Empire (TV series, 2015) / Episode list
This episode list contains all episodes of the US series Empire , sorted according to when they were first broadcast in the US . Between 2015 and 2020, 102 episodes were created in six seasons, each around 42 minutes in length.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in the USA | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| 1 | 12 | January 7, 2015 | March 18, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | July 14, 2015 |
| 2 | 18th | 23rd September 2015 | May 18, 2016 | 2nd June 2016 | 3rd November 2016 |
| 3 | 18th | September 21, 2016 | May 24, 2017 | March 16, 2017 | 28th September 2017 |
| 4th | 18th | 27th September 2017 | 23 May 2018 | ||
| 5 | 18th | 26th September 2018 | May 8, 2019 | ||
| 6th | 18th | September 24, 2019 | April 21, 2020 | ||
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from January 7 to March 18, 2015 on the US broadcaster Fox . The German-language first broadcast of the first three episodes was broadcast by the free TV channels ProSieben and 3+ on June 24, 2015. The remaining episodes were first broadcast from June 30 to July 14, 2015 by the Swiss channel 3+.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D / CH) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
Spectator (D) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Return of the Queen | pilot | Jan. 7, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | Lee Daniels | Lee Daniels & Danny Strong | 9.90 million | 0.93 million |
| 2 | 2 | In the crossfire | The Outspoken King | Jan. 14, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | Lee Daniels | Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken | 10.32 million | 0.88 million |
| 3 | 3 | Lions den | The Devil Quotes Scripture | Jan. 21, 2015 | June 24, 2015 | Sanaa Hamri | Ilene Chaiken & Joshua Allen | 11.07 million | 0.92 million |
| 4th | 4th | titanium | False imposition | Jan. 28, 2015 | June 30, 2015 | Rosemary Rodriguez | Wendy Calhoun | 11.36 million | 0.75 million |
| 5 | 5 | Dangerous connections | Dangerous bonds | Feb. 4, 2015 | June 30, 2015 | John Singleton | Malcolm Spellman | 11.47 million | 0.72 million |
| 6th | 6th | The truth, nothing but the truth | Out, Damned Spot | Feb 11, 2015 | June 30, 2015 | Michael Engler | Eric Haywood | 11.96 million | 0.75 million |
| 7th | 7th | Bittersweet memory | Our Dancing Days | Feb. 18, 2015 | July 7, 2015 | Sanaa Hamri | Attica Locke | 13.01 million | 0.83 million |
| 8th | 8th | The roar of the lion | The Lyon's Roar | Feb 25, 2015 | July 7, 2015 | Danny Strong | Danny Strong | 13.90 million | 0.84 million |
| 9 | 9 | The war starts | Unto the Breach | 4th Mar 2015 | July 7, 2015 | Anthony Hemingway | David Rambo | 14.33 million | 0.88 million |
| 10 | 10 | The sins of the father | Sins of the Father | 11th Mar 2015 | July 14, 2015 | Rob Hardy | Eddie Gonzalez & Jeremy Haft | 14.92 million | 0.71 million |
| 11 | 11 | The resurrection | The But Once | 18 Mar 2015 | July 14, 2015 | Mario van Peebles | Ilene Chaiken | 15.82 million | 0.67 million |
| 12 | 12 | Enemies and traitors | Who I Am | 18 Mar 2015 | July 14, 2015 | Debbie Allen | Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken | 17.62 million | 0.68 million |
season 2
The first broadcast of the second season was from September 23, 2015 to May 18, 2016 on the US broadcaster Fox . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter ProSieben Fun from June 2 to November 3 2,016th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | All the devils are here | The Devils Are Here | 23 Sep 2015 | 2nd June 2016 | Lee Daniels | Danny Strong & Ilene Chaiken | 16.18 million |
