Sarah Palin’s Alaska on the Learning Channel is a hit:

Sarah Palin’s documentary / travelogue / reality / biopic shattered TLC ratings records Sunday night.
The debut of Sarah Palin’s Alaska delivered a whopping 5 million viewers.
The first episode of the eight-part series was the most-watched program launch in TLC’s history.
Some are calling the series a 2012 campaign ad, while producer Mark Burnett has defended the show as “completely non political.”