What is Empire about?
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
A gritty family drama unfolds as three sons and an ex-wife fiercely battle for control of a music empire.
Intimate and tense. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu, The Roku Channel (free) and Tubi (free).
Empire parents guide
Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, some strong language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Created byDanny Strong, Lee Daniels
StarringTerrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray, Trai Byers, Gabourey Sidibe, Ta'Rhonda Jones
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