The fourth season of the American television drama series Empire premiered on September 27, 2017, in the United States on Fox.

The showrunners for this season are Ilene Chaiken, Danny Strong and Lee Daniels.

The premiere of the season also had a crossover with other Lee Daniels-created Fox series Star.

After the explosive season 3 finale, Lucious has lost his memory and his family is trying to help him regain it, with the uncomfortable assistance from Nurse Claudia.

The storyline also includes the war between the Lyons and the Dubois with Warren falling in love with Jamal, Andre receiving prescriptions from his psychiatrist and Hakeem meeting with Diana on a three-week basis until disaster strikes.