STAR season 2 episode count increased to match Empire season 4
Today, Fox confirmed that they are going to air 18 episodes of the Queen Latifah musical drama executive-produced by Lee Daniels. This means that, in total, there are going to be 18 episodes this season, which in turn means that you are going to see just as many episodes of the show this season as you are its timeslot companion in Empire.
In the end, one of the reasons why STAR is getting that increase in its episode count is because of the improvement that it is showing on Wednesday nights following Empire — in other words, Fox is doing what they really should have done last year or the year before that. Had they been using Empire as the lead-in for this show from the jump it would probably have even more devoted viewers than it does at the moment. It’s going in the right direction, but it does still have some more work to do.
One of the other reasons for the STAR season 2 episode count being raised is probably just due to the fact that Fox’s ratings elsewhere on the schedule are not exactly that great … and that’s with us being nice. You have many shows struggling to hit a 1.0 in the 18-49 demographic, and this makes any show that does cross that threshold all the more impressive. STAR is doing that, and as a result of that is inching ever closer to being a primetime superstar. It’s got a good cast, some great music, and one of the best executive producers in the business in Lee Daniels.
Are there going to be some more crossovers as a result of that?
We certainly hope so, especially since there are so many more opportunities in order to tell that story. We hope that there’s something more that comes about by the end of the season, and there are opportunities to do something big if Star and the girl group ever advance far enough down their careers that they would deal with Empire Entertainment.
As for whether or not we could get a STAR season 3, the only thing that we can say on that subject right now is that this is a step in the right direction! It’s far from confirmation that we are going to get that, but if it keeps up its current trajectory we have a pretty good feeling it’ll happen.
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