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Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin appears to think she might be ready to appear in a reality show on one of the big-four broadcast networks.

The former Alaska governor, who claimed last summer that CBS’ David Letterman joked about the “rape” of her 14-year-old daughter Willow, has teamed with veteran reality-show producer Mark Burnett to pitch a reality show, possibly about Palin’s family and their life in Alaska.

I’m guessing the networks might be more interested in documenting Palin’s blue-state swing this week through Los Angeles. E! reports Palin and her “grabby entourage” swarmed the Oscar gifting suites “like locusts.” The same report, however, quotes a source indicating that Palin ordered photographers away from that part of her and her family’s life.

Another ratings grabber might be a look at the Palin family life described by Palin's not-quite-son-in-law Levi Johnston, who told CBS’ Early Show in October that Palin routinely calls her Downs Syndrome-afflicted son Trig her “retarded baby.” He also said Palin would fight with her husband in front of their kids, and that daughter Bristol Palin took care of Trig much more than Trig’s mother did.

Burnett’s reality resume includes CBS’ “Survivor,” “Pirate Master” and “Rock Star,” NBC’s “The Apprentice,” “The Contender,” “My Dad is Better Than Your Dad” and “Amne$ia,” Fox’s “The Casino,” “On The Lot” and “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?” ABC’s “Shark Tank,” TNT’s “Wedding Day,” MTV’s “Bully Beatdown,” the History Channel’s “Expedition Africa” and Discovery’s “Eco-Challenge.”

Find Entertainment Weekly's exclusive on the matter here.

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