Poll of the Day > Empire Cancelled, Attributed To Jussie Smollett Hoax

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aDirtyShisno
05/14/19 8:40:55 PM
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https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/fox-cancels-empire-due-to-ratings-plummet-following-jussie-smollet-case

After this final season Fox has decided not to continue the series Empire as its ratings have fallen drastically due to the hoax perpetrated by Jussie Smollett, who has already been written off the show. Even though the charges against Smollett were dropped and he insists that he is innocent there is currently no plans to bring him back to the show, and that is not expected to change.
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OmegaM
05/14/19 8:55:00 PM
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I've never watched it, but I'm glad it can get an ending this way. I think that any show that's been around for at least five seasons deserves an ending.
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Kimbos_Egg
05/14/19 8:55:56 PM
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what a surprise
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SunWuKung420
05/14/19 8:57:16 PM
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More US shows need faster conclusions.
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JixHedgehog
05/14/19 9:02:31 PM
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Yeah, kudos to anything lasting 6 seasons on Fox .. or TV in general

Last I heard, the cast wanted that idiot back on the show, so the cancelation comes as a surprise
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darcandkharg31
05/14/19 9:08:07 PM
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CTLM
05/14/19 9:11:52 PM
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Best time to get out then. The producers kept declining to finally say if he was off the show for good and I think that helped drive viewers away. I believe that if they had just come out and said "Yes, he's off the show," ratings wouldn't have dropped so quickly
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Zikten
05/14/19 9:37:52 PM
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I feel bad for the other people who relied on that show. But fuck Jussie
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HylianFox
05/14/19 10:19:08 PM
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JixHedgehog posted...
Yeah, kudos to anything lasting 6 seasons on Fox

yeah, Fox usually cancels their good shows after two seasons
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MICHALECOLE
05/14/19 10:21:48 PM
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I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me
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Zeus
05/14/19 10:32:14 PM
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I feel sorry for the rest of the production whose lives are being hurt by that jackass Jussie Smollett.

JixHedgehog posted...
Yeah, kudos to anything lasting 6 seasons on Fox .. or TV in general


Meanwhile the Simpsons is on season 30 >_>

CTLM posted...
Best time to get out then. The producers kept declining to finally say if he was off the show for good and I think that helped drive viewers away. I believe that if they had just come out and said "Yes, he's off the show," ratings wouldn't have dropped so quickly


Stupid on their parts then.
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ClarkDuke
05/14/19 10:36:26 PM
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Zeus posted...
I feel sorry for the rest of the production whose lives are being hurt by that jackass Jussie Smollett.

we all know you mean the caucasian production crew members, ok?
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HylianFox
05/14/19 11:15:27 PM
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Zeus posted...
Meanwhile the Simpsons is on season 30 >_>

Fox is too scared to cancel The Simpsons, it's been their flagship show for over three decades. Even if it gets zero percent ratings and horrible reviews, it'll still be on the air.
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aDirtyShisno
05/14/19 11:21:43 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Zeus posted...
Meanwhile the Simpsons is on season 30 >_>

Fox is too scared to cancel The Simpsons, it's been their flagship show for over three decades. Even if it gets zero percent ratings and horrible reviews, it'll still be on the air.

Not if Disney has anything to say about it...
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LinkPizza
05/14/19 11:24:35 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

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Zikten
05/14/19 11:29:55 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

Jussie Smollet was an actor on the show. He created controversy when he faked an assault in the streets of Chicago. The whole thing was a scam and Fox decided to kick him off the show. But it wasn't enough to prevent people from tuning out and the ratings plummeting
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darcandkharg31
05/14/19 11:31:48 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

He paid some people to attack him so he could start a race war but he got found out when they arrested his "attackers" and then got off scott free because he made donations and some shit.
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MICHALECOLE
05/14/19 11:33:01 PM
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Nice. Good ol fashioned race war
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magemaximus
05/14/19 11:40:34 PM
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HylianFox posted...
JixHedgehog posted...
Yeah, kudos to anything lasting 6 seasons on Fox

yeah, Fox usually cancels their good shows after one season

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magemaximus
05/14/19 11:42:25 PM
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Zikten posted...
LinkPizza posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

Jussie Smollet was an actor on the show. He created controversy when he faked an assault in the streets of Chicago. The whole thing was a scam and Fox decided to kick him off the show. But it wasn't enough to prevent people from tuning out and the ratings plummeting

not even sure if his stunt affected the ratings by much. the show was on the decline since season 3 or something. it was getting worse each season. but this probably gave fox a good reason to finally cancel it. plus i heard they don't even own the show, so they were paying more money or something.
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NightMareBunny
05/14/19 11:56:16 PM
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how many old grandpa's were watchin this? cause that's who has nielsen boxes
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Hop103
05/15/19 12:05:08 AM
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Careers were ruined because of Smollett's hoax. It's sad and very selfish of him.

