Sarah Palin’s Sportsman Channel Show Renewed

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Sportsman Channel said it has renewed Amazing America with Sarah Palin for a second season.

The series featuring the former vice presidential candidate is expected to return to the air in early 2015. Twelve new episodes have been ordered.

The show is produced by Pilgrim Studios.

“The return of Amazing America is great news for the network,” Marc Fein, executive VP of programming and production for Sportsman Channel, said in a statement. “Sportsman Channel has experienced tremendous growth this year and Sarah Palin’s involvement has proved to be an exciting boon for our network and programming initiatives.”

“We're really excited about the second season of Amazing America,” said Palin. “We’re working on stories about people that go above and beyond to help others, really inspirational stuff that will encourage the entire nation.” 

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.