| 14th | 2 | Lyon Dynasty | Without a country | Sep 30 2015 | June 9, 2016 | Dee Rees | Carlito Rodriguez | 13.74 million |
| 15th | 3 | Sky fire | Fires of Heaven | Oct 7, 2015 | June 16, 2016 | Craig Brewer | Attica Locke | 13.10 million |
| 16 | 4th | mortician undertaker | Poor Yorick | Oct 14, 2015 | June 23, 2016 | Danny Strong | Danny Strong | 12.22 million |
| 17th | 5 | Repent! | Be true | Oct 21, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | Kevin Bray | Wendy Calhoun & Janeika James | 12.28 million |
| 18th | 6th | Under fire | A High Hope for a Low Heaven | Nov 4, 2015 | July 7, 2016 | Mario van Peebles | Robert Munic | 11.68 million |
| 19th | 7th | Demons buried deep | True Love Never | Nov 11, 2015 | July 14, 2016 | Sylvain White | Ingrid Escajeda | 11.20 million |
| 20th | 8th | war cry | My Bad Parts | Nov 18, 2015 | July 21, 2016 | Sanaa Hamri | Malcolm Spellman | 11.34 million |
| 21st | 9 | In the sign of the bull | Sinned Against | Nov 25, 2015 | July 28, 2016 | Paul McCrane | Eric Haywood | 9.21 million |
| 22nd | 10 | You too, Brutus? | Et Tu, Brute? | Dec 2, 2015 | Oct 6, 2016 | Sanaa Hamri | Radha Blank | 11.81 million |
| 23 | 11 | Do you want to be king | Death Will Have His Day | 30th Mar 2016 | Oct 6, 2016 | Danny Strong | Danny Strong | 12.46 million |
| 24 | 12 | Poisonous snakes | A Rose by Any Other Name | Apr 6, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 | Michael Engler | Ilene Chaiken | 11.34 million |
| 25th | 13 | The tame of a wolf | The Tameness of a Wolf | Apr 13, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 | Paris Barclay | Attica Locke & Joshua Allen | 10.11 million |
| 26th | 14th | Changing of the guard | Time Shall Unfold | April 20, 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | Cherien Dabis | Ayanna Floyd Davis | 9.56 million |
| 27 | 15th | Blood ties | More Than Kin | Apr. 27, 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | Sanaa Hamri | Eric Haywood & Malcolm Spellman | 10.03 million |
| 28 | 16 | Back from the dead | The Lyon Who Cried Wolf | 4th May 2016 | Oct 27, 2016 | Millicent Shelton | Joshua Allen | 9.39 million |
| 29 | 17th | In the name of the father | Rise by Sin | May 11, 2016 | Oct 27, 2016 | Paul McCrane | Ayanna Floyd Davis & Jamie Rosengard | 9.81 million |
| 30th | 18th | Hell Cycle | Past Is Prologue | May 18, 2016 | Nov 3, 2016 | Sanaa Hamri | Lee Daniels & Ilene Chaiken | 10.88 million |
season 3
The first broadcast of the third season was from September 21, 2016 to May 24, 2017 on the US broadcaster Fox . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter ProSieben Fun of 16 March 2017 to 28 September 2017th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | A light in the dark | Light in Darkness | 21 Sep 2016 | 16. Mar. 2017 | Sanaa Hamri | Malcolm Spellman & Joshua Allen | 10.87 million |
| 32 | 2 | Victims and survivors | Sin That Amends | 28 Sep 2016 | 16. Mar. 2017 | Craig Brewer | Cherien Dabis & Carlito Rodriguez | 9.65 million |
| 33 | 3 | Street instincts | What Remains is Bestial | Oct 5, 2016 | 23 Mar 2017 | Millicent Shelton | Diane Ademu-John & Eric Haywood | 9.25 million |
| 34 | 4th | Different worlds | Cupid kills | Oct 12, 2016 | 23 Mar 2017 | Hanelle Culpepper | Matt Pyken & Attica Locke | 9.27 million |
| 35 | 5 | Soul destroyer | One Before Another | Nov 9, 2016 | 30th Mar 2017 | Mario van Peebles | Joshua Allen & Carlito Rodriguez | 8.15 million |
