A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
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Terrence Howard
Lucious Lyon
Taraji P. Henson
Cookie Lyon
Bryshere Y. Gray
Hakeem Lyon
Trai Byers
Andre Lyon
Gabourey Sidibe
Becky
Ta'Rhonda Jones
Porsha
Serayah
Tiana Brown
Nicole Ari Parker
Giselle Sims-Barker
Meta Golding
Teri Lyon
A.Z. Kelsey
Jeff Kingsley
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12 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Jan 7, 2015 | 4.7 |
| 2 | The Outspoken King | Jan 14, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 3 | The Devil Quotes Scripture | Jan 21, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 4 | False Imposition | Jan 28, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Dangerous Bonds | Feb 4, 2015 | 6.8 |
| 6 | Out, Damned Spot | Feb 11, 2015 | 9.4 |
| 7 | Our Dancing Days | Feb 18, 2015 | 6.6 |
| 8 | The Lyon's Roar | Feb 25, 2015 | 8.6 |
| 9 | Unto the Breach | Mar 4, 2015 | 6.3 |
| 10 | Sins of the Father | Mar 11, 2015 | 9.2 |
| 11 | Die But Once | Mar 18, 2015 | 8.4 |
| 12 | Who I Am | Mar 18, 2015 | 6.1 |
18 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devils Are Here | Sep 23, 2015 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Without a Country | Sep 30, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 3 | Fires of Heaven | Oct 7, 2015 | 8.8 |
| 4 | Poor Yorick | Oct 14, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Be True | Oct 21, 2015 | 5.9 |
| 6 | A High Hope for a Low Heaven | Nov 4, 2015 | 8.8 |
| 7 | True Love Never | Nov 11, 2015 | 6.0 |
| 8 | My Bad Parts | Nov 18, 2015 | 9.2 |
| 9 | Sinned Against | Nov 25, 2015 | 8.8 |
| 10 | Et Tu, Brute | Dec 2, 2015 | 9.5 |
| 11 | Death Will Have His Day | Mar 30, 2016 | 6.6 |
| 12 | A Rose by Any Other Name | Apr 6, 2016 | 5.9 |
| 13 | The Tameness of a Wolf | Apr 13, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 14 | Time Shall Unfold | Apr 20, 2016 | 8.5 |
| 15 | More Than Kin | Apr 27, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 16 | The Lyon Who Cried Wolf | May 4, 2016 | 9.2 |
| 17 | Rise by Sin | May 4, 2016 | 6.7 |
| 18 | Past Is Prologue | May 18, 2016 | 8.0 |
18 episodes • 2016Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light in Darkness | Sep 21, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Sin That Amends | Sep 28, 2016 | 8.6 |
| 3 | What Remains Is Bestial | Oct 5, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 4 | Cupid Kills | Oct 12, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 5 | One Before Another | Nov 9, 2016 | 8.7 |
| 6 | Chimes at Midnight | Nov 16, 2016 | 6.7 |
| 7 | What We May Be | Nov 30, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 8 | The Unkindest Cut | Dec 7, 2016 | 5.0 |
| 9 | A Furnace For Your Foe | Dec 14, 2016 | 6.1 |
| 10 | Sound & Fury | Mar 22, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Play On | Mar 29, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 12 | Strange Bedfellows | Apr 5, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 13 | My Naked Villainy | Apr 12, 2017 | 6.8 |
| 14 | Love Is a Smoke | Apr 26, 2017 | 9.0 |
| 15 | Civil Hands Unclean | May 3, 2017 | 9.0 |
| 16 | Absent Child | May 10, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 17 | Toil and Trouble (1) | May 17, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 18 | Toil and Trouble (2) | May 24, 2017 | 7.8 |
18 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noble Memory | Sep 27, 2017 | 7.2 |
| 2 | Full Circle | Oct 4, 2017 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Evil Manners | Oct 11, 2017 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Bleeding War | Oct 18, 2017 | 7.7 |
| 5 | The Fool | Nov 8, 2017 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Fortune Be Not Crost | Nov 15, 2017 | 7.0 |
| 7 | The Lady Doth Protest | Nov 29, 2017 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Cupid Painted Blind | Dec 6, 2017 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Slave to Memory | Dec 13, 2017 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Birds in the Cage | Mar 28, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Without Apology | Apr 4, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Sweet Sorrow | Apr 11, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Of Hardiness is Mother | Apr 18, 2018 | 1.0 |
| 14 | False Face | Apr 25, 2018 | 8.0 |
| 15 | A Lean and Hungry Look | May 2, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Fair Terms | May 9, 2018 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns | May 16, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Empire Unpossess'd | May 23, 2018 | 8.0 |
18 episodes • 2018Avg: 5.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steal from the Thief | Sep 26, 2018 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Pay for Their Presumptions | Oct 3, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Pride | Oct 10, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Love All, Trust a Few | Oct 17, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 5 | The Depth of Grief | Oct 31, 2018 | 10.0 |
| 6 | What Is Done | Nov 7, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils | Nov 14, 2018 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Master of What Is Mine Own | Nov 28, 2018 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Had It From My Father | Dec 5, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 10 | My Fault Is Past | Mar 13, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 11 | In Loving Virtue | Mar 20, 2019 | 5.0 |
| 12 | Shift and Save Yourself | Mar 27, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds | Apr 3, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Without All Remedy | Apr 10, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 15 | A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child | Apr 17, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Never Doubt I Love | Apr 24, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 17 | My Fate Cries Out | May 1, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Roughest Day | May 8, 2019 | 7.0 |
18 episodes • 2019Avg: 1.1Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Is Love | Sep 24, 2019 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Got on My Knees to Pray | Oct 1, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 3 | You Broke Love | Oct 8, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 4 | Tell the Truth | Oct 15, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Stronger Than My Rival | Nov 5, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 6 | Heart of Stone | Nov 12, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Good Enough | Nov 19, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Do You Remember Me | Nov 26, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 9 | Remember the Music | Dec 3, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 10 | Cold Cold Man | Dec 10, 2019 | 1.0 |
| 11 | Can't Truss 'Em | Mar 3, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 12 | Talk Less | Mar 10, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 13 | Come Undone | Mar 17, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 14 | I Am Who I Am | Mar 24, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Love Me Still | Mar 31, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 16 | We Got Us | Apr 7, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 17 | Over Everything | Apr 14, 2020 | 1.0 |
| 18 | Home Is on the Way | Apr 21, 2020 | 1.0 |
