LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Fox News Channel marks its 15th anniversary this week having changed the face of television news in the United States, yet still considering itself an underdog.

With its colorful graphics, news alerts, scrolling text, big personalities, fast pace and punditry, Fox News established a style that since 1996 has spawned many imitators along with plenty of controversy.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The trial of the doctor accused of responsibility for the June 2009 death of pop star Michael Jackson ended its first week, after an emotional start covered on television and making headlines worldwide.

Dr. Conrad Murray denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter against him in the death of the “Thriller” singer through an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and prescription drugs.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thomas Jane has been making a living by getting naked for two years on HBO’s dark comedy “Hung.” And so has his character — broke, divorced, middle-aged, recession-hit Detroit teacher Ray Drecker.

Jane, 42, who starred in the 2004 action movie “The Punisher”, talked with Reuters about portraying a male prostitute ahead of the ‘Hung” Season Three debut on Sunday. The Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray set was released this week.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Television musical comedy
“Glee” returned to smaller audiences but warm reviews after a
summer of confusion over the future of its stars, a box-office
flop of a concert movie and disappointment at the Emmys.

The Fox show attracted just 8.9 million viewers, a 30
percent drop on last year’s season two opener, according to
figures on Wednesday from media research company Nielsen.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dead or alive, Charlie Sheen ruled the TV airwaves on Monday, pulling in record audiences for his Comedy Central roast and more than 28 million Americans to his “Two and A Half Men” TV funeral.

Some 28.7 million watched CBS bury Sheen’s wayward TV character Charlie Harper and introduce new star Ashton Kutcher in an all-time series high audience for the lucrative comedy, according to updated figures from research company Nielsen.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dead or alive, Charlie Sheen ruled the TV airwaves on Monday, pulling in record audiences for his Comedy Central roast and more than 28 million Americans to his “Two and A Half Men” TV funeral.

Some 28.7 million watched CBS bury Sheen’s wayward TV character Charlie Harper and introduce new star Ashton Kutcher in an all-time series high audience for the lucrative comedy, according to updated figures from research company Nielsen.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Dead or alive, Charlie
Sheen ruled the TV airwaves on Monday, pulling in record
audiences for his Comedy Central roast and more than 28 million
Americans to his “Two and A Half Men” TV funeral.

Some 28.7 million watched CBS bury Sheen’s wayward TV
character Charlie Harper and introduce new star Ashton Kutcher
in an all-time series high audience for the lucrative comedy,
according to updated figures from research company Nielsen.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Mad Men” and “Modern Family” won television’s top drama and comedy prizes again on Sunday but elsewhere it was out with the old and in with the new at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

On a night of surprises that brought a slew of newcomers to the Emmy podium, “Mad Men” won best drama series for a fourth straight year but the waiting got tense as the 1960s advertising drama lost out in all the acting, writing and directing races.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Mad Men” and “Modern Family” won the top drama and comedy prizes at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday on a night full of surprises and new faces.

“Modern Family” also brought first-time wins for Julie Bowen and her screen husband Ty Burrell in the supporting acting slots, and the ABC mockumentary won Emmys for directing and writing.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Modern Family” dominated the early stages of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in a night of surprises and rewards for several newcomers.

The ABC mockumentary about three assorted couples won four trophies, bringing first-time wins for Julie Bowen and her screen husband Ty Burrell in the supporting acting slots.