Fox has set a crossover event for the season premieres of Empire and Star, which will air on Sept. 27. The crossover will kick off Fox’s new programming strategy of pairing both of the music-filled drama series together on Wednesday nights with Empire airing at 8 p.m. And Star following at 9 p.m. throughout the 2017-2018 season.
The crossover will span both episodes on Sept. 27 — Queen Latifah will appear on Empire, and Jussie Smollett will appear on Star.
In the back-to-back episodes, Carlotta (Queen Latifah) will come face-to-face with Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), Lucious (Terrence Howard) and Jamal Lyon (Smollett). While crossover plot details are being kept vague, Fox has teased that on Empire, on the brink of Empire Entertainment’s 20th anniversary, Lucious is making his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, while all members of the Lyon family, as well as Lucious’ nurse (played by Demi Moore), have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties. Then, on Star, the girls with Carlotta as their manager continue to face roadblocks, despite their victory at Atlanta NextFest.
Empire is heading into its fourth season and Star is going into its second. Both series were co-created by Lee Daniels, and rumors of a crossover have been circulating ever since Star hit the air last year. Check out the promo video below:
