McClatchy Washington Bureau

Discovery Communications made the official announcement this morning that they have bought Sarah Palin's new reality show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska" (working title).

The deal is for eight episodes of the show, which was initially described as a sort of travelogue of the state of Alaska hosted by Palin, but Discovery is now touting it as a show about Palin and also about Alaska. What exactly does that mean? Your guess is as good as mine.

The show is executive-produced by Mark Burnett of "Survivor" and "Apprentice" fame.

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