WEDNESDAY, MAY 1

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Audio descriptions for tonight's episodes of EMPIRE and STAR are available on the SAP Audio Channel.]

--"EMPIRE" - (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) CC-AD-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

PA: Viewer discretion is advised.

CLOSING IN ON EMPIRE ON AN ALL-NEW "EMPIRE" WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, ON FOX

Sevyn Streeter, Ty Dolla $ign, Mario and Wood Harris Guest-Star

Cookie gets picked up by AUSA Conway (guest star Alicia Coopola), while Lucious is visited by his past. Becky, Hakeem and Andre devise a plan to save Empire by putting on a show with special guests Sevyn Streeter and Ty Dolla $ign. Meanwhile, Andre helps Empire by getting help from the last person the Lyons expect and Cookie may never forgive Lucious for what he's done in the all-new "My Fate Cries Out" episode of EMPIRE airing Wednesday, May 1 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (EMP-517) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)

Cast: Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon, Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon, Bryshere 'Yazz' Gray as Hakeem Lyon, Trai Byers as Andre Lyon, Gabourey Sidibe as Becky, Serayah McNeill as Tiana, Ta'Rhonda Jones as Porsha, Andre Royo as Thurston "Thirsty" Rawlings, Nicole Ari Parker as Giselle Sims-Barker, Chet Hanks as Blake Sterling, Rhyon Nicole Brown as Maya, and A.Z. Kelsey as Jeff Kingsley

Guest Cast: Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner as Shine Johnson, Amber 'Sevyn' Streeter as herself, Antoine McKay as Bunkie, Alicia Coopola as Meghan Conway, Toby Onwumere as Kai, Pej Vahdat as Kelly Patel, Wood Harris as Damon Cross, Skylan Brooks as Quincy, Meta Golding as Teri and Mario as DeVon