LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ellen DeGeneres makes her much-anticipated debut on "American Idol" on Tuesday, shaking up the dynamics on the show's judging panel and auditioning her own talents for the biggest TV audience in the United States. The arrival of the popular talk show host and comic is expected to boost viewership on the Fox television network's aging ...

Sen.-elect Scott Brown says he'd like daughter Ayla to have another crack at "American Idol," where judge Simon Cowell once described her performance as robotic and empty. The fledgling recording artist, a 21-year-old student at Boston College, made it to the show ...

NFL conference championships were huge television draws for Fox and CBS. The overtime thriller between New Orleans and Minnesota, sending the Saints to their first Super Bowl, was seen by 57.9 million people Sunday, the Nielsen Co. said. It was the most-watched NFL conference championship since ...

It seems as if all the buzz about "American Idol" has been on the status of the judges and not the talent, and Randy Jackson says that needs to change. "A lot is being made about us and what we do, how we judge, who's ...