‘Empire’ To End After Upcoming Sixth Season; Still “No Plans” For Jussie Smollett Return

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[Red Badger]

Say Thanks Jussie......................

[SMGFan]

In other words

“Recanceled”

https://twitter.com/TVGrimReaper/status/1127930662776795136

[I want the USA back]

Never watched even 5 seconds of it. No interest in a bunch of thugs.

Hoping jussie can’t find work, and goes to jail, but that won’t happen. White-hating racists get a free pass and lucrative job offers.

[Red Badger]

RENANCELED?..............I never knew it was ‘nanceled’ the first time.................

[1Old Pro]

The reign of Empire on Fox is coming to an end next year.

They should end it with an episode of Jessie Smollet making up a story about getting mugged. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[SMGFan]

announced as renewed... but also announced it is ending.

[Red Badger]

IT’S A TERRIBLE THING, GETTING nanceled..............

[Fireone]

I guess it’s fitting, that a show that features thug/gang life, goes out with “guns blazing”.

[Red Badger]

It ought to ‘end’ like the Sopranos did..................

[marajade]

If you look at the ratings they were tanking before all this Jussie Smollett stuff came out anyway.

[dp0622]

Like I said before, it’s kind of set up like “The Godfather”.

If “The Godfather” had a Terrible Cast, a Terrible Script, and Incoherent Plot and Incredibly Unlikable Characters.

That should cover it.

[V_TWIN]

Suspect they will shut down the show, effectively disconnecting him from it and then reboot as a different (but same) show. That should get them legally “unjussied”.

[Red Badger]

It was boring. The plot never changed. The audience just faded away................

[marajade]

I wouldn’t know, I’ve never seen it.

[Red Badger]

It was like any other ‘soap opera’, except there were no real ‘cliff-hangers’ to keep people interested.

It was like ‘Dallas’ and became boring just like it did...............

[bigbob]

And no Linda Gray

[Red Badger]

Dallas ‘jumped the shark’ with the Bobby resurrection................

[richardtavor]

I don’t care. Go away.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Quick!
Over here, bring a large magnifying glass.

Look close.
Fleas, playing sad songs, on the worlds smallest violins.

[ExNewsExSpook]

If I’m not mistaken, the remaining actors would have been due a huge pay raise for season seven. Meanwhile, with five years’ worth of episodes in the can, they have more than enough for syndication, where the producers will make their real money. Outside chance that the two lead actors might have a very small part of the syndication profits, but not only is Jussie out of a job, he’ll never see a dime from syndication, except for a few years of residual checks.