Fox’s hit TV show Empire is growing in popularity each week.
Once again, the Hip Hop-oriented series increased its viewership according to Variety.
Last week’s episode raked in 13.9 million viewers.
Fox estimates that since the show premiered in early January, it has been watched by 22.6 million viewers.
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After its fifth episode, Empire broke a television record that stood for nearly two decades, as it became the first primetime scripted series to grow in total viewers over each of its first five telecasts since at least 1991.
More-and-more women, between the ages of 18-34, are watching the show. The series saw a 68% increase in female viewership since its premiere.
African-Americans make up about two-thirds of the population tuning in – age 2 and older. Among other primetime series across the networks, Empire joins ABC’s Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder as broadcast dramas with more than 4 in 10 viewers are black.
On social media, the show is also getting a huge boost. Empire has ousted Scandal as the TV show with the highest average number of tweets per episode with 381,770.
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Empire is reportedly slated to finish as broadcast television’s no. 1 drama.
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