Code Conference 2015: The “Empire” Creators and Crew

This year, Fox’s “Empire” shot to the top of TV ratings with its story of the complicated Lyon music industry dynasty. At the Code Conference, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher dove into the story behind its success with actor Terrence Howard, co-creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, executive producer Brian Grazer and showrunner Ilene Chaiken.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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