Empire Star Taraji P.Henson (Cookie Lyon ) And Fox Announces Empire Season Two Date

Empire Star Taraji P.Henson (Cookie Lyon ) And
Fox Announces Empire Season Two Date

BHR Hollywood Reports......It's official: Empire strikes back on September 23. Taraji P. Henson, who plays Cookie Lyon on the wildly popular primetime soap, announced the news on Twitter earlier today, and Fox quickly confirmed.

Hello! September 23 #Empire season ✌🏾️💋💋💋 https://t.co/NWr7SmWk8a

— Taraji P. Henson (@TherealTaraji) May 29, 2015

The show's writing team also confirmed the news on Twitter.

#Empire fans! @EmpireFOX Season 2 returns Wednesday, September 23, 2015! #MarkYourCalendars #GameTimeBitches pic.twitter.com/hEtN5TfLBV

— Empire Writers (@EmpireWriters) May 29, 2015

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The start date doesn’t qualify as a shocker, as the net announced its plans to bring back the ratings juggernaut in the fall and this is the first Wednesday of the television season.

 “Empire” is expected to air something of a split season during the 2015-16 campaign, with at least half of the show’s planned 18 episodes saved for 2016.

The soap became appointment viewing during the course of its 12-episode run and finished as the season’s No. 1 broadcast entertainment series in 18-49.

 

Cookie Lyon 

 It grew nearly every week in the demo and finished with the
highest average for any broadcast drama since ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2007-08, and the highest for any new drama since those shows bowed in the 2004-05 season.

 In total viewers, “Empire” grew with every single episode — rising from 9.9 million for its premiere and peaking with 17.6 million for its finale.