Sarah Palin will be the host of another
outdoors program starting next year on Sportsman Channel. Tom Caraccioli,
spokesperson for the channel, confirmed the weekly show titled “Amazing America
with Sarah Palin” will premiere in April, 2014 and will be the first part of
the network’s “Red, Wild, & Blue America” programming. In a statement, the
show is described as an “anthology of stories that explore some of the most
original, interesting – and sometimes inspiring – people, places and pastimes
connected to America
I’m excited to help shine a light on all the great American sportsmen and
women in the country who live the outdoors lifestyle,” Palin said in the
statement. “Sportsman Channel
is the leader in their industry and I am thrilled to be partnering with them on
this show.”Palin
is a Fox News Channel contributor and also appeared in another outdoors-oriented reality show in 2010 titled
”Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” on
TLC, which was produced by famed reality television producer Mark Burnett. The
show took viewers on trips around the 49th state with Palin and her family, but only ran for one
season. After graduating from college and before Palin got into politics she
was a sportscaster and sports reporter in Alaska
The
Sportsman Channel, launched in 2003, bills itself as “part of the nation’s
largest multimedia company targeted exclusively to serving the information and
entertainment needs of outdoors enthusiasts.” It is geared to fans of hunting,
shooting and fishing and this show will undoubtedly raise the profile of the
network, which is only seen now in about 32 million homes, less than one-third
of American households with television.
The Associated
Press first reported
the news of Palin’s show.