Empire

overnights May 18, 2017

Empire Recap: Ocean’s Fifty-ElevenIt was only a matter of time until Empire pulled off a legit heist.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights May 11, 2017

Empire Recap: Last Name, LyonDamn, Nia Long.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights May 4, 2017

Empire Recap: Drop It Like It’s HotHow hasn’t Snoop Dogg appeared on this show before?

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Apr. 27, 2017

Empire Recap: The (Nia) Long ConCookie, let those two trash fires burn hot together. You are seriously better off.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Apr. 6, 2017

Empire Recap: Happy Birthday, Hakeem!Oh, someone is definitely getting shot by the end of this season.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Mar. 30, 2017

Empire Recap: The Devil’s ChordHow many more guest stars can Empire throw at us?

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Mar. 22, 2017

Empire Recap: Batter UpCookie has officially declared war against Lucious.

By Ali Barthwell

casting couch Feb. 21, 2017

Demi Moore Will Play a Treacherous Nurse With a Dark Past on EmpireShe’ll first appear in the season three finale.

By Jackson McHenry

spinoffs Jan. 11, 2017

Lee Daniels Discusses an Empire SpinoffJust a reminder: Star is not an Empire spinoff.

By Jackson McHenry

season renewals Jan. 11, 2017

Fox Renews Empire, Picks Up The MickLong may Cookie rule.

By Jackson McHenry

year in culture 2016 Dec. 29, 2016

29 Very Black Things That Happened on TV in 2016Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance, Atlanta’s Juneteenth episode, and so much more.

By Dee Lockett

overnights Dec. 15, 2016

Empire Recap: Follow the MoneyTakeem is the absolute worst couple name.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Dec. 8, 2016

Empire Recap: The Fashion Show“The Unkindest Cut” is a stunner of an episode.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Dec. 1, 2016

Empire Recap: Guess Who’s Coming to DinnerWelcome to Empire, Phylicia Rashad!

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Nov. 17, 2016

Empire Recap: HackedA cautionary tale about private email servers and nude photos.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Oct. 13, 2016

Empire Recap: Lucifer LyonEmpire is really taking the ridiculousness to new heights.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Oct. 6, 2016

Empire Recap: Mutually Assured DestructionMariah Carey is flawless.

By Ali Barthwell

get out the vote Oct. 5, 2016

Watch the Empire Cast Come Out for HillaryTaraji P. Henson is with her.

By Karen Brill

overnights Sept. 29, 2016

Empire Recap: Post-Traumatic Lyon DisorderI love you, Empire, but I don’t know if you’re the right show to take on police brutality.

By Ali Barthwell

overnight Sept. 21, 2016

Empire Season Premiere Recap: Family MattersThis episode is ah-mah-zing.

By Ali Barthwell

exits Sept. 15, 2016

Timbaland Leaves Empire; Jerkins & Dean Come OnJerkins will be the supervising music producer, and Dean will be the songwriter.

By E. Alex Jung

casting couch Aug. 29, 2016

Phylicia Rashad Is Joining EmpireShe’ll play Taye Diggs’s mother.

By Jackson McHenry

trailer mix Aug. 26, 2016

Mariah Carey Stops by Empire Season 3 TrailerMimi season is coming.

By Jackson McHenry

lawsuits Aug. 24, 2016

Empire Is the Subject of a Class-Action LawsuitFilming of the Fox series at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is alleged to have left residents in “lockdown.”

By Karen Brill

the industry Aug. 8, 2016

Mariah Carey Will Finally Grace the Empire Set This FallThe time has come.

By Halle Kiefer

the industry Aug. 2, 2016

Terrence Howard Being Sued by Former Manager The company is claiming that they saved the actor’s job on Empire.

By Jordan Crucchiola

2016 dnc July 27, 2016

Empire’s Lee Daniels on Gun Control at the DNC“It hit me like a brick — Hillary knows me.”

By Julia Edelman

cameos July 20, 2016

Kid Cudi Joins Empire Season 3 in Recurring RoleHe’ll play a rapper who’s a rival to Hakeem.

By Nate Jones

casting couch June 18, 2016

Xzibit to Be a Series Regular on Empire Season 3We haven’t seen the last of Shyne Johnson.

By Devon Ivie

overnights May 18, 2016

Empire Season Finale Recap: Two Weddings and No FuneralDang, Empire. You got me this time.

By Ali Barthwell

upfronts 2016 May 16, 2016

Is Brand-Name Comfort Food Enough to Get Viewers Back at Fox?As long as Empire remains strong, Fox doesn’t need a game-changer to improve its standing next season.

By Josef Adalian

overnights May 12, 2016

Empire Recap: The Big NightThey’ve finally done it. This is the perfect Empire episode.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights May 5, 2016

Empire Recap: American Horror StoryThe time has come for the question we didn’t dare ask: Has Empire righted itself?

By Ali Barthwell

lawsuits May 4, 2016

Lee Daniels Apologizes to Sean PennThus settling Penn’s $10 million lawsuit against Daniels.

By Jackson McHenry

overnights Apr. 28, 2016

Empire Recap: The Ballad of Boo Boo KittyWhen Lucious hears bad news, he always jumps to murder.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Apr. 21, 2016

Empire Recap: Dwight Walker’s RevengeWhen Empire just strips everything down, it really shines.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Apr. 13, 2016

Empire Recap: Happy Birthday, CookieOh no, the Hakeem face is still in the opening credits.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Apr. 6, 2016

Empire Recap: Hakeem & CleopatraEverything on this show is a Shakespearean metaphor or a thinly veiled dick allusion.

By Ali Barthwell

overnights Mar. 30, 2016

Empire Recap: Cookie Lyon Paper CompanyWe’re really leaning into this Godfather thing, huh?

By Ali Barthwell

empire Mar. 30, 2016

You Will Never Guess Why No One’s Watching Empire Overseas“Having a diverse cast creates another hurdle for U.S. series trying to break through.”

By Dee Lockett

rumorsville Mar. 4, 2016

Trai Byers Rebuts Empire Diva Rumors“How could I think of demanding something larger than Andre?”

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

wayward pines Mar. 3, 2016

Terrence Howard, Hope Davis Back in WaywardThe series returns May 25.

By Jackson McHenry

Feb. 25, 2016

Watch Empire Season Two’s Mid-Season TrailerThis is a bae.

By E. Alex Jung

casting couch Feb. 25, 2016

Xzibit Will Guest-Star on Empire As Some Kind of Wolf GangsterHe’ll play a rival of Lucious.

By Emma Barrie

last night on late night Feb. 25, 2016

Watch Empire’s Cookie Freak Out in SpaceThere are screams, tears, and farts.

By Sean Fitz-Gerald

casting couch Feb. 10, 2016

Taraji P. Henson to Play NASA MathematicianIn Hidden Figures.

By Jackson McHenry

vulture lists Jan. 26, 2016

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the Complicated History of Musical TV ShowsSome of the attempts to create a popular musical TV show have been — what’s a nice way to say disaster?

By Jenny Jaffe

renewals Jan. 15, 2016