--- title: When Does Empire Season 2 Come Back description: Empire will be paired on Wednesdays in the fall with Fox's new series Rosewood, starring Morris Chestnut. canonical: https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/ author: Esther Zuckerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-29T18:21:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:45:04.285Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Empire' Is Coming Back in September og:description: Empire will be paired on Wednesdays in the fall with Fox's new series Rosewood, starring Morris Chestnut. og:url: https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Empire' Is Coming Back in September twitter:description: Empire will be paired on Wednesdays in the fall with Fox's new series Rosewood, starring Morris Chestnut. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Empire_ Is Coming Back in September ## Video: 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2014-01-16. Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from "Game of Thrones" to "Scandal" and "Breaking Bad"—keep us coming back for more._ by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 29, 2015 6:21 PM UTC by [Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 29, 2015 6:21 PM UTC At the end of the summer, the Lyon family awaits. New episodes of _Empire_ are set to begin airing Sept. 23. The _Empire_ writers’ Twitter account announced the return date today: > [](https://twitter.com/EmpireWriters/status/604341547639812096) _Empire_ will be [paired](http://www.fox.com/article/fox-announces-new-primetime-series-for-2015-2016-season) on Wednesdays in the fall with Fox’s new series _Rosewood_, starring Morris Chestnut. _Rosewood_ takes the 8 p.m. spot, while _Empire_ follows. While the first season of _Empire_ only featured 12 episodes, more of the show is on the way in its second outing. The second, as [_Entertainment Weekly_ reported](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/11/fox-empire-season2), will feature 18 episodes in two halves. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/"},"headline":"Empire Is Coming Back in September","datePublished":"2015-05-29T18:21:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:45:04.285Z","description":"Get ready for more Cookie","url":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/","keywords":["Television","Fox","empire"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/","name":"Empire Is Coming Back in September"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3901853/empire-season-2-premiere-september/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```