Blessed with an American Idol lead-in — yet also improving upon it — Empire premiered to 9.8 million viewers and a 3.7 rating among adults 18-49. That's Fox's highest-rated series debut in three years (since 2012's Touch). Empire ranks as the top
For a while, it looked like Margot Robbie would be slipping into the techno-suit for DreamWorks' new, live-action take on Masamune Shirow's Ghost In The Shell stories. But with the Australian actress committed to
If you want an example of a show that does this exceedingly well, I recommend Empire, the delightfully soapy new Fox melodrama from Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, which transposes a King Lear–esque tale of patrimony and the attendant familial infighting
Empire proudly boasts the kind of dialogue and scenes that beg for big reactions. Lee Daniels has attempted to create a fast-paced, dishy melodrama designed to set Twitter on fire and ends up being so heavy-handed it makes a Shondaland production look
If there is a more absurd hour of television than what we just saw on the series premiere of Empire, we haven't seen it lately. Fox's hip-hop soap opera — headlined by Terrence Howard as record industry tycoon Lucious Lyon and Taraji P. Henson as his