Sarah Palin’s new TV network shows just how far her star has fallen

[DonViejo]

Palin was one of the biggest TV personalities of the decade. What went wrong?

DANIEL D'ADDARIO

Credit where it’s due: Sarah Palin, who has just announced the launch of her subscription-based online video channel, is one of the most skilled, and resilient, TV stars of the past decade.

After her resignation as governor of Alaska in 2009, Palin pivoted seamlessly to television, where she served in an official capacity as a Fox News contributor and in an unofficial capacity as a shameless entertainer ready to take any gig; she showed up in the audience of “Dancing With the Stars” week after week as her daughter competed, and guest-hosted “Today.” She had her own reality show on TLC, too. But no matter how promiscuously she touted her on-air persona, her particular brand of charisma proved a little too spiky to really work in established TV contexts.

Her difficulties with Fox News have been widely reported. But across the dial, Palin never quite fit in. Brought in to boost “Today’s” ratings for a day, Palin couldn’t resist bringing up how she thought “Game Change” was based on lies about her — a little too bilious a subject for a morning show. Working on reality TV, Palin basically ignored the vintage-sitcom family-reality-show template (one that’s run from “The Osbournes” to “Duck Dynasty”). Everyone involved was so focused on projecting a postcard image of brave, hardy Alaskan pioneers that they forgot that actual events need to happen in order for television to be interesting. And Palin basically haunted “Dancing With the Stars,” not only appearing in the audience but also making cameos in the lyrics, as several of the dance numbers young Bristol performed referring to a conservative mother (“You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Mama Told Me [Not to Come]“). Palin’s daughter was an amiable blank, reflecting the light and heat generated by her mother rather than generating any of her own. This wasn’t the way the show was meant to work — the contestants, generally, are supposed to be charismatic on their own.

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[FSogol]

1. LOL, the Has-been's has-been. n/t

[tanyev]

2. I don't see it lasting very long.

Even the most gullible fool is going to expect quite a bit of content to justify a continued expense of $9.95 a month. Sarah's not capable of doing that much, y'know, work.

[spin]

4. If might be worth $2.95 a month for laughs. However I imagine I'll be able to see ...

the most funny parts on the late night talk shows and on MSNBC.

[Eleanors38]

3. Shows how far t.v. has fallen. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Except it is not TV, not a network, it's a website. And it is not even hers, it is a service she is

using. The service itself is intended for use by people who have a 'fanbase' that would pay to access content. So it is not TV, not a network and not hers.
Her reality show bombed. That was her only non FoxNews actual paid TV outing. No one watched. TV rejected Palin six ways to Sunday.

[Eleanors38]

7. Guess she'll have to return to spurtscasting.

[Gothmog]

5. She has joined beck in internet limbo

Beck was kicked off fox and now lives only on his internet cable channel. Maybe the two channels will eventually merge