Some recent surveys show the president's overall approval rating at or just above 50 percent a far cry from higher numbers in the early days of his administration.

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But please don't cry because my reality show would be so boring.

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She says if the show gets viewers to laugh once and cry once in an episode, then her team has done their job.

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Only 2.7 million viewers on average watch the show the day of, a far cry from the 30 million-plus who tune in for News Corp.

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