Whittington: Could 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Get an Emmy?

"One can just imagine the pandemonium that would ensue at the Emmy Awards ceremony..."
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Mark Whittington notes that Gov. Palin may potentially become an Emmy Award winner for her "Sarah Palin's Alaska" series which aired last year on The Learning Channel. It seems that TLC has entered "Sarah Palin's Alaska" in four categories: cinematography, picture editing, music composition and best reality program, giving her four shots at taking home one of the iconic statuettes:

Just from an artistic quality standard, the show does deserve at least a nomination in these categories. From a Hollywood political standard, one cannot imagine any possibility that Palin's reality series would win anything. If there is one place where she is hated more than the newsrooms of America's lamestream media, it is Hollywood.

Of course, the hatred is not universal. Recently Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, not exactly in Palin's political camp, did stick up for her during the email kerfuffle. One suspects there a few in Hollywood who secretly like the Lady from Wasilla but, adhering to the politics that dare not speak its name in Tinseltown, remains pretty much silent about that fact.

One can just imagine the pandemonium that would ensue at the Emmy Awards ceremony this fall if Palin were to actually win Best Reality Show. It would be as if righty film director John Milius had won something for one of his movies. The rioting inside the hall would liven up an otherwise dull evening as the Mama Grizzly comes up to the stage to accept her award.

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Whittington says simply the act of nominating Mama Bear could actually be a savvy PR move for Tinseltown. It would allow Hollywood to claim that it doesn't really hate conservatives. Plus, the buzz created by a nomination or two for SPAlaska would drive the ratings for the awards show into the stratosphere. Will Hollywood's PR addiction win out over its PDS affliction? Stay tuned...

- JP

Preview: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' - Episode 8, 'Gold Mining'

Final episode of the series
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Via Palin TV:


The 8th and final episode of the series airs Sunday night at 8PM and again at 10PM (both Central Time) on TLC.

- JP

'Sarah Palin's Alaska': The DVD

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The eighth and final episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska is scheduled to air January 9 on TLC, but the network is releasing the entire series on DVD.

The 2-disc set will sell for a suggested retail price of $19.98 and will be available in April. TLC's online store is also selling a 3-disc Special Edition for $29.95 that will begin shipping March 1. The extra disc features additional documentaries about the 49th State — but they do not involve members of clan Palin. Details on the special edition set are here.

The episodes on the DVDs are not numbered in the same order that they aired on TLC.

- JP

Sarah Palin: Follow Me There... to Afognak Island!

Also, Willow prepares to take her driver's license test
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Gov. Palin previewed the next episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Friday on Facebook:

Follow Me There... to Afognak Island!

Come along on another Alaskan adventure as we profile amazingly hard workers in the timber industry. Loggers are hearty and hardy, and the ones I know are true conservationists. I can’t wait for you to meet these lumberjacks!

During this Christmas season, do you ever wonder where you get many of your Christmas trees, firewood, packing boxes… shoot, just look around at everything timber touches and ask yourself who begins the production of these wood products? You’ll meet them on an exciting trip to an Afognak Island logging camp where our daughter learns even more about our family’s #1 lesson: tough work ethic and character will fulfill and sustain you.

Learn how the logging families live in such a remote part of God’s country and how they cherish the land that provides their livelihood. You’ll see how their reforestation efforts allow the forest regrowth rate to repeat a life cycle of new forest nearly every 20 years. These loggers actually care more about the sustainability of their forests than most anyone because they love their livelihood, they know America relies on our domestic timber industry for good jobs and economic security, they are inspired in the great outdoors, and many of them want their kids to get to grow up to be loggers. Basically, the good folks you’ll meet want to be allowed to do what they love to do and what anyone who lives among lumber and wood products rely on them to do for us.

In addition, come see Willow’s eyes open to a new rugged and rustic lifestyle. Her driving skills improve (?) before she undertakes a family’s rite of passage with an upcoming driver’s license test. Any parent can relate.

With only a couple more episodes to share, I promise you a fun and informative episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” this Sunday night at 9pm ET/8c on TLC. Follow me there!

