By GottaLaff
$eems ol' Greedy McBadShow has been rejected by the Big Three and has been sent to CableLand. So much for her irresistible celebrity pull:
Sources say A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin's project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska [...]
But here's the money line, as it were... so to speak... after a fashion...
The former vice presidential candidate is asking for between $1 million and $1.5 million per episode, a hefty amount for a first-year cable series.
It's good to know she's staying true to her money-grubbing self. She can add this outlandish effort to rake in some more cash to her habit of making a few bucks by avoiding property taxes, her ghostwritten book, and her exorbitant speaking fees.
To put her salary demands into perspective:
Stars tend to receive about $10,000 to $25,000 per episode for their appearances on reality TV, according to a recent report in the New York Post. But that does vary. For the second season of “The Osbournes,” for example, each member of the clan reportedly received $5 million, bringing MTV’s bill to $20 million. That was a huge salary increase, considering they only received about $5,000 each, per episode, for the first season. Then again, it was a huge hit for the network. [...]
For the first season of “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump received $50,000 per episode, and double that for the second season. For the third season of “Dancing with the Stars,” participants were offered contracts that had variable pay rates, depending upon how long they lasted, for a maximum of $245,000.
It's nice to see that Greedy's priorities are consistent. It's never about America, it's all about Greedy.
Palin initially pitched the show to broadcast networks. Given the show's laid-back nature theme and lack of high-stakes drama that tends to typify broadcast reality hits, industry executives see cable as a better fit.
And by "better fit" the networks mean it sucked too much for words, they wouldn't get near it and knew better than to rely on a failed, lying quitter to carry a series, especially a boring one.
Shorter version: Don't call us, we'll call you.
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