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The Today Show With Sarah Palin – Every Day Would Be Too Much

As I was reading Bryan Preston’s piece, Sarah Palin Guest Hosts Today, Probably Not For The Last TimeI remembered a piece I wrote back in September of 2010 entitled, Why Palin Should Run For Oprah’s Couch Instead of Obama’s Chair in 2012.

Now, I admit my piece was somewhat snarky and a little humorous (depending on your opinion of Sarah Palin) and please note that a great many of the 212 comments took me to the woodshed for even thinking that Palin would eventually host a talk show instead running for president in 2012.

So, am I vindicated today?

Will Sarah Palin land a new gig on a “lamestream” media signature show? Will she be hired to greet millions of coffee-drinking Americans, discussing the latest pop-culture fad or chatting it up with the celebrity du jour?

Keep in mind, NBC is the same parent network that employs Al Sharpton and Rachel Maddow.  (Bound to make Sarah Palin’s presence at company Christmas parties most interesting.)

After briefly watching Palin’s appearance this morning, (I never watch the Today Show, so at least they gained one new viewer), I suspect on a regular basis she would attract an audience comprised of those who already like her, while turning off those who do not.  But overall, I do not believe her personality is suited for early mornings on a daily basis.

My prediction is Sarah Palin will continue to be a polarizing presence no matter what time of day she is on television.

She still has loads of star-power but that power is made even more powerful when disbursed in smaller doses. The sheer force of her power, exposed daily, would be more like a shooting star — the light shines bright and then burns out.

 

 

COMMENTS

  • Viet71

    Can be, with post-menstrual women. And indies and some Dems.

    Sarah is genuine, which is why she shines so brightly.

  • carolina

    And/or NBC is positioning themselves to regain some of the viewers that they have lost to Fox….
    If the drive for viewership is enough to get NBC closer to the center – that would be welcome. The only reason I watch NBC ‘news’ is to keep an eye on the political/power elite. NBC has always had the strongest connections to the elite (and their propaganda)

  • kowalski

    I think her appearance will be decided by the same decisionmaking that influences any other program: when the ratings start to drop, you think about making a change.

    Until that time, everything’s on the table and it should be. I don’t even see why that’s an issue with people except that Today finally woke up and realized: “This is a person we should have.” Anyone in the media business will tell you that if she becomes a consistent drag on the programming they’ll rethink the thing.

    In the meantime I applaud Today, I applaud Sarah Palin, and I wish them a lot of success.

  • kowalski

    And the amazing thing is that she could actually *elevate* the Today show – one that more real people want to watch, not just people who like Amanpour or Couric or any of them.

    The liberals have selected people from their own tribe for so long now. Can anyone even stand Diane Sawyer any longer? I skip over her and anything she and Andrea Mitchell and Amanpour and Couric say to go outside and watch bugs eat each other.