--- title: Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu, Not Netflix description: Sorry, Netflix users canonical: https://time.com/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-19T16:47:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:17:42.155Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu og:description: Sorry, Netflix users og:url: https://time.com/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53412deb3183ddc8/6987845d0b72e3d3b86de403/ap587454180311-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Taraji P. Henson, as Cookie, in a scene from season 1 of "Empire." og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu twitter:description: Sorry, Netflix users twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53412deb3183ddc8/6987845d0b72e3d3b86de403/ap587454180311-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu, Not Netflix by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Mar 19, 2015 4:47 PM CUT  Taraji P. Henson, as Cookie, in a scene from season 1 of "Empire." Taraji P. Henson, as Cookie, in a scene from season 1 of "Empire."Chuck Hades—AP by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Mar 19, 2015 4:47 PM CUT Hulu has locked down TV’s biggest new show. The online service has nabbed the exclusive streaming rights to Fox’s _Empire_. The hit drama series has already been on the service, but now Hulu has secured the rights exclusively for not only the first season, but for any additional seasons – so don’t expect to watch _Empire_ on Netflix or Amazon anytime soon (though you will still be able to find the show on Fox’s video on demand service). Episodes are available for Hulu subscribers now and future episodes will be available via Hulu the day after they air on Fox. “Empire is truly a television phenomenon,” said Craig Erwich, Head of Content at Hulu. “_Empire_’s story lines and music continue to dominate the popular culture conversation each week. Since its premiere, the series has remained one of the top shows on Hulu and we are ecstatic to be the exclusive streaming home to the biggest show of the year.” Last night’s _Empire_ finale set another ratings record, [hitting nearly 17 million viewers](http://t.co/5GgNdjksrI "undefined"). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/19/empire-streaming-rights-go-exclusively-hulu "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/"},"headline":"Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu, Not Netflix","datePublished":"2015-03-19T16:47:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:17:42.155Z","description":"Sorry, Netflix users","url":"https://time.com/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53412deb3183ddc8/6987845d0b72e3d3b86de403/ap587454180311-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53412deb3183ddc8/6987845d0b72e3d3b86de403/ap587454180311-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taraji P. Henson, as Cookie, in a scene from season 1 of \"Empire.\"","caption":"Taraji P. Henson, as Cookie, in a scene from season 1 of \"Empire.\"","creditText":"Chuck Hades—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3751105/hulu-streaming-empire/","name":"Why You'll Only Be Able to Watch Empire on Hulu, Not Netflix"}}]}] ```