Empire

A compelling family drama set in the hip-hop world follows the complicated relationships and power dynamics among the members of a successful music empire. Empire is a 2016 American English-language show featuring Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett, Trai Byers, Grace Byers and Jerod Haynes. Imagine Television in association with Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions, Little Chicken Inc. and 20th Century Fox Television. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Attica Locke, Malcolm Spellman, Loucas George, Dianne Houston and Craig Brewer. Series originally aired on Fox. 20th Television acquired the distribution rights for the show. Creators of the series include Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. Empire has 6 seasons and a cumulative total of 102 episodes which have a running time of 42 minutes each. The Film was successful at box office. Empire was made on a budget of $4 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $18 million. Cinematography was done by Andrew Dunn and Paul M. Sommers. The music was composed by Fil Eisler along with Rodney Jerkins, Ester Dean, Jim Beanz and Et Al.