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Empire
GenreSoap opera[1][2][3]
Created by
Starring
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsChicago, Illinois
New York City
CinematographyAndrew Dunn
Editors
  • Joe Leonard
  • Zack Arnold
  • Raúl Dávalos
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJanuary 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) –
present (present)

Empire is an American drama television series which debuted on Fox on January 7, 2015. It centers on 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. The show was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.

On January 17, 2015, Empire was renewed for an 18-episode second season.[5] The season will premiere on September 23, 2015.[6][7]

Cast and characters

Main cast

  • Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and the CEO of Empire Entertainment, whose life begins to cave in around him after his past sins come back to haunt him following his being diagnosed with ALS. Lucious has a fiancée, Anika, but his ex-wife, Cookie, intends to tear them apart.[8]
  • Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Lucious' outspoken ex-wife and mother of his three sons, who served a 17-year stretch in prison for drug dealing. She sees herself as the sacrificial lamb for Empire Entertainment, which she built with Lucious, but then took the fall for when she was arrested for running the drugs that financed Lucious' early career. Upon her return from prison she is determined to bring the Lyon family back together and reclaim her share of Empire Entertainment.[9][10]
  • Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, the eldest son of the Lyon family and CFO of Empire Entertainment. He is Wharton educated, power hungry and suffers from bipolar disorder. He is also married to his college sweetheart, Rhonda. He plans to run Empire, but is in a battle for the head chair with his younger brothers.[11]
  • Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, the middle son and "black sheep" of the Lyon family, a talented, gay singer-songwriter who despises the corporate aspect of the music industry and is estranged from his homophobic father. Jamal is considered Cookie's favorite and has a strong relationship with his brother Hakeem.[10]
  • Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon, the fame-obsessed youngest son and Lucious' favorite child, who is a hip hop star on the rise. Hakeem starts to find feelings for his mother, Cookie, and has a great relationship with Jamal. He is also Tiana's ex-boyfriend and Camilla's ex-lover.[12]
  • Grace Gealey as Anika Calhoun, head of Empire Entertainment A&R and Lucious' ex fiancée. Cookie and Anika share an extreme dislike for each other,[11] with Cookie referring to Anika with the derisive nickname "Boo Boo Kitty".[13]
  • Malik Yoba as Vernon Turner, Lucious' longtime friend and business partner, and chairman of Empire Entertainment. (season 1)[14]
  • Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Andre's power-hungry wife.[15][16]
  • Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha Taylor (season 2, recurring: season 1), Cookie's assistant
  • Gabourey Sidibe as Becky Williams (season 2, recurring: season 1), executive assistant to Lucious at Empire Entertainment.[11][17]

Recurring cast

  • Naomi Campbell as Camilla Marks, a fashion designer and Hakeem's ex-lover.[18]
  • Eka Darville as Ryan Morgan, a documentary filmmaker and love interest for Jamal.
  • Rafael de La Fuente as Michael Sanchez, Jamal's ex-boyfriend.[19][20]
  • Nealla Gordon as Agent Harlow Carter, a FBI agent working with Cookie.
  • Damon Gupton as Detective Calvin Walker, a police detective investigating the murder of Lucious' friend.
  • Jennifer Hudson as Michelle White, a music therapist and gospel singer.
  • AzMarie Livingston as Chicken, a member of Hakeem's entourage.
  • Courtney Love as Elle Dallas, a multi-platinum rockstar and drug dealer and Empire Entertainment royal, who battles with drug addiction. She is in dire need of a comeback.[21]
  • Derek Luke as Malcolm DeVeaux, head of security at Empire Entertainment. He is also a former love interest for Cookie.
  • Antoine McKay as Marcus "Bunkie" Williams, Cookie's cousin who was killed by Lucious.
  • Judd Nelson as Billy Baretti, owner of Creedmoor Entertainment and Lucious' rival who oversaw the early years of Lucious' music career.
  • Serayah as Tiana Brown, a bisexual artist at Empire Entertainment and Hakeem's ex-girlfriend.
  • Tasha Smith as Carol Holloway, Cookie's younger sister from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[22]

