Sarah Palin's Alaska
TLC | Release Date: November 14, 2010
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: It's the fabulous shamelessness, the awful and yet admirable brilliance of the thing. Whether Palin will ever run for office or not, Sarah Palin's Alaska sets a new standard for political ads.
60
SlateTroy PattersonDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Judged by the standards of the form, it is totally OK. There is a soothing mundanity to it, and voyeurs will come away gratified. Though this is hardly an intimate portrait. Read full review
58
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Surely it will have Palin lovers rushing to plant wet smooches on the screen and all the haters citing it as proof that TV is, indeed, full of dreck.
58
NewsdayVerne GayDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Sarah Palin's Alaska is part-travelogue, part-"Todd and Sarah Plus Eight," part-slick political infomercial, and part Mark Burnett hokum - and oddly fascinating for all those reasons. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardDec 8, 2010
Season 1 Review: Sarah Palin's Alaska turns out to be a tepid travelogue of the former governor's home state's tourist attractions interspersed with homespun homilies and family downtime. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: If you loathe Palin, well, Sarah Palin's Alaska will not change that. If you love Palin, there's probably plenty here to solidify your beliefs. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: The snowcapped mountains, pine forests and shimmering lakes are majestic, the Palin children are adorable, and the series looks like a travelogue--wholesome, visually breathtaking and a little dull. Read full review
50
TimeJames PoniewozikDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: The Palin's in Sarah Palin's Alaska is a possessive. But you could be forgiven for suspecting it's really a contraction--Sarah Palin Is Alaska--or for wondering if someone is hoping for a spin-off: Sarah Palin's America. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesPaige WiserDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: It's essentially "John & Kate Plus Eight." Minus the divorce. Plus cavorting grizzly bears.
50
New York PostLinda StasiDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: If "Survivor" and "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" had a love child, it would be called "Sarah Palin's Alaska. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Every scene, no matter where it's filmed, inevitably seems to become some kind of Palin political dispatch. Read full review
40
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan StormDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: It delivers only a couple of brown bears and virtually no entertainment, but plenty of Palin, Palin, and more Palin. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: If not for the polarizing nature of its star--people who love her and hate her will tune in to revel in her Palin-ness or mock her for it--no one would be talking about this dull, derivative TV show. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian LowryDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: So boring? You betcha--perhaps even for many who otherwise admire Palin. Read full review
40
Washington PostHank StueverDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: It's still pretty blah and rarely rises above a relative's chatty slide show of vacation pictures. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Palin is a decent, likable guide to the wonders of Alaska, when we get to them. But the real agenda of this show more often seems to be the wonders of Sarah Palin. Read full review
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