Fox is showing some faith in its second season of Star. The network has ordered five more episodes of the sophomore series, bringing its total to 18. That matches this season’s episode count for its lead-in Empire, which Lee Daniels also created with Danny Strong.
Star, which follows three talented singers (Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady) as they navigate the cutthroat music business on their road to success, launched last season as a 13-episode midseason show. Its Season 2 started September 27 with an Empire crossover episode and was the highest-rated episode since its series debut with a 2.4//8 in Live+7. It also post the best seven-day multiplatform audience since that January 17 kickoff.
Star features Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt, Amiyah Scott, Miss Lawrence and Quincy Brown. New faces in the cast this season include Evan Ross, Mike Epps, Michael Michele, Keke Palmer and Elijah Kelley.
