It should go without saying at this point that ‘Empire’ is THE best show on television right? well that is up for debate (depending on who you ask), but what’s not up for debate is the facts! and the facts are for four consecutive weeks the freshman series has been racking up in ratings which continue to grow each week. After this past Wednesday the series has now brought in its highest numbers yet beating out its network’s biggest show ‘American Idol’.

Variety reports:

In updated national estimates from Nielsen released Thursday afternoon, Fox’s “Empire” held at a 4.3 rating (down a tenth from last week’s national rating) but went up to a 13 share in the demo and to a series-high 11.36 million total viewers. Lead-in “American Idol” also held at its prelim demo score (2.9/9) and went up in total viewers (to 11.28 million), finishing just a bit behind “Empire.”

The only other demo adjustments for first-run shows on Wednesday night were one-tenth downward revisions for both CBS’ “Stalker” (1.5/5 in 18-49, 8.34 million viewers overall) and CW’s “The 100″ (0.5/2 in 18-49, 1.53 million viewers overall).

What else can be said other than Bravo! the show is on course to only get better as the season goes on with the new additions to the cast including Denzel Washington, Mariah Carey, Patti Labelle, Lenny Kravitz and more as we just told you HERE