| 36 | 6th | Exposures | Chimes at Midnight | Nov 16, 2016 | 30th Mar 2017 | Sanaa Hamri | Cherien Dabis & Eric Haywood | 8.39 million |
| 37 | 7th | What we could be | What We May Be | Nov 30, 2016 | Apr 6, 2017 | Kevin Bray | Diane Ademu-John & Malcom Spellman | 7.84 million |
| 38 | 8th | cure | The Unkindest Cut | 7th Dec 2016 | Apr 6, 2017 | Dennie Gordon | Attica Locke & Jamie Rosengard | 7.00 million |
| 39 | 9 | Unscrupulous | A Furnace For Your Foe | Dec 14, 2016 | 31 Aug 2017 | Sanaa Hamri | Ilene Chaiken & Matt Pyken | 7.58 million |
| 40 | 10 | Merciless | Sound & Fury | 22 Mar 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | Craig Brewer | Eric Haywood & Carlito Rodriguez | 7.95 million |
| 41 | 11 | Devil chord | Play on | 29 Mar 2017 | Sep 7 2017 | Benny Boom | Janeika James & Jasheika James Idea: Malcolm Spellman |
6.91 million |
| 42 | 12 | You are a man | Strange Bedfellows | Apr 5, 2017 | Sep 7 2017 | Bille Woodruff | Matt Pyken & Attica Locke | 6.35 million |
| 43 | 13 | Insidious maneuvers | My Naked Villainy | Apr 12, 2017 | Sep 14 2017 | Cherien Dabis | Joshua Allen & Jamie Rosengard | 6.59 million |
| 44 | 14th | Love is smoke | Love is a smoke | 26 Apr 2017 | Sep 14 2017 | Tricia Brock | Diane Ademu-John & Cherien Dabis | 6.31 million |
| 45 | 15th | War of the mothers | Civil Hands Unclean | May 3, 2017 | 21 Sep 2017 | Howard Deutch | Ilene Chaiken & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.60 million |
| 46 | 16 | The missing child | Absent Child | May 10, 2017 | 21 Sep 2017 | Millicent Shelton | Attica Locke & Malcolm Spellman | 6.32 million |
| 47 | 17th | Dance of the Furies (Part 1) | Toil and Trouble, Part 1 | 17th May 2017 | 28 Sep 2017 | Bryshere Y. Gray | Serayah McNeill | 6.14 million |
| 48 | 18th | Dance of the Furies (Part 2) | Toil and Trouble, Part 2 | May 24, 2017 | 28 Sep 2017 | Sierra McClain | Trai Byers | 6.94 million |
Season 4
In January 2017, Fox extended the series for a fourth season. The first broadcast of the fourth season was broadcast by US broadcaster Fox from September 27, 2017 to May 23, 2018. It has not yet been broadcast in German.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | - | Noble memory | 27 Sep 2017 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Brett Mahoney | 7.05 million |
| 50 | 2 | - | Full circle | 4th Oct 2017 | - | Craig Brewer | Craig Brewer & Eric Haywood | 5.89 million |
| 51 | 3 | - | Evil Manners | Oct 11, 2017 | - | Bille Woodruff | Matt Pyken & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.93 million |
| 52 | 4th | - | Bleeding War | Oct 18, 2017 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Diane Ademu-John & Jamie Rosengard | 5.65 million |
| 53 | 5 | - | The fool | Nov 8, 2017 | - | Howard Deutch | Janeika James & Jasheika James | 5.40 million |
| 54 | 6th | - | Fortune Be Not Crost | Nov 15, 2017 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston | 6.05 million |
| 55 | 7th | - | The Lady Doth protest | Nov 29, 2017 | - | Karen Gaviola | Matt Pyken & Eric Haywood | 5.05 million |
| 56 | 8th | - | Cupid Painted Blind | Dec 6, 2017 | - | Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Diane Ademu-John & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.68 million |
| 57 | 9 | - | Slave to memory | Dec 13, 2017 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston | 5.91 million |
| 58 | 10 | - | Birds in the Cage | 28 Mar 2018 | - | Craig Brewer | Craig Brewer | 6.22 million |
| 59 | 11 | - | Without apology | Apr 4, 2018 | - | Dianne Houston | Matt Pyken & Joshua Allen | 5.57 million |
| 60 | 12 | - | Sweet Sorrow | Apr 11, 2018 | - | Eric Haywood | Eric Haywood & Jamie Rosengard | 5.91 million |
