Ratings for Empire’s Season Finale Break Record

Empire, the new “it” show on Fox, has succeeded in reeling in more viewers from week to week. Suggested Reading Everything You Need To Know About Fredi Washington, The Black Hollywood Star Who Refused To Pass As White 13 Disturbing Truths About Black Maternal Health They Don’t Want You to See Black Books We Need…

Empire, the new “it” show on Fox, has succeeded in reeling in more viewers from week to week.

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For Wednesday night’s two-hour season 1 finale, the show broke all prior records, scoring on average some 16.7 million viewers, a rise of 12 percent from the 14.9 million watching last week’s episode, USA Today reported.

According to the news site, Empire now ranks as the top-rated network series among those ages 18 to 49. Fox boasted that Wednesday represented the highest-rated night for entertainment programming among this age group since January 2012’s American Idol premiere.

The hit show will return to screens next fall with 18 or so episodes, according to USA Today.

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