There’s a new GIANT in the TV ratings game.
Empire is an American musical drama television series which debuted on Fox on January 7, 2015. The show centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises, and the drama among the members of the founders’ family as they fight for control of the company. The hour-long family drama was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.
Fox FINALLY has a winner on its hands!
Empire TV Show Pilot Episode —
Lucious Lyon, head of Empire Records finds out that he has been diagnosed with ALS and is only given three years to live. He decides to put Empire on the New York Stock Market. Lucious also decides to start grooming one of his sons Andre, Jamal and Hakeem as a successor.
Meanwhile, Lucious’ ex-wife Cookie is released from jail after 17 years and wants half of Empire. Lucious can’t meet Cookie’s demands as Empire has grown since Cookie went to jail. Cookie is furious so Lucious promises her anything she wants, but Cookie wants to be head of A&R however, Lucious’ girlfriend is already head of A&R.
When Cookie goes to Hakeem’s he blocks her out and calls her a bitch which leads Cookie to beat him. When Lucious and Hakeem meet at Lavitacus, Hakeem agrees that Cookie is crazy.
Lucious has a talk with Jamal about his sexuality and business. Jamal gets angry when his dad acts like a homophobe and it leads to a flashback when Jamal was a kid and wore heels. Lucious, furious takes Jamal and takes him to presumably beat him and Cookie follows screaming at Lucious. It is later revealed that Lucious threw Jamal in the trash.
We then learn that Andre has bipolar disorder and him and his wife plot an idea on how Andre could inherit the company. Andre later stops by Cookie’s new apartment and the two reconcile.
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TV Ratings: ‘Empire’ Continues To Rise For Fifth Straight Week
by Rickey Yaneza on February 5, 2015 at 11:30 am
For a fifth week in a row, Empire increased its viewership on Wednesday and topped the ratings leaderboard.
The first year drama on FOX had a 4.6 adult 18-48 rating, up 7% from 4.3 last week and 11.47 million viewers, also up from last week.
The last show to continually rise every single week on its debut season was… Survivor on CBS.
American Idol had a 3.0 rating up from 2.9 last week. (Is it OK to say that Idol is Empire’s lead-in?)
Meanwhile, Fresh Off The Boat on ABC had a solid start with a 2.5 rating at 8:30 and a 2.4 rating at 9:30. The comedy featuring an Asian family in Florida will move to Tuesday next week.
Modern Family had a 3.4 rating and 9.86 million viewers.
Arrow had a 1.2 rating on The CW and The 100 had a 0.6.
TV Ratings Wednesday Preliminary February 4, 2015
Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share Total Viewers (millions)
8:00 FOX American Idol 3.0/10 10.95
ABC The Middle 2.2/7 8.24
CBS The Mentalist 1.2/4 8.93
CW Arrow 1.2/4 2.89
NBC The Mysteries of Laura 1.0/3 6.30
8:30 ABC Fresh Off The Boat – Series Premiere 2.5/8 7.93
9:00 FOX Empire 4.6/14 11.47
ABC Modern Family 3.4/10 9.86
CBS Criminal Minds 2.0/6 10.33
NBC Law & Order: SVU 1.3/4 6.21
CW The 100 0.6/2 1.59
9:30 ABC Fresh Off The Boat 2.4/7 7.56
10:00 NBC Chicago P.D. 1.6/5 7.51
CBS Stalker 1.3/4 7.34
ABC Nashville 1.3/4 5.06
Via TVbytheNumbers
Half-Hours
8:00 p.m.
ABC – The Middle
Viewers: 8.24 million (#3), A18-49: 2.2/ 7 (#2)
CBS – The Mentalist
Viewers: 8.87 million (#2), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)
NBC – The Mysteries of Laura
Viewers: 6.31 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)
Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 10.48 million (#1), A18-49: 2.9/10 (#1)
CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.94 million (#5), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)
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8:30 p.m.
ABC – Fresh Off the Boat (series premiere)
Viewers: 7.92 million (#3), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#2)
CBS – The Mentalist
Viewers: 8.99 million (#2), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)
NBC – The Mysteries of Laura
Viewers: 6.28 million (#4), A18-49: 1.0/ 3 (#5)
Fox – American Idol
Viewers: 11.41 million (#1), A18-49: 3.1/10 (#1)
CW – Arrow
Viewers: 2.84 million (#5), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)
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9:00 p.m.
ABC – Modern Family
Viewers: 9.86 million (#3), A18-49: 3.4/10 (#2)
CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 10.32 million (#2), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#3)
NBC – Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 6.17 million (#4), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)
Fox – Empire
Viewers: 11.53 million (#1), A18-49: 4.5/14 (#1)
CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.69 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6/ 2 (#5)
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9:30 p.m.
ABC – Fresh Off the Boat
Viewers: 7.56 million (#3), A18-49: 2.4/ 7 (#2)
CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 10.33 million (#2), A18-49: 2.0/ 6 (#3)
NBC – Law & Order: SVU
Viewers: 6.25 million (#4), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)
Fox – Empire
Viewers: 11.41 million (#1), A18-49: 4.7/14 (#1)
CW – The 100
Viewers: 1.49 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 2 (#5)
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10:00 p.m.
ABC – Nashville
Viewers: 5.15 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#3)
CBS – Stalker
Viewers: 7.75 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 4 (#2)
NBC – Chicago PD
Viewers: 7.35 million (#2), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#1)
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10:30 p.m.
ABC – Nashville
Viewers: 4.97 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#2t)
CBS – Stalker
Viewers: 6.93 million (#2), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#2t)
NBC – Chicago PD
Viewers: 7.66 million (#1), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#1)
Source: Nielsen Media Research
