LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Television said Monday it is producing 10 standalone so-called minisodes of the New York-set firefighter series "Rescue Me."

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Denis Leary's acclaimed New York firefighter drama "Rescue Me" will be back for a fifth season on FX, Zap2it.com reported.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Actress Glenn Close will star in her first television pilot, playing a lawyer in the unnamed FX drama from Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- FX in Los Angeles is launching a 13-episode drama, "The Riches," about a con artist married couple, starring Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard.

LOS ANGELES, July 17 (UPI) -- The head of the U.S. cable network FX defends the so-called rape episode on "Rescue Me," saying justice will come in time, the New York Post said.

LOS ANGELES, July 13 (UPI) -- The FX network has decided to run "Rescue Me" for a fourth season.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26 (UPI) -- Danny DeVito, who had been out of TV comedy since "Taxi" in 1983, will keep his role in FX's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" for the entire season.

LOS ANGELES, June 21 (UPI) -- Cable stations are piling on half-hour, live-action comedy shows despite their dismal success rate, the Hollywood Reporter said.

NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable TV network FX has received more than 3,000 comedy pilots in a contest inviting MySpace users to submit new series ideas for the network.