Sarah Palin continues to prove her naysayers wrong. The latest example was last night’s premiere of her TLC reality series “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”:

Sarah Palin’s documentary / travelogue / reality / biopic shattered TLC ratings records Sunday night.

The debut of Sarah Palin’s Alaska delivered a whopping 5 million viewers.

The first episode of the eight-part series was the most-watched program launch in TLC’s history.

Putting this into context, that’s more viewers than any recent cable show other than Monday Night Football, Hannah Montana and Fox’s election coverage.