List of Empire episodes

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 Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders' family as they fight for control of the company. The series was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson.

The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 23, 2015.^[1] As of May 4, 2016, 28 episodes of Empire have aired.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Nielsen ratings
			First aired	Last aired	Rank	Viewers (millions)
	1	12	January 7, 2015	March 18, 2015	5	17.33[2]
	2	18[3]	September 23, 2015	May 18, 2016	TBD	TBD

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Lee Daniels	Lee Daniels & Danny Strong	January 7, 2015	1AXP01	9.90[4]
2	2	"The Outspoken King"	Lee Daniels	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	January 14, 2015	1AXP02	10.32[5]
3	3	"The Devil Quotes Scripture"	Sanaa Hamri	Ilene Chaiken & Joshua Allen	January 21, 2015	1AXP03	11.07[6]
4	4	"False Imposition"	Rosemary Rodriguez	Wendy Calhoun	January 28, 2015	1AXP04	11.36[7]
5	5	"Dangerous Bonds"	John Singleton	Malcolm Spellman	February 4, 2015	1AXP05	11.47[8]
6	6	"Out, Damned Spot"	Michael Engler	Eric Haywood	February 11, 2015	1AXP06	11.96[9]
7	7	"Our Dancing Days"	Sanaa Hamri	Attica Locke	February 18, 2015	1AXP07	13.02[10]
8	8	"The Lyon's Roar"	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	February 25, 2015	1AXP08	13.90[11]
9	9	"Unto the Breach"	Anthony Hemingway	David Rambo	March 4, 2015	1AXP09	14.33[12]
10	10	"Sins of the Father"	Rob Hardy	Eddie Gonzalez & Jeremy Haft	March 11, 2015	1AXP10	14.90[13]
11	11	"Die But Once"	Mario Van Peebles	Ilene Chaiken	March 18, 2015	1AXP11	15.82[14]
12	12	"Who I Am"	Debbie Allen	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	March 18, 2015	1AXP12	17.62[14]

Season 2 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"The Devils Are Here"	Lee Daniels	Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken	September 23, 2015	2AXP01	16.18[15]
14	2	"Without a Country"	Dee Rees	Carlito Rodriguez	September 30, 2015	2AXP02	13.74[16]
15	3	"Fires of Heaven"	Craig Brewer	Attica Locke	October 7, 2015	2AXP03	13.10[17]
16	4	"Poor Yorick"	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	October 14, 2015	2AXP04	12.22[18]
17	5	"Be True"	Kevin Bray	Wendy Calhoun & Janeika James	October 21, 2015	2AXP05	12.28[19]
18	6	"A High Hope for a Low Heaven"	Mario Van Peebles	Robert Munic	November 4, 2015	2AXP06	11.68[20]
19	7	"True Love Never"	Sylvain White	Ingrid Escajeda	November 11, 2015	2AXP07	11.20[21]
20	8	"My Bad Parts"	Sanaa Hamri	Malcolm Spellman	November 18, 2015	2AXP08	11.34[22]
21	9	"Sinned Against"	Paul McCrane	Eric Haywood	November 25, 2015	2AXP09	9.21[23]
22	10	"Et Tu, Brute?"	Sanaa Hamri	Radha Blank	December 2, 2015	2AXP10	11.81[24]
23	11	"Death Will Have His Day"	Danny Strong	Danny Strong	March 30, 2016	2AXP11	12.46[25]
24	12	"A Rose by Any Other Name"	Michael Engler	Ilene Chaiken	April 6, 2016	2AXP12	11.34[26]
25	13	"The Tameness of a Wolf"	Paris Barclay	Attica Locke & Joshua Allen	April 13, 2016	2AXP13	10.11[27]
26	14	"Time Shall Unfold"	Cherien Dabis	Ayanna Floyd Davis	April 20, 2016	2AXP14	9.56[28]
27	15	"More Than Kin"	Sanaa Hamri	Eric Haywood & Malcolm Spellman	April 27, 2016	2AXP15	10.03[29]
28	16	"The Lyon Who Cried Wolf"	Millicent Shelton	Joshua Allen	May 4, 2016	2AXP16	9.39[30]
29	17	"Rise by Sin"[31]	TBA	TBA	May 11, 2016	2AXP17	TBD
30	18	"Past Is Prologue"[32]	Sanaa Hamri	TBA	May 18, 2016	2AXP18	TBD

References

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21. Porter, Rick (November 12, 2015). "Wednesday final ratings: ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Code Black’ adjust down". TV By The Numbers. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
22. Porter, Rick (November 19, 2015). "Wednesday final ratings: ‘Arrow,’ ‘Rosewood,’ ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Middle’ adjust up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
23. Porter, Rick (November 30, 2015). "Wednesday final ratings: 'Empire' adjusts up, 'Code Black' adjusts down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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26. Porter, Rick (April 7, 2016). "Wednesday final ratings: 'Empire' and 'Modern Family' adjust up, 'Nashville' adjusts down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
27. Porter, Rick (April 14, 2016). "Wednesday final ratings: 'The Goldbergs' adjusts up, 'Black-ish' and 'Nashville' adjust down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
28. Porter, Rick (April 21, 2016). "Wednesday final ratings: ‘Empire’ adjusts up, ‘Heartbeat’ adjusts down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
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31. "(EMP-217) "Rise by Sin"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
32. "(EMP-218) "Past Is Prologue"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• List of Empire episodes at the Internet Movie Database