The second episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” took a grizzly-sized ratings hit. Last Sunday night’s episode on TLC dropped 40 percent from its Nov. 14 premiere, averaging 3 million viewers (9-10 p.m.).

Those are still solid numbers for the cable network, but more in line with what “Jon & Kate Plus 8” was pulling in before the couple’s well-publicized meltdown.