#Empire creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong tell me no S2 episode order yet, but they'd prefer to keep it smaller, 13-16, rather than 22+.
— Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) January 18, 2015"Our world is not one color." People want to watch shows that reflect our world. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015"We named him Lucious for a reason." Danny Strong on building #Empire around a violent, homophobic, murderer #TCA15
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 18, 2015"It's taking mythical archetypes and turning it into a modern day soap opera," Strong. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Strong says #Empire is based on King Lear and the Lion in Winter in fundamental ways but not a remake by any means. #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Francie Calfo says Cookie will get her groove back (you know what that means!) more than once. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Lucious won't make it easy for Cookie to move on. Neither will her emotions: she's in love with him. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015"Life is a soap opera all the way around," Daniels. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Trai Byers says Andre and Rhonda are puppetmasters for chaos in the family so he can rise to the top. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Smollett says this opportunity is rare. "If they can look at [#Empire] and see themselves in Jamal, that's a gift." #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Henson says Cookie is not loud for the sake of being loud. Everything she says comes from reality and love. #Empire #TCA15
— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) January 18, 2015Lee Daniels on the gay storyline on #Empire: Homophobia is rampant in the African American community. Wants to address that on show. #tca15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Terrence Howard on #Empire highlighting homophobia: "We're trying to give people an opportunity to see what they're doing is painful" #tca15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Lee Daniels: "If my father were alive today I think he would have evolved." #tca15 #Empire
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Howard says homophobia on #Empire reflects how real African-American people are treating their sons, nephews #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015#Empire's Smollett says Cookie is "fly... Somebody going to want that Cookie!" #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015Danny Strong: We wanted to infuse this soap with social issues. #Empire #Fox #TCA15
— Debra Birnbaum (@debrabirnbaum) January 18, 2015"Yes [Lucious] is homophobic, yes he's a murderer, but he's human. I love him. "-- Lee Daniels #Empire #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015Cookie is driven by love over power, Taraji P. Henson says. #Empire #TCA15
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 18, 2015Is Cookie driven more by power or by love? Taraji P. Henson: "Love. Everything she does is for her boys and her family." #Empire #Fox #TCA15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015#Empire doesn't shy away from being called a soap opera. Lee Daniels & Taraji P. Henson miss Dynasty, cat fights, fashions, etc. #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015#Empire's Lee Daniels: "God bless #Fox for being so bold. Who would have thought they'd let me on the air?" #TCA15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Musicians will come on #Empire as themselves, but also in roles written for them (like Courtney Love). #Empire #Fox #TCA15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Andre Lyon may not sing, but @JustTrai does! #Facts #FOXTCA #TCA15 #empire
— Empire (@EmpireFOX) January 18, 2015"It'd be stupid not to," Terrence Howard says of doing an #Empire crossover with #AmericanIdol. #tca15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015#Empire's Smollett says if gay youth see themselves in Jamal, "it's incredible, that's dope. I embrace that fully." #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015#Empire's Taraji P. Henson: As an artist I never want to do safe work. Art can save a life, art can change a life... I don't run #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015#Empire's Taraji P. Henson says she knew Cookie would upset a lot of people: "As an artist I don't ever want to do safe work." #Fox #TCA15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015Lee Daniels was thinking about approaching Wesley Snipes for #Empire, but Taraji P. Henson said she'd do it with Terrence Howard. #tca15
— TV Guide Magazine (@TVGuideMagazine) January 18, 2015#Empire's @TherealTaraji: My dad is my Cookie. You either loved him or hated him. He spoke the truth all the time #TCA15
— TV Guide (@TVGuide) January 18, 2015