You can watch a preview of the episode here.

- Sarah Palin

- JP

ET Online: Sarah Palin Tries her Hand at Logging

Preview of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," Episode 7
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Sunday night at 8PM Texas Time on TLC.

- JP

NewsBusters: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Rumored to Get Second Season (Updated)

A larger audience than Bravo's "Housewives" or most other cable shows
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Moonbat bloggers and other leftist media outlets have been trying to paint "Sarah Palin's Alaska" as a flop, but TLC seems to be delighted with the series' ratings. And it's rumored that network executives are discussing a possible second season with Governor Palin. NewsBusters Associate Editor Noel Sheppard writes:

The gossip website Popeater reported Tuesday:

"3.066 million people turned in last week to see her episode with Kate Gosselin," a TLC insider tells me. "That is more people than are watching Bravo's 'Housewives' series or most other cable shows. For sure the network is doing everything it possibly can to convince Sarah to do another season, but at the end of the day it looks like it will all come down to money."

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As for Palin, who Popeater believes is currently making more than $250,000 per episode, "when the show debuted to over 4.96 million viewers, insiders tell me she started talking about a new deal right away."

Popeater believes Palin could be looking at a significant raise to as much as $1 million an episode.

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Update: Palin aide Rebecca Mansour says Popeater is full of... pop:

Rule of thumb: anything "PopEater" reports about Sarah Palin is completely made up -- as in fabricated out of thin air.

Which makes sense because, as Allah phrases it:

But … doesn’t she have something else she’s supposed to do next year? Or is the plan to somehow squeeze the tapings in between primaries?

- JP

Sarah Palin: Quads, Bogs, and Bones

"One way to get out of a rut is to find inspiration in the great outdoors"
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Gov. Palin posted about the next episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" on Facebook:

Quads, Bogs, and Bones

Life is so unpredictable, and like my dad always says, it’s “too short to be stuck in a rut!” One way to get out of a rut is to find inspiration in the great outdoors. Activity and fresh air are energizing! Sunday at 9pm ET/8c on “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” we show you a few things that we find more fulfilling than staying indoors and sitting on the couch.

Plato said, “You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” So join us as we learn more about each other and what God’s creation has to offer, as we pack up the RV to go dog mushing, white water rafting, four-wheeling, and fossil hunting where we find evidence of ancient sea life on the high hilltops of the Last Frontier! Come join us as we experience more of Alaska’s amazing sights and meet a few more of our friends, including a very special friend we visit in this episode who passed on recently. This episode is dedicated to our old friend “Bones.” You can watch a preview of it here.

My early New Year’s wish for all is that inspiration and fulfillment will be yours in 2011. Remember that one way to find that is to get outdoors.

- Sarah Palin

- JP

TLC Preview: Panning for gold in 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'

Also dog sledding and meeting Iditarod champions
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From TLC, here's a preview of Sunday night's episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," in which the family goes white water rafting and ATVing:


Episode 6 airs Sunday night at 8 Central/9 Eastern Time on TLC.

- JP

'Sarah Palin's Alaska ' gets over 3 million viewers in week 5

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According to TV by the Numbers, ratings for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" Sunday night increased 11 percent over the previous week, rising from 2.78 million viewers to 3.1 million.

The moonbatosphere, which declares the series a "failure" if one week's ratings aren't as high as the previous ones, has been ignoring this latest turn of events. Go figure...

- JP

It's a 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' marathon tonight on TLC

Five hours' worth
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TLC will run five episodes of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" back to back in a Saturday night marathon tonight. It begins at 6PM Central with Episode 1, "Mama Grizzly." Episode 2, "Just for the Halibut" will be shown next at 7PM, followed at 8PM by Episode 3, "Salmon Run." The fourth episode, "She's a Great Shot," airs at 9PM, and then at 10PM, TLC will show "Just for the Halibut" again.

Good opportunity to watch and/or DVR any missed episodes. Remember to check the Blogs 4 Palin Unofficial Sarah Palin Events Calendar here for dates and times of all original and repeat episodes of "Sarah Palin's Alaska."

