A hip-hop magnate has to choose between three of his sons who are each competing for the ownership of his multi-million dollar company, Empire. Meanwhile, his ex-wife is plotting to get back what was hers in the time that she missed. The cast of the show is Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Cookie Lyon as Taraji P. Henson,. Bryshere Y. Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Grace Gealey as Anika Calhoun, Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha, Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Serayah Mcneil as Tiana Brown, AzMarie Livingstonm as Chicken., and Bre-z as Freda Gatz. The ranking of Empire has 7.8/10 stars. The time that the show airs is on Wednesdays at 9/8c.