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Sarah Palin Asking for Over $1 Million Per Episode for Reality Show.
New York Magazine ^ | March 19, 2010 | Josh Duboff

Posted on 03/20/2010 4:58:36 AM PDT by BannedinBostonx

The project, which is tentatively titled Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Palin is asking for $1 million to $1.5 million per episode.

Sarah Palin is following a trajectory more Kardashian than politician, demanding a big paycheck in her quest for reality-TV stardom. After shopping her “TV docudrama” to major broadcast and cable networks, two channels — A&E and Discovery — have expressed interest in the project, which is tentatively titled Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Palin is asking for $1 million to $1.5 million per episode, considered a “hefty amount for a first-year cable series.” The show — executive-produced by reality-television guru Marc Burnett — will feature the former governor touring her home state, completing activities such as visiting fishing boats or trekking to a gold mine. There had better be a caribou-hunting episode or else this really has no business calling itself a Sarah Palin Alaska show.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: hollywood; kardashian; markburnett; notarealityshow; palin; palinperview; sarahkardashian; sarahpalin; sarahstar
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To: wtc911
Exactly, her "I quit" speech was almost word for word what Reagan said when he quit halway through his first term as governor...

Hey loser, Reagan wasn't being sued into bankruptcy by Obama minions and on the verge of losing his house because of nasty Rat political tactics.

The "Palin quit" mantra of you rubber room 3rd Party morons is not only willfully blind but also obnoxiously dishonest.

Get a life!

361 posted on 03/20/2010 2:00:22 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Non-Sequitur; Bob J

LOL!

Why don't you two "concerned about Sarah" posters argue the point with each other and leave everybody else alone.

362 posted on 03/20/2010 2:03:38 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
The "Palin quit" mantra of you rubber room 3rd Party morons is not only willfully blind but also obnoxiously dishonest.

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Palin quit. She is no Reagan, not by a long shot. She should be doing the job for which she campaigned and to which she was elected. Instead she quit to write a book, get a gig on FOX and join the ranks of TV celebrities. But, hey, at least she's fighting the good fight, right?

363 posted on 03/20/2010 2:06:41 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: BannedinBostonx

Nothing like seeing the anti-capitalists, anti-free enterprise, anti-market types go nuts over what OTHERS make.


364 posted on 03/20/2010 2:09:04 PM PDT by FL911
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To: wtc911
Palin quit. She is no Reagan, not by a long shot. She should be doing the job for which she campaigned and to which she was elected. Instead she quit to write a book, get a gig on FOX and join the ranks of TV celebrities. But, hey, at least she's fighting the good fight, right?

You left out the numerous political writings and speeches that she's making.

365 posted on 03/20/2010 2:13:29 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
I don't care one way or the other that Palin is making money. I'm sure she has her motives. I do not respect her decision to quit as Governor and I will not pretend that it was anything other than a monumentally bad political move that killed any chance she may have had at being POTUS.

I think that she realizes this and is making hay while the sun shines.

366 posted on 03/20/2010 2:38:00 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: FreeReign
Why don't you two "concerned about Sarah" posters argue the point with each other and leave everybody else alone.

ROTFLMAO!!!! Because I enjoy watching the antics of folks like you.

367 posted on 03/20/2010 3:15:43 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Hmmm....for those networks to be so lowly, seems to me that everyone has heard about their most popular shows, like the Deadliest Catch.

But she's pitching herself as the narrator, isn't she? She should try and get Mike Rowe.

368 posted on 03/20/2010 3:17:34 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: BannedinBostonx

The 1-1.5 million dollar per episode price may not be realistic. She is targeting cable channels and they have a much smaller budget than NBC or CBS.

I think her show will definitely get a budget on the higher end of the cable tv pay scale, but it will be nowhere near Seinfeld.


369 posted on 03/20/2010 3:27:12 PM PDT by HelenaGrace
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To: EveningStar

GOD


370 posted on 03/20/2010 3:29:26 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (How are things in Glockamorra..... this fine day?)
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To: BannedinBostonx

Are they shooting caribou?


371 posted on 03/20/2010 3:30:34 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: proud_yank
Where were you at?

Barrow.

372 posted on 03/20/2010 3:31:31 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: olezip
Yes, I remember back in the early '90s, the entire cast of Seinfeld asking for $1MM per episode because of the show's popularity. Who doesn't know that after nearly 20 years, TV salaries are pretty near those numbers for regular participants.

Every time she shows her face on TV, ratings go through the roof and it's not the Super Bowl. What do you think the network will be charging advertisers to sponsor Palin's show? The first commercial break will pay her salary. This is another stupid non-issue, generated by the media.

373 posted on 03/20/2010 3:36:07 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: FreeReign; Virginia Ridgerunner; All

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If we all just quit replying to wtc, the stink will dissipate.
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374 posted on 03/20/2010 4:15:56 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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To: EveningStar

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I wouldn’t want to associate Sarah Palin with Truman, nor Ike; both of them were scoundrels IMO; they had the opportunity to nip global socialism in the bud, but instead chose to coddle it.

Sarah is our one and only chance to undo the dreck that started with them.
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375 posted on 03/20/2010 4:24:16 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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To: editor-surveyor

If you have no answers, you might as well hide, or quit, it seems to you guys that is the honorable thing to do.


376 posted on 03/20/2010 4:28:54 PM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: BannedinBostonx

This may go down as one of best political moves in history. Have a network pay you to do a long political infomercial about your home state and you. What a way to reintroduce yourself to the American people. This will show America the type of life she has led. Amazing!


377 posted on 03/20/2010 4:34:12 PM PDT by nowheretohide
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To: bray
How is that Paul campaign going?? Think he’ll break 5 this time?

And with that mindless little jibe, I would appreciate you removing me from your ping list. I don't need to be bothered by a man who will not think.

378 posted on 03/20/2010 5:58:03 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I hope Sarah makes as much money as she can, this is supply and demand at its bests.

Sarah is a hot commodity these days, and a lot people want her on their show, rallies, speeches, etc. A show about Alaska with Sarah hosting it would generate a lot of viewers, thus generating great ratings - so I don't see how capitalism is only good for the cable networks but not for the person hosting the show.

379 posted on 03/20/2010 6:54:18 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Non-Sequitur
Why don't you two "concerned about Sarah" posters argue the point with each other and leave everybody else alone.

ROTFLMAO!!!! Because I enjoy watching the antics of folks like you.

You answer my question and you make my point.

380 posted on 03/20/2010 6:59:04 PM PDT by FreeReign
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