In time the show Empire will be more watched than ever, Smollett will become the next Kaepernick, and his trial will be more watched that OJs. This is the sick state of America, 2019.
There won’t be a trial. He’ll be “forced” to take a plea deal because, as a successful black man, he could never get a fair trial.
Empire’s ratings suck and have been declining for years.
But ratings aren’t why the net has renewed it. It’s the demographics. If A-As get turned off as a result of this mess, the show’s toast.
That is what I think. This disaster will have people who have never even heard of the show, checking it out. That is one reason they kept on saying they were not firing him etc. As they say, there is no bad publicity. So, they can encourage the “divide” in the crew/staff/actors/writers etc. It will probably even be incorporated into a story line.