Bristol Palin gets reality show

May 9, 2011, 1:46 PM EST

By Tim KenneallyTheWrap

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin, has received a new reality series on Bio Channel, the network said Monday.

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The as-yet-untitled series, which will chronicle Palin's effort to settle into Los Angeles with her son Tripp while working at a small charity and living with her pals Kyle and Christopher Massey, is scheduled to begin airing in late 2011.

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In addition to her prominent role on her mother's TLC reality series, "Sarah Palin's Alaska," Bristol served as a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" -- where she first befriended co-contestant and actor/rapper Kyle Massey -- last year.

In making the announcement, David McKillop, executive vice president, programming, of A&E Network and Bio Channel, noted, "[Palin's] personal life has been playing out in the media for several years but this will be the first time she s opening up her real life, with her son and her friends the Massey Brothers.

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