Empire Season 1

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I had to look at some episodes twice – since so much was going in in these action packed, fast moving episodes!
The music is spectacular – This is a great piece of TV writing and the actors make this show come alive! As the filmed interviews state (check out the 2 FREE preview discussions on Amazon about how this series came into being with the key actors, producers & writers on the show): This series is: combination of the Godfather; King Lear; with a heavy dose of hard hitting, contemporary black music AND an inside peak into the family dynamics of those celebrities dealing with the business side of the high grossing music business! Check out the character performances: a Mom who was incarcerated for 17 years & used her illegal drug $$$ to set up the family music business (Cookie); the Godfather head of the now profitable Empire with lots of music talent who wants one of his sons to take over the business when he dies (Dad); a young rapper son with lots raw street talent; a 2nd son with the smooth John Legend sound who is a “out of the closet” self-assured gay man; a 3rd son with MBA business acumen who struggles to control his bi-polar mental health issues — PLUS the tension created by the BIG Q – Which one will be selected to get control of the Empire that Mom & Dad built ? The writers packed all of these contemporary societal issues we struggle with today with an insiders look at the high $$ celebrity lifestyle of a family in the music business ! A creative, superb & gripping series!

-Ajile

Good show about a media mogul and his family and all the the drama surrounding them and their musical empire. Bold, entertaining, and lots of juicy drama, plus a lot of the musical performances are great. This isn’t a musical for those that don’t like that type of show, they don’t just randomly break out into song. The only time there’s singing is when they’re actually performing onstage or in the studio. I appreciate the diversity Empire brings to TV and Taraji P. Henson steals the show with her performance.

– A.S.

I give this show a SEVEN! Especially with the news of established artists making appearances, things are only going to heat up. Not to mention the music is dope, and I’m a 65 year old white person. Ok Ok I admit, I’m an ethnomusicologist with a specialty in West African music. But hey I am counting the days to Season Two. I congratulate the producers. Your instincts have created one of the best shows evah!!

-Kathleen A. Johnson

DVD Wholesale Main Features :   

Actors: Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, Trai Byers, Taraji P. Henson
Directors: Lee Daniels, John Singleton
Format: Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Dubbed: Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 4
Blu-ray discs:3
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: September 15, 2015
Run Time: 528 minutes