This is a result of a man who chose profit and fringe politics over towing party lines.
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LeetCheet
05/15/19 12:16:46 AM
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YahooPoster
05/15/19 12:27:11 AM
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Yes, it was cancelled, but is sill getting a final season to wrap things up. The next season (sixth season) will be its last.
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Bulbasaur
05/15/19 12:56:56 AM
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darcandkharg31 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

He paid some people to attack him so he could start a race war but he got found out when they arrested his "attackers" and then got off scott free because he made donations and some shit.

tf
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FrndNhbrHdCEman
05/15/19 3:31:17 AM
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Hop103 posted...
This is a result of a man who chose profit and fringe politics over towing party lines.

Summarizes Donald Trump.
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CTLM
05/15/19 10:28:57 AM
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darcandkharg31 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
I dunno what happened somebody tldr it for me

He paid some people to attack him so he could start a race war but he got found out when they arrested his "attackers" and then got off scott free because he made donations and some shit.


He staged a hate crime attack to further his career. He also mailed a threatening letter with some white powder to the show's set (which turned out to be a prescription painkiller).

He committed numerous felonies, including federal crimes for this. The reason he got off from all of it was money, who he was, and the prosecutor's incompetence. She's now being investigated herself for this after dropping every charge by a special prosecutor
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Mead
05/15/19 10:49:14 AM
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Imagine being on a show with Terence Howard but finding a way to still be the biggest asshole in the cast
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Unbridled9
05/15/19 11:10:18 AM
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Woot! One less annoying commercial for me to sit through! Now if only I could get rid of those danged interactive ads...

Also, if you're gonna do that 'targeted ads' thing can you PLEASE put up ads for stuff I might actually watch as opposed to random junk and birth control pills? I'm not a woman! Why are you trying to sell me birth control?

Oh. And, ummm... sorry if you liked the show I guess? I'm just more stoked to have their ads gone.
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Kyuubi4269
05/15/19 12:28:21 PM
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Unbridled9 posted...
Why are you trying to sell me birth control?

So you can bareback?
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OhhhJa
05/15/19 12:29:43 PM
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Well now that his career is in the toilet, he can plan some more fake hate crimes. Nothing to lose now
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Unbridled9
05/15/19 12:53:28 PM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Why are you trying to sell me birth control?

So you can bareback?


But I'm not a girl. Why are they selling me birth control for women?
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Kyuubi4269
05/15/19 1:24:04 PM
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Unbridled9 posted...
Kyuubi4269 posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Why are you trying to sell me birth control?

So you can bareback?


But I'm not a girl. Why are they selling me birth control for women?

They assume you have sex with women?
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SunWuKung420
05/15/19 2:07:29 PM
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Kyuubi, do you know how female oral contraceptives work?
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peanutt121
05/15/19 2:43:53 PM
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The problem with U.S. television is quality and viewership don't mean nearly as much as advertising revenue as to why a show survives or dies. If they get sponsors to ante up piles of money a really bad show survives or a really good show dies for lack of it. This is where the Brits got it right with the BBC, quality wins over advertising.
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Muscles
05/15/19 2:53:26 PM
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Viewership does matter, what do you think advertisers look at?
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Kyuubi4269
05/15/19 2:55:46 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Kyuubi, do you know how female oral contraceptives work?

This may surprise you, but consenting sexual partners are quite willing to use contraception.
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SunWuKung420
05/15/19 5:38:56 PM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Kyuubi, do you know how female oral contraceptives work?

This may surprise you, but consenting sexual partners are quite willing to use contraception.


You don't meet some chick that wants to bang and offer her oral contraceptives. That's not how they work. Clearly, you don't know how female oral contraceptives work. Classic kyuubi thinking you just give the lady a pill.
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Unbridled9
05/15/19 10:45:52 PM
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SunWuKung420 posted...
Kyuubi4269 posted...
SunWuKung420 posted...
Kyuubi, do you know how female oral contraceptives work?

This may surprise you, but consenting sexual partners are quite willing to use contraception.


You don't meet some chick that wants to bang and offer her oral contraceptives. That's not how they work. Clearly, you don't know how female oral contraceptives work. Classic kyuubi thinking you just give the lady a pill.


Not to mention some of them are the ones you insert under the skin.

For the record, oral ones typically alter the bodies hormones so that the woman no longer ovulates. This means it's pretty ineffective in regards to actually stopping the sperm; just making it so that there's no egg for them to impregnate.
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