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Sarah Palin’s Alaska: Ratings Do Double-Digit Rebound

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Okay, America, make up your mind. Do you want to watch Sarah Palin’s Alaska, or not?

Last week we told you about the TLC show’s sudden ratings collapse in its second week, after a huge, record-breaking debut. Double-digit dives like that usually lead to further erosion, which is never good for a television program.

But Sarah PalinJoe Scarborough‘s opinions notwithstanding–is not just any reality star. For week three? A rebound–and a big one, according to The Hollywood Reporter:

Sarah Palin’s Alaska delivered 3.5 million viewers Sunday night, rising 17% at the conclusion of the holiday weekend.

Normally when ratings go down double digits for a second episode, the third outing generally falls at least a little, but not in this case. Palin may also have benefited from some weaker competition (ABC had the Country Music Awards the previous week). Even so, this is great news for TLC.

The Alaska episode to watch will be in two weeks, when Kate Gosselin guest stars.

What was that you say? Kate Gosselin? Come on now, TLC, isn’t that overkill?

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  • skyfet

    The T/P have logged on to support Sarah. They must have heard all the ridicule through out last week, so logged on to support one of their own.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    As I said when you posted your previous story, that was a holiday week and ratings for everyone are usually lower. I was right and you were wrong.
    The show is good and has great photography. No one should miss it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Antony-Dupuy/1194612935 Antony Dupuy

    I like Todd and Sarah.

    Do you think they swing?

  • BatBoy

    I like the show….

    As a matter of fact, I have decided why I can’t catch big fish…I need a damn net…a long net.

    It did look like hard work with long hours…something I probably should just stay in my living room and watch.

    Some day I am going to make the trip to AK and see it for myself.

  • Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack

    It is the same sheep audience that watches Fox news. Who cares.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    You care FNBTWHTC. Or you wouldn’t be commenting.
    All of you Palin haters are watching. That why the ratings are so high.
    May she continues making you libs shit your pants. LOL

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    As I said when you posted your previous story, that was a holiday week and ratings for everyone are usually lower. I was right and you were wrong.
    The show is good and has great photography. No one should miss it.

    So, if I understand what you are saying, Marceaux, I mean Blower, when people have something else to do, they do it? When there life consists of Little Debbie’s Cakes, Hoovering the carpet of lancing a boil, they flip on the Drop Out Governor as background noise? I can understand that, although before I put down the terra cotta and had to use the Hoover, I just popped a Warren Beatty movie into the old Beta.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c13q2wYZr_0&feature=related

  • The Real Royal King

    Probably NOT wrong said:
    You care FNBTWHTC. Or you wouldn’t be commenting.
    All of you Palin haters are watching. That why the ratings are so high.
    May she continues making you libs shit your pants. LOL

    Indeed, we use the money we save on Fiber-Con to buy lattes and Pinot Grigio.

  • Scott_in_MI

    Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
    It is the same sheep audience that watches Fox news. Who cares.

    You’re obviously a fan or else you wouldn’t have wasted your time writing a comment. What was your fav episode? When she was crushing fish skulls? or when she was shooting clay pigeons?

  • Hugo Daun

    Fox News: Better that we sell Hate than Crack said:
    It is the same sheep audience that watches Fox news.

    Not to mention the Gosselins and (the biggest freak-show ever) the Duggar family.

    The Palin clan fits right in…

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Yeah, I guess it was the Country Music Awards that caused last weeks slump.

    What’s hilarious is hillbillys still don’t know how to record one show so they can watch another.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    Anyway, am I correct it went down 40% and then up 17%.

    So it’s still down 23%, right?

  • The_Reasonable_Lib

    gordonbloyershow said:
    As I said when you posted your previous story, that was a holiday week and ratings for everyone are usually lower. I was right and you were wrong.
    The show is good and has great photography. No one should miss it.

    bullshit all around!

  • The Real Royal King

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Anyway, am I correct it went down 40% and then up 17%.

    So it’s still down 23%, right?

    Sure, if you round down!

  • Snidely

    Funny, nobody gloating over the drop in SP Alaska mentioned the CMA as competition. I’d guess that a lot of fans figured they could miss Palin and catch it later on reruns, whereas once the CMA are over, they’re over. Me, I didn’t know when SP was on until this past Sunday. My wife and I enjoyed the show. Not often do you see a prospective presidential candidate processing halibut from the ocean to the frying pan.

