Fox Stands by Jussie Smollett: ‘He Is Not Being Written Out of the Show’. Smollett, Jussie (1983- ), Empire (TV Program), Assaults, Hate Crimes, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Blacks, Black People, Hoaxes and Pranks, Fox Entertainment Group Inc, Television, Police Department (Chicago, Ill), Twentieth Century Fox, Chicago (Ill)