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  1. overnights
    Empire Recap: In the Name of the KingThis week’s episode is jam-packed with inconsistencies, making it another prime example of how this show can go from intriguing to inept at a moment’s notice.
  2. chat room
    Empire’s Trai Byers: This Is Just the ‘Beginning of Andre’s Story’“This week, you’re going to see something that I don’t know if we’ve seen on television.”
  3. the business
    Mo’Nique Says Former Collaborator Lee Daniels Told Her She’s Being ‘Blackballed’“Each of those things that he offered me was taken off the table.”
  4. overnights
    Empire Recap: Modern FamilyIt may take Empire a while to get past its watercooler tawdry-TV beginnings, but this week proves it’ll get there eventually.
  5. ask the expert
    Is Empire’s IPO at All Realistic?What it would mean for a record label to go public in 2015.
  6. chatroom
    Raven-Symoné on Bringing Baby-Mama Drama to Empire“Olivia’s story line is going to shock people.”
  7. Did Empire Kind of Dis Chris Brown Last Night?“When you write a song about how much you hate women, it makes you look like a little bitch.”
  8. chatroom
    Courtney Love on Playing Empire’s Resident Rock Diva“This is some dark stuff.”
  9. overnights
    Empire Recap: Take Me to the RiverCharacter inconsistencies abound this week, making for a disappointing episode.
  10. empire
    Courtney Love to Sing Al Green on Empire TonightShe plays a washed-up star from the label’s past. 
  11. If Empire Met Empire RecordsCookie’s our star, natch. 
  12. overnights
    Empire Recap: My Girl Got a GirlfriendLucious gets a clean bill of health by playing dirty, while his sons continue trying to kill each other.
  13. oh no he didn’t
    Report: Diddy Doesn’t Want His Son on EmpireBecause actors have to sign over their intellectual property.
  14. ratings
    Empire’s Audience Is Still GrowingWow.
  15. overnights
    Empire Recap: Attack on TitanWell, that was a surprisingly good episode.
  16. guess who
    Which Real-Life People Might Have Inspired the World of Empire?We all know whom they’re talking about. 
  17. empire
    What Empire’s Huge Success Means for the TV BizFox: We “didn’t believe the overnight ratings” at first.
  18. ratings
    Empire’s Audience Amazingly Continues to GrowIt was easily Wednesday’s top show with young viewers.
  19. overnights
    Empire Recap: 100 to 0 Real QuickEverything about this show is starting to seem hideously grotesque.
  20. your tv ratings explained
    Empire’s Ratings Increased in Week TwoThis sort of week-two bump almost never happens these days among broadcast shows.
  21. overnights
    Empire Recap: Let’s Tame Some Shrews!The women on this show are all kind of terrible.
  22. deep dives
    Empire Is More Lion in Winter Than King LearThe family’s last name is Lyon, for chrissake!
  23. ratings
    Empire Debuts to Huge Ratings, Shockingly Surpasses American IdolFox’s biggest drama debut in years.
  24. overnights
    Empire Series Premiere Recap: I Got MineThis show is an amusing and tacky hot mess.
  25. tv
    HBO Go, Colbert, and the Streaming Wave: 5 Big, Unanswered TV Questions for 2015Also, will Empire put a halt to Fox’s Nielsen slide?
  26. tv review
    TV Review: Fox’s EmpireStarring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.
  27. pilots 2014
    Timbaland Will Produce Songs for Fox DramaEmpire is set within the world of hip-hop.
  28. chat room
    Danny Strong on Playing Elijah’s Mean Boyfriend“I’ve been on the other side of that coin with so many different girls I’ve dated.”
  29. casting couch
    Terrence Howard Joins Lee Daniels’s Hip-Hop PilotOkay!
  30. pilot season
    The Butler’s Daniels & Strong to Make Rap PilotA family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire.
  31. stage dive
    The Stage Dive Weekend RoundupFela! returns, along with Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money. Plus Spiegelworld!
  32. the industry
    Leonardo DiCaprio and Jake Gyllenhaal Chase the Same RolePlus industry news on Will Smith, Michael Mann, and Captain Kirk.