| 61 | 13 | - | Of hardiness is mother | Apr 18, 2018 | - | Craig Brewer | Dianne Houston & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.41 million |
| 62 | 14th | - | False Face | April 25, 2018 | - | Millicent Shelton | Janeika James & Jasheika James Idea: Diane Ademu-John |
5.34 million |
| 63 | 15th | - | A Lean and Hungry Look | 2nd May 2018 | - | Serayah McNeill | Terrell Carter | 5.28 million |
| 64 | 16 | - | Fair terms | May 9, 2018 | - | Jussie Smollett | Rich Dollaz | 5.32 million |
| 65 | 17th | - | Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns | May 16, 2018 | - | Ashanti Douglas | Grace Byers | 5.14 million |
| 66 | 18th | - | The Empire Unpossess'd | 23 May 2018 | - | Luke James | Nafessa Williams | 5.30 million |
Season 5
The first broadcast of the fifth season was from September 26, 2018 to May 8, 2019 on the US broadcaster Fox . It has not yet been broadcast in German.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (-) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | - | Steal from the Thief | 26 Sep 2018 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Brett Mahoney & Dianne Houston | 6.09 million |
| 68 | 2 | - | Pay For Their Presumptions | Oct 3, 2018 | - | John Krokidas | Yolonda E. Lawrence & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.09 million |
| 69 | 3 | - | Pride | Oct 10, 2018 | - | Clement Virgo | Diane Ademu-John & Joshua Allen | 5.15 million |
| 70 | 4th | - | Love All, Trust a Few | 17th Oct 2018 | - | Mario van Peebles | Matt Pyken & Cameron Johnson | 5.21 million |
| 71 | 5 | - | The Depth of Grief | Oct 31, 2018 | - | Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Janeika James, Jasheika James & Jamie Rosengard |
4.23 million |
| 72 | 6th | - | What is done | Nov 7, 2018 | - | Jussie Smollett | Felicia D. Henderson & Thomas Westfall | 5.01 million |
| 73 | 7th | - | Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils | Nov 14, 2018 | - | Tamra Davis | Joshua Allen & Dianne Houston | 4.89 million |
| 74 | 8th | - | Master of What Is Mine Own | Nov 28, 2018 | - | Dianne Houston | Matt Pyken & Yolonda E. Lawrence | 5.03 million |
| 75 | 9 | - | Had It From My Father | 5th Dec 2018 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Diane Ademu-John & Carlito Rodriguez | 5.04 million |
| 76 | 10 | - | My fault is past | 13 Mar 2019 | - | Michael Goi | Craig Brewer & Cameron Johnson | 4.40 million |
| 77 | 11 | - | In Loving Virtue | 20 Mar 2019 | - | Clement Virgo | Felicia D. Henderson | 3.98 million |
| 78 | 12 | - | Shift and Save Yourself | 27 Mar 2019 | - | Dianne Houston | Matt Pyken & Thomas Westfall | 3.97 million |
| 79 | 13 | - | Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds | 3rd Apr 2019 | - | Gabourey Sidibe | Diane Ademu-John & Evan Price | 4.12 million |
| 80 | 14th | - | Without All Remedy | 10 Apr 2019 | - | Craig Brewer | Jamie Rosengard | 3.76 million |
| 81 | 15th | - | A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child | April 17, 2019 | - | Dawn Wilkinson | Yolonda E. Lawrence & Carlito Rodriguez | 3.76 million |
| 82 | 16 | - | Never Doubt I Love | Apr. 24, 2019 | - | Darren Grant | Joshua Allen & Thomas Westfall | 3.77 million |
| 83 | 17th | - | My Fate Cries Out | 1st May 2019 | - | Paul McCrane | Janeika James, Jasheika James & Cameron Johnson |
3.73 million |
| 84 | 18th | - | The Roughest Day | May 8, 2019 | - | Craig Brewer | Brett Mahoney & Felicia D. Henderson | 4.09 million |
Season 6
