Ratings Tank for First ‘Empire’ Since Smollett Arrest

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“Empire” returned from its winter hiatus on Wednesday, airing its first original episode since star Jussie Smollett was arrested and charged with filing a false police report. The episode struggled, managing just a 1.3 demo rating among adults 18-49 and 4.412 million total viewers — those Nielsen numbers are way down from last year’s comparable hour, and are still down double digits versus the soap’s fall finale. The previous original “Empire” episode, Dec.

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