Sarah Palin shopping reality show about Alaska with 'Survivor' producer Mark Burnett

Sherryl Connelly
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

 

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 2:20 PM

 

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Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6, 2010. The politician is currently shopping a reality series.

No one ever doubted that Sarah Palin was a survivor, but she's taking that a step further by pitching a reality show with "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett.

Palin and the master of reality television have been shopping a docudrama about Alaska to all the major broadcasters, multiple sources told EntertainmentWeekly.com. She and Burnett have taken meetings at ABC and CBS, with plans to stop by NBC.

They also confabbed with reality chief Mike Darnell at Fox, where the Palin family seized the opportunity to visit "American Idol," though the former vice-presidential candidate stayed in the green room.

One executive joked that "she's pitching a sequel to 'Commander in Chief,' " a defunct show that starred Geena Davis as the first female president.

The former governor of Alaska and her family would appear on the show, which was described by an insider as "'Planet Earth' meets Alaska meets her family." "Planet Earth" is the Discovery channel's high-definition nature series hit.

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

Palin started her week in Los Angeles appearing on "The Tonight Show," where she joked with Jay Leno that the difference between Alaska and L.A. is that "Here when people have a frozen look on their face, I find out it's Botox."

She also swept through the Oscar week gift suites. 

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