Palin's prime-time interviews with CBS's Katie Couric and ABC's Charlie Gibson show that she's not ready to do prime-time interviews.

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In February 1969 he had recorded the follow-up to Folsom Prison, Live at San Quentin, which would go on to sell even better than its predecessor, and ABC had just commissioned the weekly Johnny Cash Show which would turn him into a prime time TV star.

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