Cyrus Langhorne
G-Unit head 50 Cent has continued his relentless anti-“Empire” campaign on social media by singling out its dip in ratings last week.
A now-deleted Instagram post showing 50 calling out the hit Fox series has made its rounds across social media.
According to reports, “Empire” lost just over 2 million viewers and roughly a 20 percent drop of its premiere-episode adults 18-to-49 in comparison to its season two opener a couple weeks ago.
According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, “Empire” averaged a 5.5 in the all-important demo, which marked an 18% drop from the preliminary 6.7 notched by the season premiere. For what it’s worth, most shows tend to drop between 15% and 20% between their first and second broadcasts. (Ad Age)
Despite the slight decline, “Empire” still managed to reign supreme in key categories.
As expected, “Empire” on Wednesday still ran the table in all relevant demos, putting up a staggering 6.8 rating among women 18-to-49, a 7.4 with women in the 25-to-54 set, and a 4.8 among adults 18-to-34. The show also ran away with each and every male demo. (Ad Age)
In its season two opener, 16.2 million viewers tuned into “Empire.”
“Empire” was a breakaway hit in its first season, with improbable week-to-week viewership growth over the course of 10 weeks, leading into a season finale, broadcast in May, that attracted 16.7 million viewers. The premiere on Wednesday technically snapped that growth streak in ratings. The numbers should rise even more after delayed viewing totals are included in the coming days. (New York Times)
empire is lack a rough version of glee…yikes at terrence howard rapping….
I am a 50 HATER.. LOL With that said, he is right!!! too many celebrity cameos and gay romances.. UGH! So disgusting I will NOT be tuning in anymore.
Finally, somebody with the heart to tell what it really is. Not everybody trying to see that extra shit they putting in that show.
I told them people last year, “YOU ARE BEING BAMBOOZELED” for some gay sh*z. Waiting on #Power Season 3, Heroes Reborn will do me just fine until then. The Cameo’s says allot about its lack of creative content ..Show needs to be VH1< LMAO ..home of the washed up celeb!
It only dipped 2 million. And they was comparing those numbers to the season Finale of the first season, Why? I have no idea lol. But it still did 16.2 Million, that’s damn good. It’s the 3rd most watched Television show of the week.