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Empire
Season 3
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes18
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) –
May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of the American television drama series Empire premiered on September 21, 2016, in the United States on Fox.[1] The third season was ordered on January 15, 2016.[2] The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, in association with Imagine Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions and Little Chicken Inc. The showrunners for this season are Ilene Chaiken, Danny Strong and Lee Daniels. The season aired on Wednesday at 9:00 pm, the same slot as the previous seasons. The season concluded on May 24, 2017 and consisted of 18 episodes.

Premise

The show centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

Production

Development

Empire was renewed for a third season on January 15, 2016.[2] It was later announced that the season will premiere on September 21, 2016.[1] Fox released a promotional poster on July 14, 2016, for the season, showcasing both Lucious Lyon and Cookie Lyon.[4]

Casting

TVLine announced on June 18, 2016, that Xzibit who plays Shyne Johnson, Lucious’ drug-dealing adversary, was upgraded to a series regular for the third season after being a recurring role in the second season.[5] On July 8, 2016, Entertainment Weekly announced that rapper French Montana will appear in the third-season premiere, playing music mogul Vaughn, a member of Lucious Lyon's powerful inner circle. Birdman will also appear on the show as himself.[3] The Hollywood Reporter announced on July 13, 2016, that Sierra McClain will join the show in a recurring role. She will be playing Nessa, Shyne's loyal protege whom Lucious is eager to sign.[6] In August 2016, it was announced Mariah Carey would appear as Kitty, a superstar who collaborates with Jamal.[7] On August 29, 2016, it was announced that Phylicia Rashad had joined the cast.[8] On November 22, 2016, it was announced Nia Long would appear in a recurring role as Giuliana, a night club owner.[9] On January 30, 2017, it was announced Eva Longoria would guest star.[10] On February 21, 2017, Demi Moore was announced to be joining the cast of the series, making an appearance in the season finale, before recurring in Season 4.[11] In episode 13, Estelle will reprise her season 1 role as Empire recording artist Delphine.

Episodes

See also: List of Empire episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
311"Light in Darkness"Sanaa HamriMalcolm Spellman & Joshua AllenSeptember 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)3AXP0110.87[12]
322"Sin That Amends"Craig BrewerCherien Dabis & Carlito RodriguezSeptember 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)3AXP029.65[13]
333"What Remains Is Bestial"Millicent SheltonDiane Ademu-John & Eric HaywoodOctober 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)3AXP039.25[14]
344"Cupid Kills"Hanelle CulpepperMatt Pyken & Attica LockeOctober 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)3AXP049.27[15]
355"One Before Another"Mario Van PeeblesJoshua Allen & Carlito RodriguezNovember 9, 2016 (2016-11-09)3AXP058.15[16]
366"Chimes at Midnight"Sanaa HamriCherien Dabis & Eric HaywoodNovember 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)3AXP068.39[17]
377"What We May Be"Kevin BrayDiane Ademu-John & Malcom SpellmanNovember 30, 2016 (2016-11-30)3AXP077.84[18]
388"The Unkindest Cut"Dennie GordonAttica Locke & Jamie RosengardDecember 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)3AXP087.00[19]
399"A Furnace for Your Foe"Sanaa HamriIlene Chaiken & Matt PykenDecember 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)3AXP097.58[20]
4010"Sound and Fury"Craig BrewerEric Haywood & Carlito RodriguezMarch 22, 2017 (2017-03-22)3AXP107.95[21]
4111"Play On"Benny BoomStory by : Malcolm Spellman
Teleplay by : Janeika James & Jasheika James		March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)3AXP116.91[22]
4212"Strange Bedfellows"Bille WoodruffMatt Pyken & Attica LockeApril 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)3AXP126.35[23]
4313"My Naked Villainy"Cherien DabisJoshua Allen & Jamie RosengardApril 12, 2017 (2017-04-12)3AXP136.59[24]
4414"Love is a Smoke"Tricia BrockDiane Ademu-John & Cherien DabisApril 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)3AXP146.31[25]
4515"Civil Hands Unclean"Howard DeutchIlene Chaiken & Carlito RodriguezMay 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)3AXP155.60[26]
4616"Absent Child"Millicent SheltonAttica Locke & Malcolm SpellmanMay 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)3AXP166.32[27]
4717"Toil & Trouble, Pt. 1"Craig BrewerDiane Ademu-John & Eric HaywoodMay 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)3AXP176.14[28]
4818"Toil & Trouble, Pt. 2"Sanaa HamriIlene Chaiken & Joshua AllenMay 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)3AXP186.94[29]