The first broadcast of the sixth season was from September 24, 2019 to April 21, 2020 on the US broadcaster Fox . It has not yet been broadcast in German.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (-) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 1 | - | What is love | Sep 24 2019 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Dianne Houston & Brett Mahoney | 3.31 million |
| 86 | 2 | - | Got on My Knees to Pray | Oct. 1, 2019 | - | Mario van Peebles | Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson | 2.94 million |
| 87 | 3 | - | You Broke Love | Oct 8, 2019 | - | Howard Deutch | Yolonda E. Lawrence & Marcus J. Guillory | 2.79 million |
| 88 | 4th | - | Tell the truth | Oct 15, 2019 | - | Bille Woodruff | Jamie Rosengard & Michael Martin | 2.74 million |
| 89 | 5 | - | Stronger Than My Rival | Nov. 5, 2019 | - | Mario | Sierra McClain | 2.48 million |
| 90 | 6th | - | Heart of Stone | Nov 12, 2019 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Stacy A. Littlejohn Idea: Stacy A. Littlejohn & Thomas Westfall |
2.60 million |
| 91 | 7th | - | Good enough | 19 Nov 2019 | - | Gabourey Sidibe | Cameron Johnson & Evan Price | 2.65 million |
| 92 | 8th | - | Do you remember me | 26th Nov 2019 | - | Ruben Garcia | Leah Benavides Rodriguez & Carlito Rodriguez | 2.45 million |
| 93 | 9 | - | Remember the music | 3rd Dec 2019 | - | Geary McLeod | Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson | 2.55 million |
| 94 | 10 | - | Cold Cold Man | 17th Dec 2019 | - | Sanaa Hamri | Dianne Houston & Jamie Rosengard | 2.52 million |
| 95 | 11 | - | Can't Truss' Em | March 3, 2020 | - | Clement Virgo | Michael C. Martin & Cameron Johnson | 2.43 million |
| 96 | 12 | - | Talk Less | March 10, 2020 | - | Dawn Wilkinson | Stacy A. Littlejohn & Marcus J. Guillory | 1.89 million |
| 97 | 13 | - | Come Undone | 17th March 2020 | - | Taraji P. Henson | Dianne Houston & Evan Price | 2.64 million |
| 98 | 14th | - | I Am Who I Am | March 24, 2020 | - | Ishai Setton | Colin Waite & Paul Eriksen | 2.72 million |
| 99 | 15th | - | Love me still | March 31, 2020 | - | Dianne Houston | Matt Pyken & Thomas Westfall | 2.58 million |
| 100 | 16 | - | We Got Us | Apr 7, 2020 | - | Clement Virgo | Janeika James & Jasheika James | 2.80 million |
| 101 | 17th | - | Over everything | Apr. 14, 2020 | - | Stephen D'Amato | Jamie Rosengard & Cameron Johnson | 2.69 million |
| 102 | 18th | - | Home is on the way | Apr 21, 2020 | - | Geary McLeod & Bille Woodruff | Yolonda E. Lawrence, Michael C. Martin, Matt Pyken & Indira Gibson Wilson | 2.94 million |
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Episode list at TheFutonCritic.com
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Empire: Season 1 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ Empire: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . March 19, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Empire: Season 2 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Empire: Season Two Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Empire: Season 3 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Empire: Season Three Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . March 23, 2017. Accessed March 30, 2017.
- ↑ Elizabeth Wagmeister: 'Empire' Renewed for Fourth Season at Fox . In: Variety.com . January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ Empire: Season Four Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ Empire: Season Five Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . May 9, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ Empire: Season Six Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.