Fox's Empire Season 2 ratings are still dropping
Last week it was rumored that ratings for Empire dropped due the large amount of gay scenes on the series. Well, Empire aired their third episode of season two and ratings continue to drop.
The season premiere of Empire averaged a 8.7 rating among 18 to 49 after live-plus-three day and 22.5 multiplatform viewers. The second episode, after the same three-day DVR boost, averaged a 7.7 rating in the key demographic and 18 million viewers. And after the third episode the ratings show the ratings continuing to fall.
The drama averaged a 5.0 rating among adults 18-49, off half of a point from last week's live-plus-same day showing, and 13 million viewers. (Empire, it should be noted, has a tendency to tick up in final same-day ratings.) [The Hollywood Reporter]
Last week, 50 cent, a man known for stirring up controversy, argued that the ratings on Empire dropped due the large number of “gay scenes”on Empire. In a post that has since been deleted, Fifty Cent reposted an Instagram user's post that pointed out the second episode of Empire had 3 million fewer viewers, blaming int on too many celebrity cameos and too many “gay” plots. “There are 3 million less viewers who tuned into last night's Empire episode!!!! did you watch it?” it read. “We could not take the extra gay stuff or celebrity stuff last night!!!!”
It will be days before any clear trends show how long viewers start watching Empire, or wether Empire was a Season 1 hit and a Season 2 disappointment.
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