  • The Real Royal King

    Snidely said:
    Not often do you see a prospective presidential candidate processing halibut from the ocean to the frying pan.

    I don’t imagine anyone has seen her do it often, either.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Antony Dupuy said:
    I like Todd and Sarah. Do you think they swing?

    Are there any rooms on your floor? Are you on the same floor with Napoleon or are you on the floor with Lady Di? What time of day do they feed you?

  • disenlightened

    Good, solid family show. Too bad libs hate that kind of stuff. Maybe that’s why their kids are filling all our jails and rehab facilities.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The Real Royal King said:
    So, if I understand what you are saying, Marceaux, I mean Blower, when people have something else to do, they do it? When there life consists of Little Debbie’s Cakes, Hoovering the carpet of lancing a boil, they flip on the Drop Out Governor as background noise? I can understand that, although before I put down the terra cotta and had to use the Hoover, I just popped a Warren Beatty movie into the old Beta. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c13q2wYZr_0&feature=related

    Did they let you use a fork and knife today? When do they turn off your light at night?

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    The Real Royal King said:
    I don’t imagine anyone has seen her do it often, either.

    Did you notice how everything Sarah is doing seems like it is for THE FIRST TIME?

    It was the first time she went climbing, it was the first time she saw bears, and it was the first time she clubbed a fish.
    Honestly, for someone who is supposed to be an outdoors woman she acts like she’s never been outside in her life.

    I believe Levi when he said it was all an act and she is just an ex-beauty queen and pampered housewife.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    What’s hilarious is hillbillys still don’t know how to record one show so they can watch another.

    If they could only teach you to flush the toilet.

  • The Real Royal King

    disenlightened said:
    Good, solid family show. Too bad libs hate that kind of stuff. Maybe that’s why their kids are filling all our jails and rehab facilities.

    Yes, if my children were more like the Palin children I would have many grandchildren and some great grandchildren on the way.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The Real Royal King said:
    Sure, if you round down!

    LOL, come on now, it was only last week that you learned how to calculate 2+2.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    disenlightened said:
    Good, solid family show.

    My family watches real documentaries about Alaska.

    Not reality shows filmed in Alaska.

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    If they could only teach you to flush the toilet.

    Marceaux, I mean Blower, I have seen potato chips left on the beach over night with more snap than that retort.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    The Real Royal King said:
    Yes, if my children were more like the Palin children I would have many grandchildren and some great grandchildren on the way.

    I think you should check the DNA on those children of “YOURS”. I heard Bill Clinton was in your town several times.

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    I think you should check the DNA on those children of “YOURS”. I heard Bill Clinton was in your town several times.

    Indeed, great times at Guero’s.

  • writer

    Palin has appeared with her kids, which means she’s pimping them and is a terrible parent. Another time, she appeared without them, which meant she left them home, which means she’s a terrible parent. And she has a daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock, which has never happened to any other parent, which proves she’s a terrible parent. And Bristol appeared on TV, which means she’s pimping herself, and is a horrible person. There is no amount of hatred great enough for such horrible people who have done me, personally, such grievous wrong.

  • The Real Royal King

    writer said:
    Palin has appeared with her kids, which means she’s pimping them and is a terrible parent. Another time, she appeared without them, which meant she left them home, which means she’s a terrible parent. And she has a daughter who got pregnant out of wedlock, which has never happened to any other parent, which proves she’s a terrible parent. And Bristol appeared on TV, which means she’s pimping herself, and is a horrible person. There is no amount of hatred great enough for such horrible people who have done me, personally, such grievous wrong.

    I have to say Kumquat, you’ve transformed yourself into a real Miles Cowperthwaite.

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Family shows with high morals are a plus in today’s society. Thanks for such a nice show Sarah!

  • Big Eddie

    MSNBC is planning to try to duplicate the success of Sarah Palin ‘ s Alaska with their own versions of her show . Don’t think Joy Behar’s Bronx or Cher ‘s Deepest Pit of Hell will really work though .

  • Kird

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    My family watches real documentaries about Alaska.

    Not reality shows filmed in Alaska.

    Apparently, at least you yourself watch reality shows filmed in Alaska because you seem to know an awful lot about “Palin’s Alaska.”

    I’ve only seen clips, but it does look far more like a conservative themed reality show than a documentary to me.

    Perhaps if all the “PDSers” would stop watching, her ratings would drop.

  • TangledThorns

    My gf and I watch the show. She is a liberal but she actually enjoys watching it

  • writer

    BFD, the King is commenting at the commenters again.

