James Hibberd has the story at TheHollywoodReporter.com:
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.
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.
Rico says it's too bad she won't do
Desperate Housewives of Alaska or, better yet, the
Naked Women's Wrestling League...
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