The first impressions of Palin's show "Real American Stories" are coming in. It turns out Americans ARE heroes, but Palin is a dud.

LA Times:
As a host, Palin brings little besides her name and all that it has come to mean. Despite her time on the campaign trail and in front of often-unfriendly cameras, Palin still has an eyes-locked-on-the-teleprompter stiffness. (What?  She used the dreaded teleprompter? I can hear little Teabagger heads all over the REAL America exploding at the very thought!)

Certainly there’s nothing wrong with having a show devoted to inspiring people, as the daytime talk shows have known for years. But it’s hard not to see Palin, who, after abdicating her own governorship is hardly an icon of stick-to-itiveness, as using this platform, and these people, to further the idea that she has a special relationship with “real Americans.” Which makes anyone who finds her less than enchanting at best a heartless cynic and, at worst, a traitor. (Ouch! That has to sting!)

The Washington Post:

The debut on the Fox News Channel of Sarah Palin's "Real American Stories" Thursday night turned out to be like one of those shows that's on when nothing's on and yet there is air to fill -- like infotainment you sometimes see on empty channels in hotel rooms, or the stuff that's playing on the little TV screen at the gas pump nearest the rental-car center. What are we watching exactly? (A commercial? News?)

Here is another, much more indepth review of the show by Inside Cable News.

I could theorize how this came about. Someone at FNC probably said, “We’ve got all this stuff in the can from two years ago which only aired on the internet. Let’s try to make some use of it on TV.” Someone else probably chimed in “Let’s get Sarah Palin to host it. It’ll draw viewers for sure.” Interesting idea. To bad the execution was so flawed.
Well of course I KNEW it was going to suck, the only question remaining was how much was it going to suck?  It sounds like there was indeed a great deal of suckitude, of course I wouldn't know, cause I missed it. Oops!

I swear I was going to watch it tonight!  I was going to grit my teeth and take the bullet just for you, my loyal visitors.  But to be honest I completely forgot.  I must have had one of those rare moments of sanity, got busy doing something else and it simply slipped my mind.

Sorry.

But don't worry, I have no doubt that tomorrow Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Ed Schultz, Jay Leno, and numerous other comedians and pundits will gladly offer us their opinion of the show. And personally, I can hardly wait.