Sarah Palin will be missing from action Sunday a.m. As is The Ticket's custom, a post listing the entire roster of appearances on this Sunday's interview programs will pop up Saturday at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT). But here's an advance heads up, in part because of who WON'T be found on any of the chat shows. Three of the four now-official candidates ...

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A Thursday night football game - coupled with John McCain’s RNC speech - gave NBC an easy win in both categories last night. 8pm Approximately 13.6 million (5.4/15 in 18-49) watched the NY Giants defeat the Washington Redskins on NBC. Big Brother 10 (6.5 million, 2.2/7) stumbled by 700,000. A 2-hour Kitchen Nightmares (2.4/7) debuted to 5.3 million. Ugly Betty* (4.2 million, 1.1/3) was down 1 million. A repeat of 90210* (1.0/3) picked up 2 million. Tags: 90210, audience, ...

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One of our locals is back on the air (no, it's not Goldy but hopefully he's next), and a great addition to progressive talk radio. In a press release earlier today, AM 1090, Seattle's Air America affiliate made it official: the Ron Reagan show will be airing at 5 p.m. weekdays, and syndicated nationally, beginning September 8.Ron Reagan is a longtime resident of Seattle, who has hosted radio programs here, as well as, a daily ...

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