  • disenlightened

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    My family watches real documentaries about Alaska.

    Not reality shows filmed in Alaska.

    The focus of the show is Alaska, not the Palins.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    disenlightened said:
    The focus of the show is Alaska, not the Palins.

    lol…how many travelogues or documentaries have a WHOLE FAMILY hosting?

    Usually it is just one host getting out of the way to highlight the area or subject.

    Watch some Michael Palin or David Attenborough and then tell me this show isn’t about the Palins.

    It’s funny, I have been watching Attenborough for years and I never learned he doesn’t allow his teenage daughters boyfriends to go upstairs. lol

  • disenlightened

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    lol…how many travelogues or documentaries have a WHOLE FAMILY hosting?

    Usually it is just one host getting out of the way to highlight the area or subject.

    Watch some Michael Palin or David Attenborough and then tell me this show isn’t about the Palins.

    It’s funny, I have been watching Attenborough for years and I never learned he doesn’t allow his teenage daughters boyfriends to go upstairs. lol

    I said the “focus” of the show is on Alaska. Figure that out, then get back to your porn.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    disenlightened said:
    I said the “focus” of the show is on Alaska. Figure that out, then get back to your porn.

    Yeah, and the “focus” of Jersey Shore is the great state of New Jersey!!!!

    Snookie is the host of a travelogue lolol

  • ROCKSTEADY

    disenlightened said:
    I said the “focus” of the show is on Alaska. Figure that out, then get back to your porn.

    Does Alaska get any kick back from Sarah on this show that highlights Alaska?

  • disenlightened

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Yeah, and the “focus” of Jersey Shore is the great state of New Jersey!!!!

    Snookie is the host of a travelogue lolol

    What’s Jersey Shore? What is Snookie?

  • disenlightened

    ROCKSTEADY said:
    Does Alaska get any kick back from Sarah on this show that highlights Alaska?

    What do you think? Do you think maybe Alaska might benefit from this show, do ya?

  • ROCKSTEADY

    disenlightened said:
    Do you think maybe Alaska might benefit from this show, do ya?

    I believe they all would like her to go away.I’ve been to Alaska It certainly doesn’t need the Palins to sell it.

  • Bonnie_Mazel

    OMB, I have better things to do then watch Palin on TV (like she isn’t in the news enough now!) She is a joke and if you want to take her serious “Go for it!”, she would say and do anything for money and does.

    Get a life!

  • pinouye

    So many bloggers (not necessarily on this site) were gleeful that the ratings went down after episode 2 (saying that the show would continue the decline…”I guarantee”…lol). The upward trend for espisode 3, although still down from the first, shows the strength of the program. You may not agree with her politically (or anything else, for that matter), but this program shows beautiful scenery, wonderful wildlife, shows the struggle of being an Alaskan fisherman, and shows how close the Palin family is. If she is making a political statement, I did not hear it once during episode 3 (the only episode that I have watched so far). Will I watch again? I’m not sure…it isn’t the first on my list, but if I am flipping channels and it comes up, I will probably watch it.

  • pinouye

    Oh, and one more thing…Sarah Palin is the ONLY one that I can see doing this show. Could you imagine Hillary or Pelosi trying to pull those nets into the boat, or scrubbing down the boat, or even clubbing/stunning a fish? I think NOT!

  • pinouye

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    Did you notice how everything Sarah is doing seems like it is for THE FIRST TIME? It was the first time she went climbing, it was the first time she saw bears, and it was the first time she clubbed a fish.Honestly, for someone who is supposed to be an outdoors woman she acts like she’s never been outside in her life. I believe Levi when he said it was all an act and she is just an ex-beauty queen and pampered housewife.

    If you watched and listened, you would have noticed that the Palin’s fish for a different breed…the kind that you DON’T have to club the fish. When her and Bristol went out on the other ship…that was a different type of fish that you need to club the fish. So, you are correct, that was the first time that she probably did that.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Big Eddie said:
    Don’t think Joy Behar’s Bronx or Cher ’s Deepest Pit of Hell will really work though .

    That is good. How about Olbermann’s Cornell, with his pet hampster.

  • Sunnyr

    The Real Royal King said:
    Yes, if my children were more like the Palin children I would have many grandchildren and some great grandchildren on the way.

    ——————————————————————————-
    How many abortions has each one had? Pfft! Liberals had rather snuff their babies before they are born.

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