We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Why Empire's Cookie spin-off isn't happening That's the way the cookie crumbles. Empire wrapped up back in April 2020, two episodes short thanks to the usual suspect. But in July, it was announced that one of its characters would be starring in their very own Fox Taraji P Henson would be returning to our screens as Cookie, the Lyon family matriarch, with the new series charting "what's next" for her. That was as much information as we had, which probably had a lot do with the fact that