EMPIRE
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Writer/executive producer/co-creator Danny Strong (Recount; The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1&2) and co-executive producer/writer Wendy Calhoun (Justified; Revenge; Nashville) discuss the first season of the blockbuster series.
Moderated by Buzzfeed's Jarett Wieselman.
Recorded at ATX Television Fest in June 2015.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, great live panel coming up in Los Angeles with all of the writers of Conan. |
| 0:05.9 | They're really funny. |
| 0:07.6 | Get tickets, support 826LA, come learn how the Conan Writers' Room works. |
| 0:12.4 | Check it out at writerspanel.tumbler.com or follow me on Twitter at Ben Blacker. |
| 0:18.3 | I'll post that link all the time. |
| 0:20.6 | Hope to see you there. |
| 0:23.4 | Now entering nerdist.com. |
| 0:26.8 | Today's episode is recorded at ATX Television Festival. This year's Fest is June 9th through 12th, |
| 0:33.7 | and you should be there. They've already announced really cool stuff like an everybody loves Raymond |
| 0:39.0 | Reunion, Terriers, The Shield with a bunch of writers from that show. |
| 0:46.4 | They've got Norman Lear. |
| 0:48.7 | They've got Hart Hanson. |
| 0:50.8 | Come on out. Go to ATXFestival.com. |
| 0:53.5 | Get your badge June 9th through 12th, and come say hello. Unless you've been living under Iraq, you're very familiar with the show we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:32.2 | But just in case you're not, here are a few bullet points. |
| 1:36.5 | Empire is the highest rated broadcast drama since 2008. |
| 1:41.3 | It is the highest rated freshman series since 2005. It is the only broadcast prime program |
| 1:47.5 | to build in live viewers every single week in 23 years. And it is currently the number one |
| 1:54.5 | broadcast series on television. Additionally, it spawned a number one album. |
| 2:04.1 | Earned star Taraji P. Henson, a Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama, is |
| 2:08.4 | a frontrunner at the Emmys, and literally the show is just getting started. |
| 2:13.5 | Ten days after its debut, Empire was renewed for a second season that will premiere this fall on Fox. |
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