The sixth and final season of the American television drama series Empire premiered on September 24, 2019, in the United States on Fox.

Cookie keeps busy by focusing on her new brand outside of Empire, which now includes a daytime talk show and a community center.

After one drunken night in Vegas, Hakeem and Maya wake up to find out that they are legally married so they scramble to get an annulment.

After learning that Andre has escaped from the facility, Cookie and Lucious struggle to find their missing son.

Lucious shows up just in time to talk and calm Andre down and to make sure that Teri and the baby are okay.

[22][23] On June 4, 2019, series co-creator Lee Daniels officially announced that Smollett would not be returning for the sixth and final season.

[24] On September 3, 2019, it was announced Katlynn Simone, Meta Golding, Wood Harris, Mario and Vivica A.