In a conference call with reporters Monday morning in advance of the network's 2017-18 schedule presentation to advertisers in New York, executives confirmed that Daniels' music-fueled hit Empire would be paired with Star, the girl-group drama he created with Drexel Hill's Tom Donaghy, with both shows this time ordered for 18-episode seasons, and Empire moving to 8 p.m., as it did for Star's premiere this season.