Fox have scored a touchdown with their freshman series ‘Empire’.
The Lee Daniels directed drama, which stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, premiered last night and delivered mega ratings.
Find out how the music series fared below…
According to TV Line, the show’s first episode was watched by a whopping 9.8 million viewers.
The figure puts the series in the same ratings bracket as some of today’s top shows, including popular Afro-American led titles such as ‘Scandal’ and ‘How To Get Away With Murder’.
As much of a coup of the numbers are for all involved, it will be interesting to see how the series performs moving forward.
Its opening episode benefitted from a smart lead-in from Fox flagship show ‘American Idol’ and will continue to for the duration of the season.
Still, on the strength of ‘Empire’s cast and storylines, we hope this continues its winning streak on its own accord.
Congrats to all involved!
Check out the trailer below and click here to read our Top 5 Reasons To Watch ‘Empire’.
this is a pretty amazzing show, and covers alot of real life shyt!!!!!!
taraji acted her a** off!!!!
ima show u a f***** can run this empire!!!
This show is GREAT AND A BREATH OF FRESH AIR!!! I will be tuning in every episode and I’m sure the rest of the viewers as well they BLEW US AWAY! But we wouldn’t expect anything less from these AMAZING “AFRO AMERICAN” ACTORS!!!! BRAVO
Yeah I’m pretty sure those #s will remain. The show was awesome and appeals to a lot of diff people.
And the eye candy….whoo!
SAM IM SICK OF U AND ALL THESE FUVKIN ADS!!! GETCHO SHYT TOGETHER!! THESE DAMN POP UP ADS RUIN THE EXPERIENCE OF VOMIN HERE!! SISSY!!
Yes, this show was freaking awesome last night. And Taraji P. Henson was EVERYTHING. My new favorite show, after ¨The Haves & The Havenots¨ lol.
Yaasss hunty ans HTGAWM too hiel…dont 4get that show
This show is everything! I’ll be watching every week,love taraji,she can act!
Move over Scandel cuz Empire is where it’s at! This series premiere str8 shi++Ed on like EVERY show that’s out right now. I rarely watch series or season premiers because I’ve gotten so used to Netflix where it’s all put up at once, that I can’t stand waiting week after week to see a new episode. But I just couldn’t wait to see Taraji as Cookie and BOY did she deliver! Favorite lines of the night, “Vernon kiss my black ass!” And “Tell me to shut up again B****!”
The storyline does sound like Jay Z’s ‘rags to riches’ story – just saying – but I will watch it at the earliest convenience. I love Taraji. She excels in dramatic roles, not so much in comedy.
Empire was the s***!
Love it, the Queen of runway will slay next week naomi campbell.
This is 2015, Anyone still pressed about gay should kiss ma a**.
Go on somewhere wit that “This is [insert year here]” crap. I get tired of people referencing the year it is, like it’s supposed to mean something. They did it in 2005, they did it in 1995, you’re doing it now and in 2025, some bleeding heart will say the same thing in a forced exasperated tone when they hear someone say something they don’t like.
I might be in the minority but I didnt like it. The writing to me was cringe worthy and corny. The wardrobe was a mess. Why was Taraji walking around looking like a blacksploitation film and old dude had on a rope chain and a track suitin 2015. I’ll give it another chance but they gone have to come better because….. Scandal-hooked first episode, Power-hooked first episode, GOT,Walking Dead,AHS,ect.
Agreed. I also noticed they didn;t have enough dark chocolate for me.
Typical white washed Hollywood mess. We need more black women as directors/producers.
Congrats to everybody involved.
I’ve read some comments about the show coming mostly from African-Americans about the show being all about cliches and stereotypes on African Americans.
What they fell to understand is the music business is that one industry that African Americans own with ease, with sawggu and braggadacio that other races crave to have and to show but fail to replicate. Some of them even came from Down Under because of their infatuation with Black culture.
For sure, music do not cure cancer, but music made millionnaires out of our faves, faves who are appreciated well beyond America, in the UK, in France, in the West Indies and in Africa.
Jay-Z, Beyonce, Diddy, represent the dream for most young people from african descent. Black People get a bad rap so often, wherever they live, it just feel good to know that some of us can find themselves along the 1%, thanks to their talents. It goes way beyond the bling, it’s about success.
I’m glad FOX picked up on an amazing project with beloved household names like Terrence, Taraji and Timbaland. Fashion, music, drama everything is just awesome.
This show is the bomb.
And i love that they included a gay character. That scene was HILARIOUS!! “For a QUEEN you sure do keep a messy place”. Awww momma always knew. Taraji is amazing. The whole cast slays so far. Can’t wait for Naomi
I like this show but why is every show incorporating gay scenes now??? It’s getting annoying a bit.
Watched and saw that they had a fuckn’ gay character and turned the channel. I’m not trying to see that gay sh!t. Quit shoving that homo agenda in everybody’s damn face.
Not trying to see that gay sh!t? Bi+ch plz, the biting truth is you’ve probably fukd your cousin!
I liked it. I hope it blossoms into something really unexpecteting. It has the foundation.