Guest stars

Episodes

Main article: List of Empire episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankViewers
(millions)
First airedLast aired
112January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07)March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18)517.33[23]
218September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)515.94[24]
318September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)2310.37[25]
418September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)527.45[26]
518September 26, 2018 (2018-09-26)May 8, 2019 (2019-05-08)686.38[27]
618September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21)804.04[28]


Production

Howard, Henson and Sidibe filmed the pilot in Chicago in March 2014.[29] On May 6, 2014, Fox picked up Empire as a series order for its 2014–15 television schedule.[30][31][32] On May 12, 2014, Fox announced that Empire would be a midseason show rather than be on the fall schedule.[33][34] On November 19, it was confirmed that the pilot episode of the show would premiere on January 7, 2015, following the premiere of season 14 of American Idol.[35]

The executive producers are Brian Grazer, Daniels, Strong and Francie Calfo. The show is written by Strong; Daniels, who has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, made his television directorial debut with the show.[11][36] According to Strong, the show is based in part on William Shakespeare's King Lear and James Goldman's The Lion in Winter; Daniels also acknowledged strong influence from the ABC prime-time soap opera Dynasty.[36][37] Ilene Chaiken later joined the series as showrunner.[38]

Casting

Howard was cast in the lead on February 19, 2014.[8] Henson was named as the female lead on February 26, and Jussie Smollett was announced in a starring role.[10] Howard and Henson previously starred together as love interests in the film Hustle & Flow.[10] On March 10, 2014, Sidibe, who had previously worked with Daniels in Precious, was cast in a recurring role as Becky, Lucious' assistant. Trai Byers and Grace Gealey were announced in regular roles, while Bryshere Y. Gray and Malik Yoba were announced in starring roles.[11] Courtney Love was added to the cast on October 23.[21] Naomi Campbell was announced in a recurring role on September 29.[18]

Music

After finding his lead actors, Lee Daniels set out to find a producer to craft the music for the series. Because his own musical tastes and desires would be a little too dated for the show, Daniels consulted with people he thought could give him a little more insight, his children. At the urging of his son and daughter, Daniels contacted super producer Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, known for scoring hits with some of pop's biggest artists including Missy Elliott, Madonna, Brandy, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado and Aaliyah.[39] Timbaland, co-songwriter/producer Jim Beanz, and a team of other musical collaborators take their cues from the writing team, which gives them an idea of where the plot is headed, and craft songs to fit those themes. However, the musical aspect of the series is very reality based, unlike Fox's last musical series, Glee, performances would come with the organic development of the characters as artists, much like the performances featured in the ABC prime-time country musical drama Nashville.[37] "The story drives the music, the music doesn't drive the story," said Lee Daniels. Fox's senior VP of TV Music Geoff Bywayer said to expect the fictional musical world to collide with the real musical world; "We want to make the world of 'Empire' almost feel like a real music-breathing entity." While the show will also use outside writers, Timbaland's team gets the first chance to craft original music for the series. Any licensed songs and composer Fil Eisler's score are added after the episodes are filmed. The pilot itself consists of 12 songs.[40] Columbia Records will release weekly soundtracks of Empire on the iTunes Store, the same strategy used with Glee.[citation needed] In May 2015, Fox announced that Ne-Yo would write music for the show's second season, joining Timbaland.[6]

Soundtrack

Main article: Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1

Columbia Records released the official soundtrack of the season on March 10, 2015.[41] The soundtrack consists of 11 songs and the deluxe version consists of 18 songs, all performed on the show. As of May 2015, the album has sold 358,000 total copies in the United States.[42]

Broadcast

Empire was set to premiere in Australia on February 19, 2015 on Network Ten,[43] however a week out from this date it was dumped from the schedule and pushed back. It ultimately premiered on March 1, 2015,[44] to a disappointing 377,000 total viewers, although it fared better with viewers in younger demographics.[45] In Canada, the series is simulcast on Omni Television (Omni 2).[46][47] In a special event, the fourth episode also aired on Citytv, a sibling broadcast network.[48] Empire will be broadcast in the UK on E4[49] with the first episode airing on April 28, 2015.[50]

