Get ready for some cray-cray: Empire’s Cookie is coming to South Africa.
Taraji P. Henson, known for her over-the-top
role as cooky-crazy Cookie Lyon in the drama series Empire on FOX (DStv 125 /
StarSat 131) is coming to South Africa in June.
The actress will visit Johannesburg to meet
and greet "superfans" while MultiChoice announced that its opening up the FOX
channel to all its DStv Compact subscribers permanently from 1 June.
Adding FOX to DStv Compact will help to
further increase ratings for the channel from the FOX Networks Group that also
supplies channels like National Geographic, FX, Fox Crime to pay-TV operators
across Africa.
"We
are exceptionally thrilled at the opportunity to bring our content to even
wider audiences in Africa so they get to experience the best content that is
available on FOX, within hours of the American broadcasts," says Khosi
Khanyile, Fox Africa's head of marketing.
"Fans
of Empire are definitely in for a treat – Taraji P. Henson has been a
fan favourite with South African audiences from the first season."
"During
the FOX two-week open window special earlier this year, we received an
overwhelming response from our DStv Compact customers who enjoyed the FOX
channel line-up," says Aletta Alberts, MultiChoice’s general manager for
content.
"We
believe that the full-time addition of FOX with its excellent programming will
enhance the entertainment experience of our Compact customers."
To co-incide with the star's visit, FOX is rebroadcasting the second season of
Empire with double episodes over weekends from 4 June.