NEWSFLASH! Empire‘s 2nd season is rounding out it’s 5th week with some good news, their ratings slump is finally on the rise!

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After facing 4 straight weeks of declining ratings, Fox Network’s hit series showed an increase in viewers this week. 12.3 million people tuned in this week for the fifth episode of Empire season 2, ending their 4 week ratings slump.

Looking at the night?s entertainment programs, ?Empire? averaged a 4.8 rating/15 share in adults 18-49 and 12.28 million viewers overall from 9 to 10 p.m., up a tick from last week for the show?s first week-over-week gain of the season. It was also up 4% from its fifth episode of its rookie season. ?Empire? was especially dominant in adults 18-34, where its 4.4 rating/17 share more than doubled the No. 2 program on Wednesday, ABC?s ?Modern Family? (1.9/7). (source)

Empire remains the top rated show on Wednesday night.

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