FOX smash ‘Empire’ bulldozed its own ratings record last night.
The hotly anticipated finale saw the show reach electrifying highs, in the process solidifying the first season of the Lee Daniels music drama as one of the most successful in television history.
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For the tenth week in a row, the Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson led series hit a new viewership high. Yesterday’s penultimate screening was (on average) seen by 16.5 million – up 11% from the 14.9 million that tuned into last week’s episode.
Interestingly, the two-hour/two-episode climax continued the consecutive climb in viewership. For, while 16.5m is the average audience for both episodes, the first instalment was watched by 15.577 million viewers (a season high), while the second hour topped it with 17.5 million.
In the all-important 18-49 adult demo, ‘Empire’ broke another record after registering 6.4 – a 10% rise over last week’s previous season high of 5.8.
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Three months.
In the space of just three months, the show has grown into a Pop culture phenomenon and catapulted its stars (many of whom were unknown before) into the stratosphere.
And deservedly so.
Like no show in recent memory, ‘Empire’ has managed to tap into the cultural fabric of the millennial generation and is reaping the rewards accordingly.
Congrats to all involved and bring on season two!
Last week, Empire was #1 in 18-49 and third overall. If it’s not #1 this week overall, it will be close. And just wait until this show roars back to life in the fall.
Yes, congrats to all involved. That finale was EVERYTHING.
Congrats to the cast and creators of the show. A WIN for divers primetime television!
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Learn to spell, you illiterate, should-have-been-aborted vaginal belch. I know that inbred kids tend to turn out stupid, but at least pretend that your mother and father aren’t also your grandfather and sister. Geez.
That’s was a tad mean for a little typo don’t you think?
Biting Truth… Somebody kill it before it breeds. All that hype for what? Kids…
I have some extra Xanax over here for you.
You are a troll. Mean b****
Come TF Through EMPIRE. It was Everything
I couldn’t care less about that disgusting f****** show.
Theres always that one b**** who wants to seem cool for not going with the grain. That b**** would be you in this situation.
So why you here and dedicating time to the article if you don’t care! You one of them attention seeking kids who probably got 99 problems but child there’s an x in the top right corner of your screen right now. *click click* BUH BYE
LOL AND YET YOUR DUMB ASS CARED ENOUGH TO CLICK ON THIS POST LOL.
Love the show all three brothers are hotties! Can’t wait for s2 sure it will epic.
Girl, they are but Hykeem gives me d*** tease lol. Andre got a fat ass though.
Ay yooo! Leave my Andre alone. That b*** is off limits
Yesss it is lol and am I the only one who thought he was gonna kill himself
Congrats. I’m just sad that it won’t come back on until like next year or so.
Slay the finale was everything. Cant wait until season 2.
I’m on my knees and ready for the Lyons brothers!!!
One at a time.. Or all 3 at once! YAAAAAS honey. Line ups
I remember when ppl made this show out to be some kind of fad tv show and it was going to do bad after week 2, then week 3 then week 4 but the show kept growing. and now it is like the best show ratings wise out there, and it is a leading black cast.
now, i do enjoy the show, but they need to stop with all this guest roles, give me a good core cast with supporting and recurring musicians, but i dont like when estelle is “signed to the label” but is only on episode and never seen or heard from again.
next, i feel they need more grit and less fluffy wanna be mafia/gangsta stuff. really make the show darker
If you want gritty, watch POWER. Empire is a soap which means it’s about suspense with melodrama which they do perfectly. Not everything has to be dark and gritty these says. That’s why j feel this dos so well and reached the masses, it was light hearted and had balance. If it goes to left then it wouldn’t cater for the right. So you’re wrong. Sorry to burst bubbles boo
And what do I do with this life now that Empire is done?
I don’t get the hype.
Mad because Styled To FLOP couldn’t do it?
This one always hating on something! WHAT DO YOU LIKE? WHAT DO YOU GET? dumb a***
Same here some ghetto black woman and drugs. Black people are stupid they always celebrate when projected as uneducated , trash, slaves and foolishness.
I hoping that this is the start of black tv and music being prevalent like it was in the 90s.
With Shonda Rimes and Lee Daniels dominating the tv and the soundtrack slaying the album charts the next step is actors and films.
When you been celebrated as trash, uneducated and foolish. If these was to be a white household empire they will be projected in a different manager which is class and respect. I just can’t with black people foolishness.
Sorry to say this look they just replaced rihanna with Rita ora and see is working Rita ora is everywhere and where is rihanna just posting photos on IG.
overrated show. Black people will always be fools. Trash show.
How much sense this makes coming from you…
When you been celebrated as trash, uneducated and foolish. If these was to be a white household empire they will be projected in a different manager which is class and respect. I just can’t with black people foolishness.
Sorry to say this look they just replaced rihanna with Rita ora and is working Rita ora is everywhere and where is rihanna just posting photos on IG.
They finally found a way to use the black community to further push the gay agenda. Empire is a gay show in black face. It basically plays on black folks desire to see themselves in prime time, but it comes with the condition of having to accept these gay characters too. it’s like when Obama pushed gay marriage. Black folks weren’t gonna vote for the white republican over the black democrat no matter what, so even if they didn’t approve of his pushing the gay agenda, they still had to support him.
And what is your point. Was will and grace or modern family doing this too or Buffy who had a lesbian character or the walking dead who has a gay couple and a lesbian. All of whom portray gay characters. Everytime a new rnb make comes to the scene, he is accused of being gat. Well, lee Daniels made the character come out and say “yes I’m gay”. Anyways, who cares if ppl are gay. If it doesn’t bother u, why make it your issue?