Palin teams with Mark "Survivor" Burnett to pitch "a show about Alaska" to ABC, CBS, NBC execs

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Thursday, Mar 4, 2010 13:41 EST
Sarah Palin pitches TV show about Alaska
After jumping in to the busines with her Fox News gig, the former Alaska governor is meeting with executives
By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press

Fox News Channel may not be Sarah Palin's only foray into television.

The former vice presidential candidate has been pitching an idea for a show about Alaska to network executives. She's teamed with Mark Burnett, one of television's busiest producers. Burnett is best known for his "Survivor" series on CBS.

Three broadcast executives, who spoke on condition of anonymity because their networks don't publicly discuss story pitches, said Thursday that Palin was meeting with officials at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox this week. The meetings were first reported by Entertainment Weekly.

Palin started work earlier this year as an analyst at Fox News. The former Alaska governor also appeared telling jokes this week on NBC's "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/2010/03/04/us_tv_palin_burnett/index.html

[951-Riverside]

1. Is this the same Mark Burnett who decided to have racial groups compete against each other...

on survivor?

[tanyev]

2. Let me guess...there's a little town full of quirky residents--

a retired astronaut, a female pilot, a radio DJ/philosopher, and a doctor from the big city.

Palin was heard to say, "I fell asleep watching TV one night and this idea just came to me in a dream! I don't know how I keep coming up with 'em. Also, too!"

[Liberal In Texas]

3. ROFL.... Actually a show about Alaska with Palin would make the entire audience fall asleep. n/t

[Submariner]

4. If Sarah sits on the side of a mountain and gets hit by a falling satellite

then it might be worth watching. Go Bible Spice!

[Jade Fox]

5. Wow, she's all about the money, isn't she......

This move makes her even more unlikely to be taken seriously as a politician by anyone other than teabaggers.

Plus, clueless Sarah will be exposing her cluelessness even more if the show happens.