Jussie Smollett made a name for himself while starring on Fox’s Empire, but most of the buzz by the end of his time on the music drama had nothing to do with his performances as Jamal Lyon. The actor was at the center of a scandal in 2019 when he was reportedly attacked in Chicago, only to then be arrested on charges of filing a false police report, was cut from the cast of Empire, eventually found guilty in court, and then walked out of jail after serving just days of his sentence.
Now, The Truth About Jussie Smollett? documentary has premiered in the 2025 Netflix schedule, while the actor is just over a month away from his return to Fox in the 2025 TV schedule for the first time since Empire. Let's start with his first big comeback of 2025: the Netflix documentary.
