NOV
30
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Sarah Palin shopping Alaska reality show

Palin Sarah Palin -- reality TV star?

The former Alaska governor is teaming with uber-producer Mark Burnett to shop a reality series about her home state, network sources confirm.

Palin and Burnett made the rounds at at least three of the major broadcasters (NBC, ABC and Fox) while in Los Angeles for her taping of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" this week. 

Palin and her family would be followed on-camera in the show, which one network executive described as "'Planet Earth' meets Alaska meets her family," referring to Discovery's high-definition nature hit.

But will a major network buy the series?

Nature shows and celebrity docu-dramas tend to find homes on cable TV networks. Palin would likely have no trouble selling such a project to a brand like Discovery, A&E or TLC.

In Palin's case, sources were split on whether she would be able to land the project on broadcast.

"There's an awful lot of interest in her," one executive said. "As a short-order series, it might work. It would depend on what kind of footage you get."

A second executive disagreed. "I can't imagine broadcast picking it up. But it would make a great cable play."

EW broke the story of Palin shopping the series.