- JP

TLC video shoots down another leftist lie about Gov. Palin

Here’s proof that Sarah had all her paperwork in order
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The hateful left has long been spreading the lie around the moonbatosphere that Sarah Palin doesn't have the proper tags and license to hunt caribou. Time for the "reality-based community" to get yet another reality check:


From the blogs at SPAlaska.com:

Thanks to the production team’s diligence, here’s proof that Sarah had all her paperwork in order with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The entire episode was recorded September 1-5, 2010. This video was recorded on September 2, 2010, and the permits purchased were valid September 3-4, 2010, because of the no fly and hunt rule. Sarah shot her caribou on September 4, 2010.

We’ve heard that our friends at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game have been inundated with requests for copies of her hunting license and caribou tags. Hopefully, this post and video can put those questions to rest so these diligent state workers can focus on more pressing matters than disproving rumors.

Actrually, overloading government offices with bogus requests and inquiries is part of the left's anti-Palin plan. It's a modification of the Cloward-Piven Strategy, just as were the more than twenty bogus lawsuits and "ethics" complaints they swamped state offices with in Alaska when Sarah Palin was governor.

Also, TLC's blogger is much too gentle. These aren't "rumors" -- they're lies. Malia Litman and Politics USA should be ashamed of themselves, but these lying leftists have no shame. Their job is to destroy Sarah Palin, and they will tell as many lies as they think they need to in pursuit of their dark goal. But it's an article of faith that light drives out darkness. Don't ever hesitate to confront the darkness and shine a light!

h/t: Ron Devito

- JP

Another SPA preview: Sarah and her dad go hunting

"I just saw your caribou"
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Here's a different version of the sneek peek at Episode 4 of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" that we posted Thursday:


Sunday at 8PM on TLC with a repeat at 10PM. TLC schedules repeats of all four episodes at various times throughout each week. Check the Blogs 4 Palin Unofficial Sarah Palin Events Calendar for the schedule. Just hold your cursor over the green bar for each entry on the calendar to see the details.

Speaking of hunting...

- JP

'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Episode 4 Preview: 'She's a Great Shot'

In which our Sarah shoots down the haters' lies
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TLC has a preview of the next episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" posted:


This episode provides further proof that the anti-Palin leftists and their useful idiot Levi Johnston were bearing false witness with their bogus claims that she didn't know anything about hunting, shooting and firearms. Drug fiend Andrew Sullivan is just one of the leftist tools who hate Gov. Palin so much that they will childishly believe any wild hare tale which they hope they can use to drive down her approval numbers. Here's what Sully blogged just a couple of weeks ago:

Levi got her exactly:

"She says she goes hunting and lives off animal meat - I've never seen it," said Mr Johnston, 19. "I've never seen her touch a fishing pole. "She had a gun in her bedroom and one day she asked me to show her how to shoot it. I asked her what kind of gun it was, and she said she didn't know, because it was in a box under her bed."

Surprise! I Believe Levi. But then I have long believed that Palin lives in an utterly fabricated world where she shoots, fishes and has contractions while giving speeches.

Let's see now... Levi and the leftists (good name for a punk band) claimed that our Sarah didn't know one end of a fishing rod from another, yet we've seen her on her series not just casting for Salmon, but working the nets with Todd on their commercial fishing boat. We've also seen her putting in some time on another working boat wrangling halibut, plus working the line in a fish processing facility. We watched as she dispatched clay pigeons expertly with a shotgun, and in this latest episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," we will see her shoot down once and for all time their lie that she doesn't know anything about guns and hunting.

Anyone who accepts as fact a rumor told by a disreputable person with an axe to grind and doesn't even bother to check out the story because he fears that it will be proven false, is quite pathologically disturbed and living in an alternate universe.

- JP

Sarah Palin's Alaska: Salmon Run Sneak Peek

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Tweets from the guv:

Like family farms, our Bristol Bay commercial fish business works the same way.Watch Sunday on TLC;see work ethic rewarded out on the water!

