&E and Discovery declined comment.
19 March 2010
Can hardly wait
James Hibberd has the story at TheHollywoodReporter.com:
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