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- Empire is an American music drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox that ran from January 7, 2015, to April 21, 2020. It is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television.
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Empire is an American music drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong for Fox that ran from January 7, 2015, to April 21, 2020. It is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television .
Empire: Created by Lee Daniels, Danny Strong. With Terrence Howard, Bryshere Y. Gray, Trai Byers, Taraji P. Henson. A hip-hop mogul must choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his multi-million dollar company, while his ex-wife schemes to reclaim what is hers.
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Lucious Lyon must find an heir to his music empire among his sons - gifted but spoiled Hakeem, sensitive prodigy Jamal and studious Andre - but will his brash ex-wife Cookie thwart his plans?
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The show followed former drug dealer turned hip-hop mogul named Lucious Lyon, who learns that he has been diagonsed with ALS and only has three years left to live. He then decided to start grooming his three sons Andre, Jamal, and Hakeem as he will choose who will run his company, Empire Entertainment. But around the time of doing so, his ex-wife a...
Main Cast
1. Mahim Masum as Sheikh Mahim 2. Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon 3. Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon 4. Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon 5. Trai Byers as Andre Lyon 6. Grace Byers as Anika Calhoun 7. Malik Yoba as Vernon Turner(season 1) 8. Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon(season 1-2, guest in season 3, 4) 9. Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon 10. Gabourey Sidibe as Becky Williams(season 2-present, recurring in season 1) 11. Serayah as Tiana Brown(season 2-present, recurring in season 1) 12. Morocc...
Development
Howard, Henson and Sidibe filmed the pilot episode in Chicago (Cinespace Chicago Film Studios in March 2014. On May 6, 2014, Fox picked up Empire as a series order for its 2014–15 television schedule. On May 12, 2014, Fox announced that Empire would air as a midseason replacement, rather than as a part of the fall schedule. On November 19, 2014, it was confirmed that the pilot episode would premiere on January 7, 2015, following the season 14 premiere of American Idol. The executive producers...
Casting
Howard was cast in the lead on February 19, 2014. Henson was named as the female lead on February 26, and Jussie Smollett was announced in a starring role. Howard and Henson previously starred together as love interests in the film Hustle & Flow, and starred in the 2005 film Four Brothers. 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 B...
Music
After finding his lead actors, Lee Daniels set out to find a producer to craft the music for the series. Because he felt 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, Destin...
Empirewas set to premiere in Australia on February 19, 2015 on Network Ten; however, a week out from this date it was dumped from the schedule and pushed back. It ultimately premiered on March 1, 2015, to a disappointing 377,000 total viewers, although it fared better with viewers in younger demographics. The second season was broadcast on Eleven f...
Critical response
Empire has received positive reviews from critics. The praise has gone towards the cast, particularly Howard and Henson. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 84%, based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7.24/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Though heavy on melodrama, Empireelevates the nighttime soap with its top-notch cast, musical entertainment, and engrossing plots." On Metacritic the show has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "genera...
Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years, which prompts the sharks to...
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Season 1 of Empire premiered on January 7, 2015. Lucious Lyon's reign as the head of Empire Entertainment has been unchallenged for years. But all that changes when he learns he has a disease and must choose one of his three sons to take over: Andre, Jamal or Hakeem.
The Empire has been splintered. Lucious is on the run from the FBI as a fugitive. Running the Empire throne is Andre, who encounters competition for company control. Meanwhile, Cookie has moved on and has become a popular TV personality.
