WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16

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--"EMPIRE" - (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

THE LYONS ARE BACK ON AN ENCORE OF THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE OF "EMPIRE" WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, ON FOX

Kelly Rowland, Marisa Tomei, Chris Rock, Don Lemon, Al Sharpton, Andre Leon Talley, Tyra Ferrell and Swiss Beatz Guest-Star

Season Two picks up three months after the shocking arrest and incarceration of Empire Entertainment head LUCIOUS LYON (Terrence Howard). Still in federal lockup, Lucious is trying to run Empire from inside, while a headline-grabbing state prosecutor hangs her political ambitions on bringing him down - no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, Cookie stages a star-studded #FreeLucious concert in his support, while scheming with Andre, Hakeem, Anika and the business savvy Mimi Whiteman (guest star Marisa Tomei) to finalize the hostile takeover of Empire in an encore of the "The Devils Are Here" Season Two premiere episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, Dec. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (EMP-201) (TV-14 L)

Cast: Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Grace Gealey as Anika Calhoun, Kaitlin Doubleday as Rhonda Lyon, Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha and Serayah McNeill as Tiana

Guest Cast: Marisa Tomei as Mimi Whiteman, Chris Rock as Frank Gathers, Kelly Rowland as Leah Walker, Don Lemon as Himself, Al Sharpton as Himself, Andre Leon Talley as Himself, Swiss Beatz as Himself, Rafael De La Fuentes as Michael Sanchez, Tyra Ferrell as Roxanne Ford; Petey Pablo as Himself; Bre-Z Murray as Freda Gatz