UPI.com - documentary series about the geography and history of her home state, the New York Post said.

The best-selling author and one-time Republican vice presidential candidate reportedly is collaborating with "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett on the project, which is being compared to Discovery's "Planet Earth" nature series.

The Post reported Palin and Burnett have been shopping the potential series to various U.S. networks, but said no deals have been cut yet. Whether Palin intends to appear on-screen or remain behind the scenes is unclear.

"There's an awful lot of interest in her. As a short order series, it might work. It would depend on

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA - "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett, voting his longtime business manager off the island, contended Wednesday in a lawsuit that even after Conrad Riggs received more than $25 million during their decade-long relationship, Riggs engaged in schemes to enrich himself further.

Burnett's countersuit comes three weeks after Riggs originally sued Burnett, the producer of such reality TV shows as "The Apprentice" and "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" for allegedly reneging on an agreement to pay Riggs and his company, Cloudbreak Entertainment Inc., 10% of Burnett's profit.


In his 20-page cross complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Burnett claimed that he

Reality TV World - Mansfield, MA, USA - Two months after announcing that it still wasn't sure whether it was going to renew the increasingly poorly-rated series, NBC has formally announced that Donald Trump's The Apprentice will return for a seventh edition.  However rather than featuring another group of previously unknown money-hungry Type-A personalities, The Apprentice's next edition will feature celebrities vying to be crowned Trump's "Best Business Brain."

"It's always good to be in business with [The Apprentice producer] Mark Burnett and Donald Trump," said newly-named NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio (and former reality television producer) Ben Silverman. "I am so excited to offer viewers what

TVPredictions.com (press release) - USA - CBS' Survivor and The Amazing Race will not be in High-Definition during the 2007-2008 season.

That's according to an article in TV Week.

The publication reports that Mark Burnett, the executive producer of Survivor, says the network is concerned about the cost of upgrading the productions to high-def.

CBS says the reason is that it's concerned about using expensive, possibly less durable high-def cameras in the wild. (The shows are set in sometimes perilous situations such as jungle conditions.)

The network says the two explanations are not in conflict because the cost of replacing the cameras would drive up production expenses.

Burnett says he would

USA Today - USA - Mark Burnett, one of reality TV's biggest producers, is having one of the busiest weeks in his career.

He's producing Sunday's live MTV Movie Awards, his first awards show. His new CBS series, Pirate Master, a wrinkle on Survivor with costumed contestants on a ship, premieres tonight (8 ET/PT).

He's recruiting a new crop of 11-year-olds for 32 new episodes of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (tonight, 8 ET/PT), Fox's spring-hit quiz show, for next season.

And last month, he married actress Roma Downey (Touched By an Angel).

Yet Burnett, 46, has hit a few speed bumps along the way. His filmmaker