Please remember to tune in to TLC on Sunday at 9pm ET/8central for a special episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska"... http://fb.me/OQkxCTao

Gov. Palin also posted on Facebook:

Please remember to tune in to TLC on Sunday at 9pm ET/8central for a special episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" about our Bristol Bay commercial fishing community. You'll also learn a little about our Alaska Native culture and traditions from Todd's family, who are Yup'ik Eskimo. Follow the link to see a video from the upcoming episode.... Our "America By Heart" book tour continues on November 26th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

- JP

'Sarah Palin’s Alaska': Preview of second episode

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Here's another "Sarah Palin's Alaska" preview from TLC:


- JP

Breaking: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Shatters TLC Ratings Record

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From blogger James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter:

Sarah Palin's documentary / travelogue / reality / biopic shattered TLC ratings records Sunday night.

The debut of Sarah Palin's Alaska delivered a whopping 5 million viewers.

The first episode of the eight-part series was the most-watched program launch in TLC's history.

All of those exploding liberal heads will leave a nasty mess to be cleaned up...

More details from TV Newser.

- JP

Did you miss viewing 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'?

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If you missed it because of the NFL game or the Britt Humer Reagan special, and you don't have a DVR, not to worry. TLC will be replaying "Sarah Palin's Alaska: Mama Grizzly" all week long, so there will be several more opportunities to watch the first episode:

Nov. 15 at 9 PM
Nov 16 at 12 Midnight
Nov. 17 at 6 PM
Nov. 18 at 1 AM
Nov. 21 at 6PM

All times Central Standard

- JP

Lorie Byrd Reviews 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'

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Excerpts from Lorie Byrd's review of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" for Big Hollywood:

Will TLC’s new reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, make you want to book a vacation to “America’s last frontier?” You betcha, it will. It will also give you a glimpse inside the Palin family and into the life of one of the most famous and interesting women in the world.

The star of the show may be Sarah Palin, but she shares equal billing with the breathtaking Alaskan wildlife and countryside. In the first episode we see a fierce mama brown bear and her cubs fishing just yards away from a small boat where the Palins are casting their lines. Watching them interact so intimately with nature (wild bears for goodness sake!) is something you don’t see every day. Actually it is pretty incredible.

Also in the premier episode, through top notch photography and production, we see beautiful footage of Mt. McKinley and learn a little bit about what is involved in climbing the largest mountain in North America.

The Palins don’t just give us a tour, flying from remote location to remote location. They share the experience – boating, fishing, hiking and even mountain climbing – doing it themselves. At times they challenge their own weaknesses and limitations (for example, mountain climbing in spite of a fear of heights).

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Even though Palin has lived her whole life in Alaska, she frequently talks about being in “awe” of the beauty around her. Upon landing on Ruth Glacier she said she got “goose bumps.” Seeing the beauty of Palin’s part of the country, the absolute majesty of God’s creation, and how she challenges herself in her adventures there, it is understandable how Palin might think nothing of challenging the power in Washington, DC.

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You decide. Watch "Sarah Palin’s Alaska" tonight at 9 Eastern/8 Texas Time on TLC.

- JP

Third Day song chosen for SPAlaska theme music

"Follow Me There"
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TLC and Provident Label Group have reached an agreement to allow Third Day's "Follow Me There" to be the theme music for the new docu-series "Sarah Palin's Alaska." The first episode airs Sunday at 8PM Texas Time:


Excerpted from the press release:

Tai Anderson, Third Day bass player, shares, "We're honored to have our song chosen for this exciting new show on TLC. It showcases an incredibly beautiful state through the eyes an intriguing family. We've played several shows in Alaska and look forward to performing there in months to come."

"The minute I heard 'Follow Me There,' I loved it and knew it was the only song I wanted for the main title for this series," said Executive Producer Mark Burnett. "I hope this song goes on to win Third Day another Grammy and inspires millions of Americans."

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- JP

Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Out Here Being Free

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Yet another SPAlaska trailer from TLC:


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- JP