Reception

Empire has received positive reviews from critics. The praise has gone towards the cast, particularly Howard and Henson,[51] the music, the writing, the direction, and the dramatic heft of the show, bringing modern social issues into the plot and subplots. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has a rating of 80%, based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10.[52] The site's critical consensus reads, "Though heavy on melodrama, Empire elevates the nighttime soap with its top-notch cast, musical entertainment, and engrossing plots."[3] On Metacritic the show has a score of 69 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[53]

Dave Wiegand stated in The Seattle Times that "Almost nothing about Empire, created by Lee Daniels (The Butler), feels original, but after a few minutes, you will stop caring".[54] 50 Cent stated via Twitter that he feels that Empire is being marketed by FOX in a way that resembles the marketing for the 2014 Starz series that he produces called Power.[55] Michael Logan of TV Guide described Empire as a "sudsy retooling of King Lear with hip hop as the backdrop and praised Henson for her portrayal of the character Cookie.[56]

The show's premiere ranked as Fox's highest-rated debut in three years. Viewership has increased continuously; Empire is the first series in at least 23 years to have its viewership increase week to week for its first five episodes.[57] The show continues to increase its viewership with further episodes.[58] Episodes of the show have also been heavily watched on Video on Demand and other streaming services.[59] As of its first season finale, Empire has now surpassed The Big Bang Theory as the highest rated scripted program in the 2014-2015 television season. The first season finale is also the highest rated debut season finale since May 2005, when Grey's Anatomy ended its first season. Empire's season one finale grew 82 percent from its series premiere, making it the show that has grown the most over the course of its first season since Men in Trees during the 2006-2007 season.[60]

Awards

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2015 BET Award Best Actor Terrence Howard Pending
Jussie Smollett Pending
Best Actress Taraji P. Henson Pending
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Drama Series Empire Pending
Best Actress in a Drama Series Taraji P. Henson Won
Most Bingeworthy Show Empire Nominated

Ratings

Season ratings

Season Time slot (ET) Episodes Premiered Ended TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere viewers
(in millions) 		Date Finale viewers
(in millions)
1
Wednesday 9:00 pm (episodes 1–10,12)
Wednesday 8:00 pm (episode 11)
 		12
January 7, 2015
 9.90[61]
March 18, 2015
 17.62[62] 2014-15 #5 17.33[23]

Season 1: Live + 7 Day (DVR) ratings

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Episode Air date Time slot (EST) 18–49 rating increase Viewers
(millions) increase 		Total 18-49 Total viewers
(millions) 		Ref
1 1 "Pilot” January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) Wednesdays
9:00 p.m. 		1.8 4.05 5.6 13.95 [63]
2 2 “The Outspoken King” January 14, 2015 (2015-01-14) 1.6 3.69 5.6 14.01 [64]
3 3 “The Devil Quotes Scripture” January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21) 1.9 4.06 6.3 15.13 [65]
4 4 “False Imposition” January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28) 1.8 3.69 6.1 15.04 [66]
5 5 “Dangerous Bonds” February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04) 2.0 4.21 6.6 15.68 [67]
6 6 “Out, Damned Spot” February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11) 1.8 4.14 6.6 16.10 [68]
7 7 “Our Dancing Days” February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18) 2.3 5.14 7.5 18.16 [69]
8 8 “The Lyon’s Roar” February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25) 2.3 5.08 7.7 18.98 [70]
9 9 “Unto the Breach” March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04) 2.5 5.35 8.3 19.68 [71]
10 10 “Sins of the Father” March 11, 2015 (2015-03-11) 2.7 5.70 8.5 20.63 [72]
11 11 “Die But Once” March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) 8:00 p.m. — — — — [73]
12 12 “Who I Am” March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18) 9:00 p.m. 2.4 5.49 9.3 23.12 [73]

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