TV news: 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' bow boffo for TLC and Bristol debunks 'DWTS' conspiracy theory

sarahpalinalaska.jpgView full sizeSarah and Todd Palin, RV-ing it.

If this whole politics thing doesn't work out, apparently Sarah Palin may have a career as a TLC personality.

The Sunday night premiere of

drew record numbers for

with 4.96 million total viewers, according to

.

Meanwhile,

talked to

and played down the idea that Tea Party voters are conspiring to keep Bristol coming back week after week on

Said Bristol, via EOnline:

"I work my butt off," she said, dismissing any speculation that it's a Tea Party conspiracy, and not a ridiculous amount of man hours, that's keeping her in the game. And besides, for every voter that would vote for her because she's her mother's daughter, there's another who, well, wouldn't. Bristol, clearly, has done the math.

"Think about all the people who hate my mom!" she said. So clearly it's not politics that's keeping her around.

We'll have another chance to watch Bristol and partner Mark Ballas in action Monday night, as it's down to them, Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough.

Who do you think should be the next celeb to go? And who should keep on dancing? Tonight's competition show starts at 8 p.m., on KATU.

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