Created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, "Empire" examines the world of the music industry, focusing on a hip-hop label (called Empire) run by the Lyon family. Empire's CEO is Lucious Lyon, a hip-hop mogul who, when not running the company, is raising his three sons: Jamal, Hakeem, and Andre. The Lyon men are faring fine until Lucious's ex-wife and mother of his children, Cookie, is released from prison. She's determined to get her stake of the empire and build the relationship that she never had with her sons.
In addition to displaying family drama and the savage underbelly of the music industry, the show tackles interracial marriage, queerness, mental illness, gang violence, love affairs, and even murder, making Fox's "Empire" an instant hit.
Watch it on Hulu.
