"...a new all time low for Discovery. My guess is the show is going to tank big time."

[babylonsister]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201004170008

Insider purportedly says Palin's reality show is "a new all time low for Discovery"

April 17, 2010 4:53 pm ET by Karl Frisch


Late last month we brought you news that Sarah Palin, the former half-term Governor of Alaska, had inked a deal with Discovery Communications' The Learning Channel (TLC) for her very own reality show - one that will apparently spotlight the natural wonders of her beautiful home state.

Cenk Uygur, co-host of radio's The Young Turks, is up with piece on Huffington Post concerning the show full of interesting details:

Last night on The Young Turks we broke the story of reaction to Sarah Palin's new show inside Discovery. We have an inside source at Discovery Communications and we've been leaked information on Sarah Palin's show for Discovery's TLC network.

Last week Discovery had its annual sales conference for ad buyers for all of its 13 networks. The presentation showcases all of their new shows across the different networks. That night the presentation was on Sarah Palin's Alaska.

Our source says "the whole thing {was} comical." Apparently the ad buyers were not impressed. This Discovery insider said, "When the promo was over, people (employees and buyers) were rolling their eyes, snickering, and even laughing. People were laughing and it's not even a comedy. No one took it seriously."

This person was concerned that given the lack of interest from ad buyers that Discovery would have to dump the show to "a crappy time slot" to cut its losses. They added, "Bottom line everyone thought it was a new all time low for Discovery. My guess is the show is going to tank big time."

We can't be sure how accurate this insider's review of the sales conference is but it wouldn't surprise me if green-minded companies were leery of sponsoring Palin's new fame vehicle given her horrible track record on the environment.

[HipChick]

1. Whatever happened to her Real Amerikan Stories...

It debuted...and then **crickets..

[Capitalocracy]

11. maybe you can answer a question for me...

was the show actually going to be just her pretending to do interviews with people that had previously been interviewed, or was that just what they did for the original promo?

because if that was the idea for the show, I guess they tested and found the limits of how much BS they can get away with.

[Bitwit1234]

2. They will still show it over and over and over on all the discovery channels

from now to kingdom come.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I have given cable the heave-ho

and Discovery's deal with Iquitarod was the straw that broke the camel's back. Aside from a few programs that I watched very occasionally, that entire tier of channels wasn't worth the price anyway.

[Jade Fox]

4. Palin will still make a load of money.....

and that is her real agenda. Palin for President? She'd have to work!

She's bilking it, period.

[ihavenobias]

15. The sad thing is, she's already made millions. n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

5. She quit Alaska. How dare she show us around!Sorry, I think she is so fake.

:banghead:

[nosmokes]

6. she ain't nearly good lookin enough to cover for all that mean and stoopit.

nowheres near.

[Yeahyeah]

7. An insane imbecile's show isn't going to make it on "The Learning Channel"?

[ihavenobias]

8. K & R. Here's the video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMmWG2BbHw

[Capitalocracy]

9. K&R

[lame54]

10. There's always MST3000

[20score]

12. K&R

[SoCalDem]

13. Discovery & TLC need to return to their roots

and air truthful, fact-based programming...devoid of overt politics

[Turborama]

14. K&R Hopefully Discovery can afford to just write off that $2million and learn something

from their terrible mistake.

[ihavenobias]

17. Who knows.

Maybe this negative publicity will help the show. I sure hope not.

[jtrockville]

16. I blocked all Discovery channels over Palin's show.

Glad to be rid of 'em.

[OhioChick]

18. Kick n/t