Jussie Smollett Absent from ‘Empire’ TV Promo After Hoax Attack
A promotional video for the Fox series Empire posted online is notably missing one of its stars, the now-indicted felon Jussie Smollett.
‘Empire’ Ratings Plummet 35 Percent After Jussie Smollett Hate Hoax
Ratings for the Fox television show Empire are plummeting after its star, Jussie Smollett was arrested for apparently staging a fake hate crime attack against himself.
TV Ratings: ‘Empire’ Returns Down on Eve of Jussie Smollett’s Arraignment
The midseason premiere of “Empire” on Wednesday night was down in the Nielsen ratings compared to the show’s last original episode. Airing at 8 p.m. on Fox, “Empire” drew a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.4 million viewers. That is down a little over 10% in both measures compared to the midseason finale in […]
Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty in Hate Hoax Case
CHICAGO (AP) — ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago a few weeks ago.
Tom Payne Takes Over Lead Role in Fox Pilot ‘Prodigal Son’ From Finn Jones
In a recasting, Tom Payne is now to set to topline the Fox drama pilot “Prodigal Son,” Variety has confirmed. The role was originally held by Finn Jones. Sources say the decision to recast the role came after the pilot’s first table read. This marks one of the first major recastings of this pilot season. Payne […]
Gerardo Celasco Cast in Fox Pilot ‘neXT’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gerardo Celasco has joined the cast of the upcoming Fox drama pilot “neXT,” Variety has learned exclusively. The show is described as a fact-based thriller grounded in the latest A.I. research. It features a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world’s first artificial intelligence […]
Tisha Campbell-Martin Cast in Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Geniuses’
Tisha Campbell-Martin has been cast in the Fox multi-camera comedy pilot “Geniuses,” Variety has learned. Campbell-Martin will play Rita, a mother of three who works as a casino pit boss and is Cay’s (Maggie Lawson) closest friend at work. “Geniuses” is described as family comedy about a blue-collar couple, Cay and Mike (Jason Biggs), in South Jersey trying […]
Jussie Smollett Indictment Casts Shadow Over ‘Empire’ Season 5 Return
“Empire” Season 5 returns on Fox this Wednesday night. The following day, series star Jussie Smollett will be arraigned in Chicago for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself. The turn of events that left the Hollywood community and “Empire” fans stunned has cast a pall over the midseason premiere and left those at Fox […]
Live+3 Ratings for Week of Feb. 25: ‘Masked Singer’ Finale Hits Season High
“The Masked Singer” has ended season one on a high note. In Live+3 for the week of Feb. 25, the finale of the hit Fox singing show achieved a season high rating of 4.3 in in adults 18-49, raking in almost 14 million total viewers. The show ended with a season average rating of 3.5, […]
‘Iron Fist’ Alum Finn Jones to Star in Fox Drama Pilot ‘Prodigal Son’
Finn Jones has been cast in the lead role of the Fox pilot “Prodigal Son,” Variety has confirmed. The one-hour series centers on Malcolm Bright (Jones), an acclaimed criminal psychologist. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why? His father (Michael Sheen) was one of the worst — a notorious serial killer called “The […]
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