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Bristol Palin trips up with viewers for reality show

Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, smiles before taking part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride to honour U.S. veterans in Washington May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, smiles before taking part in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride to honour U.S. veterans in Washington May 29, 2011.

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LOS ANGELES | Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:06pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bristol Palin tripped up with TV audiences after less than 750,000 people watched the first episode of her new reality show.

Palin, who found fame in 2008 as the accidentally pregnant unmarried daughter of Republican conservative U.S. vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin, chronicled her life with her now three-year-old son Tripp in the Lifetime show "Life's a Tripp."

But according to audience figures on Thursday, just 726,000 watched the show when it debuted on Wednesday. By contrast, some 3.3 million watched the latest installment of MTV's "Teen Mom" reality series on Wednesday.

"Life's a Tripp" got unenthusiastic reviews from TV critics and proved no match with the U.S. public for the polarizing but charismatic Sarah Palin. The 2010 TV series "Sarah Palin's Alaska" attracted some five million viewers on its first outing, but was canceled after one season.

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Paul Simao)
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Comments (5)
Marla wrote:
Bristol Palin rose to “fame” because of a teen pregnancy, and by riding her mother’s coat tails. Neither of them is the least bit noteworthy, and I sincerely wish they’d just stay in Alaska and live their lives out of the limelight.

Jun 21, 2012 12:36am EDT  --  Report as abuse
GretaG wrote:
Why would anyone want to watch a fat, ordinary, not very bright young woman just because her mother was a failed VP candidate. No wonder so few watched. Duh…..

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GretaG wrote:
Why would anyone want to watch a fat, ordinary, not very bright young woman just because her mother was a failed VP candidate. No wonder so few watched. Duh…..

Jun 22, 2012 3:21am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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