“EMPIRE” – Top Launch of 2014/2015 Television Season
POWERFUL DRAMA “EMPIRE” PREMIERED ON FOX JANUARY 7 2015.
According to The Hollywood Reporter the 9 p.m. drama averaged a 3.8 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.9 million viewers, per adjusted Nielsen ratings, making it the top launch of the 2014-15 season (alongside ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder) and Fox’s biggest debut in three years. That number also put it as the top-rated show of Wednesday night, besting Modern Family and the return of American Idol
ABOUT “EMPIRE”
With hip-hop at the forefront of music and fashion, Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” “Precious”), Emmy Award winner Danny Strong (“Game Change,” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”) and Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer (“A Beautiful Mind,” “24,”), bring us EMPIRE, a new drama about a family dynasty, set within a world of glamour, danger, sex and power. EMPIRE tells the tale of a music mogul and former street thug who is faced with the trial of a lifetime. Featuring music by prolific producer Timbaland, EMPIRE premiered Jan. 7 2015. The series stars Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard (“Crash,” “Hustle & Flow”) and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”). EMPIRE is executive-produced by Daniels, Strong, Grazer, Ilene Chaiken (“The L Word”) and Francie Calfo (“Those Who Kill,” “Gang Related”).
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