SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Empire Season 4 finale. "That's Empire for me, it's earning those big moments," says executive producer and showrunner Brett Mahoney of the Fox hip hop drama that ended its fourth season tonight in an hour that often felt like it was almost nothing but big moments – and that's saying something for the Lee Daniels and Danny Strong created series. Terrence Howard and Taraji P.