Empire" returned from winter hiatus on Wednesday, airing its first original episode since star Jussie Smollett was arrested and charged with filing a false police report. It didn't receive a warm welcome from viewers.
Last night's 8 p.m. episode settled for a 1.3 demo rating/6 share among adults 18-49, and 4.412 million total viewers — those Nielsen numbers are way down from last year's comparable hour and are even down double digits versus the hip-hop soap opera's fall finale.
The previous original "Empire" episode on Dec. 5 had a 1.5 rating and 5.043 million total viewers. Last year's midseason return put up a 2.0 rating and tallied 6.217 million viewers.
Wednesday's hour was down 13 percent in both the demo and for the overall audience versus the fall finale, and down 35 percent in the demo and 29 percent in viewers from last year's midseason premiere episode.
As a matter of fact, last night's "Empire" drew the second-smallest audience and second-worst demo rating ever for "Empire." The only episode to draw fewer "live" eyeballs (4.229 million) and a lower demo rating (a 1.2) aired on Halloween 2018, which makes sense, as people were out celebrating and not in front of their TVs.
That said, Fox and its regular abbreviated (compared with CBS, ABC and NBC) primetime schedule still finished first in key-demo averages, but it just barely edged ABC — with a different of 17,000 viewers — for third in terms of total viewers. NBC aired all reruns last night and still landed a bigger audience than both of those nets.
https://www.thewrap.com/empire-return-ratings-tank-jussie-smollett-arrested/amp/
Not NBC beating them down with reruns sssss
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
Wow wow it's over
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
!!!
I stopped watching when COONie popped out of that gorilla suit in the season 2 premier
Damn MUSTie really messed up the whole show huh?
WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[youtube autoplay=1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFiDDQcin1o[/youtube]
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
BSBSVNSBDHMDND
I def abandoned in season 2
I mean ships 4.4 million viewers isn't bad, it's just bad for Empire beacause they had high ratings.
Quote from: MARS. on March 15, 2019, 03:24:27 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
!!!
I stopped watching when COONie popped out of that gorilla suit in the season 2 premier
!!!!!
:plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
Oh well.
The ratings for this show been down since the 3rd season. Star had dismissal ratings as well but I guess for a better story they attribute it to Jussie.
Still great
I didn't know it came back this week.You cant take a three-month break and not expect to lose viewers.Then the only promo they got was Jussie's scandal.
The numbers aren't TOO different from the last one actually. I mean, it is lower but not substantially
this shit was never good
and taraji is a bad actress
:blessed:
Quote from: Kurama on March 15, 2019, 03:36:49 PM
Quote from: MARS. on March 15, 2019, 03:24:27 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
!!!
I stopped watching when COONie popped out of that gorilla suit in the season 2 premier
!!!!!
:plzstop: :plzstop: :plzstop:
omg same
Quote from: Justaway_ on March 15, 2019, 04:05:02 PM
this shit was never good
and taraji is a bad actress
:blessed:
oof!
Preaching today huh Must?
Quote from: WAVÉS. on March 15, 2019, 03:44:40 PM
The ratings for this show been down since the 3rd season. Star had dismissal ratings as well but I guess for a better story they attribute it to Jussie.
The budget for Empire is much bigger. Theres other things that play a role. Not just viewers.
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
I told you it was gon flop, yum :cheerup:
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
I never came back after the first season
Quote from: WAVÉS. on March 15, 2019, 03:44:40 PM
The ratings for this show been down since the 3rd season. Star had dismissal ratings as well but I guess for a better story they attribute it to Jussie.
Yaz can still get it tho :youready:
Quote from: MARS. on March 15, 2019, 03:24:27 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
!!!
I stopped watching when COONie popped out of that gorilla suit in the season 2 premier
Basically
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
dumb faggot the first episode had like 18 million views
Not coonie :kii:
Hmskshsjssjs
i thought the viewers kept increasing with each ep
in season 1
Never watched this ghetto mess btw
Sddddddddd
Wasnt the show finished before this Jussie mess? Don't blame him.
Quote from: Kaeli. on March 15, 2019, 07:31:14 PM
Hmskshsjssjs
i thought the viewers kept increasing with each ep
in season 1
it did
Mel is such a dying drunk ape boy
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 07:28:52 PM
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
dumb faggot the first episode had like 18 million views
This is true. I remember hearing about how many people were watching empire and being blown back. That's why Fox was doing those xmas specials and shit at one point. It was definitely their flagship show for a sec
Quote from: Vonc2002 on March 15, 2019, 07:35:45 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 07:28:52 PM
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
dumb faggot the first episode had like 18 million views
This is true. I remember hearing about how many people were watching empire and being blown back. That's why Fox was doing those xmas specials and shit at one point. It was definitely their flagship show for a sec
yeah LMFAO
Quote from: Kaeli. on March 15, 2019, 07:31:14 PM
Hmskshsjssjs
i thought the viewers kept increasing with each ep
in season 1
it went up to almost 18 million, not 20, and then the second season the viewers went down to 10.
Glock is a lying fag and he has ED
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 07:54:10 PM
Quote from: Kaeli. on March 15, 2019, 07:31:14 PM
Hmskshsjssjs
i thought the viewers kept increasing with each ep
in season 1
it went up to almost 18 million, not 20, and then the second season the viewers went down to 10.
Glock is a lying fag and he has ED
It started with like 10M but the first season ended with like 21M.
chile...
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 07:28:52 PM
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
dumb faggot the first episode had like 18 million views
This isn't true and a simple google search would prove that
Never watched a single episode of this overrated mess :blessed:
Quote from: MARS. on March 15, 2019, 09:05:47 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 07:28:52 PM
Quote from: MelMel on March 15, 2019, 04:36:42 PM
Quote from: Glock on March 15, 2019, 03:37:49 PM
Quote from: Nine on March 15, 2019, 03:21:08 PM
I remember when this show would get like 10 million viewers.
You gorls really abandoned this show huh?
20 million at one point :omf:
why are u lying, fag
dumb faggot the first episode had like 18 million views
This isn't true and a simple google search would prove that
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
slow self
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRN22NgkXU/