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Fox says Jussie Smollett will not return to "Empire" for next season
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Posted on 05/01/2019 6:45:10 AM PDT by Conserv

But, get a look at the weaslley way they arranged it....

The FOX television network announced Tuesday that it will move forward with a sixth season of its hit drama "Empire." However, there are no plans to bring back the character portrayed by Jussie Smollett, who claimed earlier this year he was a victim of a hate crime that police said was fabricated.

"By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett's option for season six, but at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to return to 'Empire,'" FOX said in its statement Tuesday.

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To: headstamp 2

The guy is mentally unstable.


Well, yeah, he’s a homosexual. There are obviously mental issues. I think his biggest weakness is that he thought he could get away with the hoax, and then refused to admit it and apologize.

I think many in the left honestly believe they can simply speak things to truth. And let’s be frank, there are many that still believe him. If those are the type of people you hang around, you may just find yourself doing and saying what he’s doing and saying now, completely oblivious to the actual fact that you are a worlds laughing stock - or worse.


21 posted on 05/01/2019 7:06:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Post 11- Now, there is a detail for the next Political Trivia contest.
Thanks.


22 posted on 05/01/2019 7:06:26 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: Conserv

Can someone arrest him now?


23 posted on 05/01/2019 7:07:25 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Conserv

The reason should have been because he’s in jail.


24 posted on 05/01/2019 7:08:23 AM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: SkyDancer

Smollett’s cake will not be baked.

In fact, the ingredients have not even been assembled.

Writers, directors, producers, and even advertisers are off the hook.


25 posted on 05/01/2019 7:10:15 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Mr. Smollett was born with the name JUSTICE Smollett.
Irony, thou hast a name!

The world is getting stranger by the day.


26 posted on 05/01/2019 7:10:38 AM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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To: precisionshootist

That’s how I took it.


27 posted on 05/01/2019 7:13:37 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1946)
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To: Conserv

They aren’t spinning off xher character to xis own show???


28 posted on 05/01/2019 7:14:34 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Still getting paid, though.


29 posted on 05/01/2019 7:16:11 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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To: jalisco555

I recall reading an interview with Loretta Swit and she said that Mclean told her that even if he ended up in a flop, he still wanted to be the main star of the show, as opposed to having to be number 2 or 3 to Alan Alda on MASH.


30 posted on 05/01/2019 7:18:50 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Grampa Dave
Does anyone who, is a conservative American watch any of the bs fairy tales on Fox TV?

I'm not sure who the target audience was for a show about internecine power struggles within the Hip-Hop recording industry. They certainly weren't targeting me.

31 posted on 05/01/2019 7:18:52 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Conserv

Slow walking his departure to be “sensitive”.


32 posted on 05/01/2019 7:21:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Grampa Dave

I think the only thing I’ve watched on Fox recently is Hell’s Kitchen.

Fox has been a continual programming disappointment.

Firefly, Keen Eddie, Lucifer, Kitchen Confidential, that Bones spinoff, ...


33 posted on 05/01/2019 7:25:34 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Conserv

They didn’t want him, but there was no legal action against him, so he couldn’t be fired for morals clause violation. Cause Chicago let him completely off the hook. So they asked him not to come in to work for probably 85% of his next year’s salary.


34 posted on 05/01/2019 7:29:53 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Conserv

No but he will find employment with no problem from some other White-hating lying POS.


35 posted on 05/01/2019 7:48:24 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: ptsal; samtheman

Wikipedia had it up before the debacle created by Fox.
They have since pulled it and exclusively use “Jussie” throughout.


36 posted on 05/01/2019 7:49:50 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: OttawaFreeper
I recall reading an interview with Loretta Swit and she said that Mclean told her that even if he ended up in a flop, he still wanted to be the main star of the show, as opposed to having to be number 2 or 3 to Alan Alda on MASH.

He got his wish. His show Hello Larry was a flop, but at least he was the star.

37 posted on 05/01/2019 7:50:21 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Calvin Locke

Thanks. 3 years ago we cut our cable, and my wife wanted to keep Fox and ABC.

A few weeks later, she said forget them. We did that!


38 posted on 05/01/2019 8:35:18 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( One of President TrumpÂ’s Clinging, Deploreable, Low IQ Dreg supporters helping to MAGA!)
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To: Sans-Culotte

When this tv loser show first came on, we watched about 15 minutes, looked at each other and switched channels. We were and are in total agreement with your excellent summary below:

“I’m not sure who the target audience was for a show about internecine power struggles within the Hip-Hop recording industry. They certainly weren’t targeting me.”


39 posted on 05/01/2019 8:38:06 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( One of President TrumpÂ’s Clinging, Deploreable, Low IQ Dreg supporters helping to MAGA!)
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To: Calvin Locke

“Fox has been a continual programming disappointment.”

Is this due to the SOM’s, aka Sons Of Murdoch?


40 posted on 05/01/2019 8:39:29 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( One of President TrumpÂ’s Clinging, Deploreable, Low IQ Dreg supporters helping to MAGA!)
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