Sarah Palin Inks Deal for Alaska-Themed Television Show

Add television host to Sarah Palin's long-and-getting-longer resume. An Alaska-themed show shopped around by the former governor and reality TV superproducer Mark Burnett has been picked up by cable's Discovery channel, Variety reported.

The network will reportedly pay more than $1 million an episode. Discovery was expected to announce the Palin project at the television industry's annual advertisers meeting April 8 in New York.

The show is not political, but a kind of docudrama about Palin's adopted home state, according to Variety:

"Sarah Palin's Alaska" will center on interesting characters, traditions and attractions in the 49th state -- with the ex-candidate for vice president as a guide. Burnett and Palin pitched the show to all four major networks -- but given the travelogue nature of the series, cable expressed more interest in the project.

Discovery ultimately made the most sense -- as the channel's hit "Deadliest Catch" is also shot in Palin Country. And Palin also happened to make a brief appearance on Discovery's 2008 doc "Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod" -- shot before she became a household name.

Earlier this month, Harper Collins announced that Palin will write a second book, a "celebration of American virtues and strengths." Her first title, "Going Rogue: An American Life," has sold more than 2.2 million copies, according to the publishing house.

Since losing her vice presidential campaign and resigning as Alaska's governor, Palin has worked as a commentator at Fox News and made numerous public appearances, including a speech at the conservative Tea Party convention. Palin even tried her hand as a stand-up comedian, cracking jokes with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."