Fox Says One in Ten Americans Has Seen ‘Empire’

Los Angeles Times: How popular is the hip-hop soap “Empire”? Fox says nearly 1 out of every 10 Americans has seen it. The network distributed Nielsen research that showed that since its January premiere, the first episode of the soap about an aging music mogul and his extended family has racked up 29.2 million total viewers.  That’s closing in on 10% of the U.S. population of approximately 318 million people.