Sarah Palin pimps Mark Burnett's sequel to his television series on the Bible. Suggests that it is as important as "American Sniper."

Courtesy of Mary Mangled Words Facebook page:

Can there be an even bigger reason to watch The Voice than to get to see Blake Shelton?  (Yeah, Christina Aguilera. Duh!) Well tonight there is. Jesus is coming to NBC! Thank you Roma Downey and Mark Burnett for your faith and your boldness. Much like Clint Eastwood sharing his talent with the world in making one of the best, most important films of our time, "American Sniper," so many of us appreciate these artists who jump off the political correct bandwagon to just do the right thing. (And boy aren't the similiarities between a man who preached love and forgiveness and a man who shot men, women, and children to death from a great distance almost impossible to miss?) They bless us when they allow good to work through them!

So apparently Jesus is now getting his own reality show. With about as much "reality" as the "Jersey Shore" and "Sarah Palin's Alaska."

As far as I can tell Palin is talking about some crossover promotion for Burnett's re-imagining of the death and resurrection of Christ on the The Voice tonight, but I cannot find any mention of it anywhere else as of yet.

However I did find this rather interesting video where Mark Burnett calls his effort "Game of Thrones meets the Bible."

It is probably worth pointing out that this is NOT history, and should not be advertised as such.

It should also be noted that the first part of this series only received a rating of 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and the critics were devastating.

One critic had this to say:

Much of this is tediously drawn out, with crazy fly-overs between Biblical Chapters that may make you think it’s “Survivor: Holy Lands,” which, of course, it is.

So whether you believe the story or not, I think comparing it to the record breaking appeal of the HBO series "Game of Thrones" is going to leave a lot of viewers very disappointed.

I also find it interesting that we are again seeing Palin attempting to curry favor with one of those Hollywood elite types. Kind of makes me wonder if she is not angling for a show that is NOT relegated to the darkest corners of cable.

Could be.