'Sarah Palin's Alaska': Will Palin be a one-termer on TLC?

The finale of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" on Sunday might be the former governor's last episode. Unless, of course, it isn't.

That Palin's show would be a one-termer was reported by Entertainment Weekly on Friday, the day before a mass shooting at a Rep. Gabrielle Giffords event in Arizona.  The shooting claimed six lives, including those of a federal judge and a little girl born on Sept. 11, 2001, and left the Democratic congresswoman recovering from brain surgery after a bullet passed through her brain. 

Various bloggers and news outlets on Saturday linked Palin and a 10-month-old "crosshairs" campaign graphic to the shooting, despite no immediate indications that suspect Jared Loughner had any connection with Palin, the "tea party," the GOP or the crosshairs map. Loughner, who had attended another Giffords event in 2007, left an envelope at his home with the words "I planned ahead," "my assassination" and "Giffords," according to the FBI's criminal complaint. Fellow students' concerns about Loughner being a disjointed, disturbing presence in a junior college algebra class went public Sunday.

"On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice," Palin said Saturday via Facebook, offering condolences to those hurt and killed in the shooting.

"Sarah Palin's Alaska" was "always planned as a special event and beyond that there have been no discussions or decisions," a source told People on Sunday.

Sources told TMZ on Sunday that the decision about a second season is Palin's to make — she could definitely make bucks with a second season, but to do so would be a strong sign she'd not going to run for president in 2012.

In the meantime, on TLC, the Palin clan find themselves in Nome, hunting for gold, in the series' season finale Sunday night. 

Hey, at least the former VP nominee finished a full season. Do you want to see a second one?

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— Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, going fishing on July 3, 2010, for TLC's "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Credit: Gilles Mingaasson / Discovery Communications / Associated Press.

 

 

Comments

[Sally]

I want nothing to do with this woman, her politics, or her dysfunctional clan of fame seekers. Please, TLC, if yesterday's events mean anything, pull the plug on this woman's political rants. This show was never about Alaska, or the Plains; it's always about Sarah and her swipes at liberals, the President, and anyone in favor of reasonable gun laws. Go away, Sarah, and stay out of our lives.

[Tamar]

When I tell you that I am sick to death of Sarah Palin, I kid you not. I can't take one more second of the "You betcha," the winking, the big Cheshire Cat grin that doesn't reach her eyes, the mindless rhetoric, and the inability to take responsibility for anything she says or does. That said, I don't want to hear her folksy ignorance blasting out of my television on TLC, but I REALLY don't want to hear it from the Oval Office on CNN, so if a second season of her show means she's not running in 2012, go for it -- sign her right on up. Sign her to a forty-year contract. Just make sure, in light of her job history, that there's a clause in there to protect you if she quits.

[Will]

Please, just let her go back to alaska with all the millions she's made off of hate and bigotry and leave this country alone to heal. Please?

[Mike]

The hatred of Sarah sound similiar to the shooters. So far I have only seen true vile from the left. Progressives need to get over their distain for anything conserative. How one can hate a functional family is beyond me! I lived through their garbage philosophies in the 60's and 70's. Same hatred, only then they were blowing up and shooting people and claimed justification.

[Sara]

I enjoyed the episodes. Alaska is a beautiful state and we are planning a vacation there because of this show. Way to go Palin's.

[k]

Enough of Sarah Palin. Her 15 minutes ended 20 minutes ago.

[Joe]

Palin's greed has caused trajedy.

[Jack McHugh]

I have not seen any evidence of hatred or bigotry from Sarah Palin. She is attacked by the left because she represents family values. marital fidelity, patriotism, less government, lower taxes, more accountability, less entitlement programs. Everything the left wing hates.

I'm a 50 year old single dad of two girls. Whenever I would watch the Alaska show, my girls would look up from their laptops to see what a really awesome mother is. I can only pray that they turn out as loving and as strong as the Palin women.

[Vicki]

I too, am tired of Sarah Palin, and her negative rhetoric. It's easy to point out the problems in our country, how about offering real and positive answers? I thought TLC made better choices, before I saw this show.

[glenn beck]

Enough of this woman.

[OST]

Not really a big surprise here. While I haven't seen the show, there hasn't been a whole lot of talk about it either. Could be interesting if they did a special, but I don't think its worth an ongoing series.

[Marco]

I only watch the show because I love the state of Alaska and I'll watch anything where I can spy Alaskan scenery in the background. I'm a "conservative libertarian" and I don't like Palin because she comes across as a media whore. To be honest I know little of her views or what she was like as governor. I'm still hoping my paisan Giuliani will some day become president.

[ChaChaheels]

Dear Jack McHugh,
Thanks for the posting. I couldn't stop LMAO..."family values?" "marital fidelity"? "awesome mom"? Really? The mother of a teenage (now adult) daughter who had a child at 16? Gotta love them family values! Here's hoping your daughters wind up pregnant at 16 and the father never takes responsibility for that child. So how's that family valuey thingy working for ya'? Thank God! TLC came to its senses!