Empire (2015 TV series)
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
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Chicago, Illinois New York City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 7, 2015 – present |
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Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015 on Fox. Although filmed in Chicago, the show is based in New York and it centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company.
On January 15, 2016, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on September 21, 2016. On January 11, 2017, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season, which will consist of 18 episodes.
Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is a former drug dealer-turned-hip hop mogul and CEO of Empire Entertainment whose life begins to cave in around him after his past sins come back to haunt him following his alleged diagnosis in Season One. Lucious, looking to groom one of his three sons Andre (Trai Byers), Jamal (Jussie Smollett), and Hakeem (Bryshere Y. Gray) to take over the family business, pits them against each other.Empire also stars Taraji P. Henson as Lucious' ex-wife Cookie Lyon, who is released from prison after serving a 17-year sentence.
Additionally, Snoop Dogg, Sway Calloway, Anthony Hamilton, Fantastic Negrito, Gladys Knight, Rita Ora, Juicy J, Patti LaBelle, Charles Hamilton, Pitbull, Timbaland, Sharon Carpenter, Ne-Yo, Funkmaster Flex, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Jason Derulo, Lee Daniels, Montana of 300 and Birdman make appearances as themselves.
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