Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te Rōpū Kuki, ko te Rōpū Boo Boo Kitty rānei? Mēnā he kaiwhaiwhai koe o te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata rongonui "Empire", ka tino mōhio koe ki tēnei tohutoro ki tētahi o ngā whakataetae matua o te raupapa. Mēnā kāore koe i te kaiwhaiwhai, tērā pea kei te iti rawa koe. Kua riro te whakaaturanga hei āhuatanga o te ahumahi, me te piki haere o ngā mātakitaki i ia wiki. E ai ki te Variety, e rua wiki i mua i te mutunga o te waa, ka tukuna i te Poutu-te-rangi 18, kua piki ake nga tohu 53% mai i tana raupapa tuatahi o te Hanuere 7 i roto i te whakaaturanga 18-49 e hiahiatia ana, ana kua piki te tirohanga katoa 45%, mai i te 9.9 miriona ki te 14.3 miriona. E waru ngā wiki o te tipu i te rārangi, kāore anō kia rangona i ēnei rā i roto i te pouaka whakaata, e anga atu ana ki te whakataetae kaha mai i ngā ratonga taura me ngā ratonga rere. Engari kei te mahi te "Empire" a Fox i taua mea kino. Ko te whakaaturanga e huri ana i te ahua o te rangatira o te waitohu rekoata a Lucious Lyon (kua whakauruhia e Terence Howard) me tona whanau, kei roto ko nga tama tokotoru e whakataetae ana ki te tango i tana kamupene me te wahine o mua i hinga mo ia ka hoki mai i te whare herehere ki te tango i tana mea. "He tino ataahua koe", Empire, a koia nei ētahi o ngā take: Ko Taraji P. Henson. Kua noho a Henson ki te umanga mo te meneti, a ahakoa nga mahi i whakamoemitihia i roto i nga kiriata penei i te "Hustle & Flow" me te "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (ko te mea whakamutunga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he tohu Oscar wahine pai rawa atu), kaore i tino tiimata tana mahi. Kāore i te pērā i tēnei wā. Ko Henson te mea nui i roto i te tūranga o te hapū o Lyon, ko Kuki. He pakeke te ahua me te maarama o te huarahi me te aroha nui ki tana whanau, ahakoa kei te akiaki ia ki te mahi moni. Ko te kaihanga o te whakaaturanga, ko Danny Strong, i korero ki a Entertainment Weekly ka taea e nga kaiwhaiwhai te whakawhetai ki a Henson mo te ingoa ingoa rongonui "Boo Boo Kitty" kua aroha nga kaimatakitaki. I te wā e kī ana a Kuki i te aroha hou o tana tāne o mua, a Lucious, a Anika Calhoun (i whakatangihia e Grace Gealey), "Boo Boo Kitty", e hiahia ana koe ki te karanga ki te mata, "Whakaia ia, Kuki!" "Na, ko Taraji he tino tangata", te kī a Strong. "He pūmanawa whakakatakata ia, engari he tino kaha hoki tana mahi whakaari...
Kua kite a "Empire" i te pikinga o ōna mātakitaki ia wiki. He tino pai te āhua o Taraji P. Henson. He wāhanga nui te waiata o te whakaaturanga.