Empire (2015)

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Their reign. Their rules.

A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

• Released: 2015-01-07
• Genres: Drama, Soap
• Seasons: 6, 102 episodes
• Network: FOX
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 763 votes

Created by Danny Strong, Lee Daniels.

Top cast

• Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon
• Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon
• Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon
• Trai Byers as Andre Lyon
• Gabourey Sidibe as Becky
• Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha
• Serayah as Tiana Brown
• Nicole Ari Parker as Giselle Sims-Barker
• Meta Golding as Teri Lyon
• A.Z. Kelsey as Jeff Kingsley

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Empire

• United States: stream on Hulu; watch free on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV

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