Most importantly he is grateful to Fox andEmpireleadership, cast, crew and fans for their unwavering support.
EARLIER:TheEmpirehas not fallen but it will return without Jussie Smollett.
On Tuesday, Fox announced a season 6 renewal forEmpire.
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During all of this, Fox made the decision toremove from Smollett from the final two episodesof season 5.
More than ever, we must stand together as a family, they wrote.
A family is there for us in good times and bad.
Empireairs its penultimate episode of season 5 on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
