‘Empire’ to End After Six Seasons, Show Moving to Tuesday Nights
After six seasons, "Empire" will conclude its remarkable run as one of television's biggest landmark dramas.
After six seasons, "Empire" will conclude its remarkable run as one of television's biggest landmark dramas.
Before the Chicago State's Attorney's Office dropped all charges against "Empire" star Jussie Smollett last month, the FOX television network and producing studio 20th Century Fox Television, now under the ownership of The Walt of Disney Company, had already announced that the actor would be dropped from the remaining two episodes of the show's fifth season. In a letter dated April 19, Deadline is reporting that the cast has asked executives at Disney, FOX, co-creators…
Just two weeks after its premiere, FOX has ordered a second season of "Empire," created by Lee Daniels ("Lee Daniels' The Butler," "Precious") and Danny Strong, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group, during the FOX portion of the Winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena. Emerging as the #1 new series of the television season in Adults 18-49, "Empire" is averaging a 5.3 rating…
The series premiere of FOX's "Empire" on Wednesday night attracted 9.9 million viewers and a 3.8/10 in Adults 18-49, reports TVbytheNumbers, based on rush nationals ordered by the network. "Empire" now ties ABC's "How to Get Away with Murder" for the highest rated series premiere of the season in the key sales demo.