Reception

Live + SD ratings

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Episode Air date Time slot (EST) Rating/Share (18–49) Viewers (m) 18–49 Rank Viewership rank Drama rank
31 1 "Light in Darkness" September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) Wednesdays
9:00 p.m. 		4.2/13[12] 10.87[12] 3[30] 12[30] 4[30]
32 2 "Sin That Amends" September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28) 3.7/12[13] 9.65[13] 4[31] 17[31] —
33 3 "What Remains Is Bestial" October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05) 3.4/11[14] 9.25[14] 5[32] 13[32] —
34 4 "Cupid Kills" October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12) 3.5/12[15] 9.27[15] 4[33] 15[33] —
35 5 "One Before Another" November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09) 2.9/9[16] 8.15[16] — — —
36 6 "Chimes at Midnight" November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) 3.1/10[17] 8.39[17] — — —
37 7 "What We May Be" November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) 2.9/9[18] 7.84[18] — — —
38 8 "The Unkindest Cut" December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07) 2.5/8[19] 7.00[19] — — —
39 9 "A Furnace For Your Foe" December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14) 2.7/9[20] 7.58[20] — — —
40 10 "Sound and Fury" March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22) 2.8/10[21] 7.95[21] 2[34] 11[34] —
41 11 "Play On" March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) 2.4/8[22] 6.91[22] 4[35] 18[35] —
42 12 "Strange Bedfellows" April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) 2.2/8[23] 6.35[23] — — —
43 13 "My Naked Villainy" April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) 2.3/8[24] 6.59[24] — — —
44 14 "Love is a Smoke" April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) 2.1/8[25] 6.31[25] — — —
45 15 "Civil Hands Unclean" May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) 1.9/7[26] 5.60[26] — — —
46 16 "Absent Child" May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) 2.2/8[27] 6.32[27] — — —
47 17 "Toil & Trouble, Pt. 1" May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) 2.2/8[28] 6.14[28] — — —
48 18 "Toil & Trouble, Pt. 2" May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) 2.5/9[29] 6.94[29] — — —

Live + 7 Day (DVR) ratings

No. in
ser 		No. in
season 		Episode Air date Time slot (EST) 18–49 rating
increase 		Viewers
(millions) increase 		Total 18-49 Total viewers
(millions) 		Ref
31 1 "Light in Darkness" September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) Wednesdays
9:00 p.m. 		1.7 4.08 5.9 14.95 [36]
32 2 "Sin That Amends" September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28) 1.9 4.24 5.6 13.89 [37]
33 3 "What Remains Is Bestial" October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05) 1.9 4.34 5.3 13.59 [38]
34 4 "Cupid Kills" October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12) 1.5 3.77 5.0 13.03 [39]
35 5 "One Before Another" November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09) 1.6 3.83 4.5 11.98 [40]
36 6 "Chimes at Midnight" November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) 1.5 3.64 4.6 12.03 [41]
37 7 "What We May Be" November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) 1.5 3.49 4.4 11.33 [42]
38 8 "The Unkindest Cut" December 7, 2016 (2016-12-07) 1.5 3.66 4.0 10.66 [43]
39 9 "A Furnace For Your Foe" December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14) 1.4 3.47 4.1 11.04 [44]
40 10 "Sound and Fury" March 22, 2017 (2017-03-22) 1.7 3.63 4.5 11.58 [45]
41 11 "Play On" March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) 1.4 3.06 3.8 9.97 —
42 12 "Strange Bedfellows" April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) 1.3 2.94 3.5 9.29 —
43 13 "My Naked Villainy" April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) 1.1 2.70 3.4 9.29 —
44 14 "Love is a Smoke" April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) — — — — —
45 15 "Civil Hands Unclean" May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03) 1.2 2.80 3.1 8.40 [46]
46 16 "Absent Child" May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) 1.2 2.63 3.4 8.94 —
47 17 "Toil & Trouble, Pt. 1" May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17) 1.3 2.97 3.5 9.11 —
48 18 "Toil & Trouble, Pt. 2" May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) 1.3 3.09 3.8 10.07 —

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