Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, in the video below, go behind the scenes with 3 writers from Fox’s mega-hit TV soap, "Empire," which returns for a much-anticipated second season, kicking off on September 23 – less than a week from today!

THR has a full piece on the entire writing team, which consists of some names you might be familiar with, given that we’ve featured their past work on this blog: Radha Blank, Eric Haywood, Malcolm Spellman, Jamie Rosengard, Ilene Chaiken, Attica Locke, JaNeika James, Joshua Allen, Carlito Rodriguez, Danny strong, JaSheika James, Ayanna Floyd, Ingrid Escajeda, Wendy Calhoun, Robert Munic. 

The piece includes some background information on each of them, so after you watch the below 4-minute clip, head over to THR for the rest of the story.

I must say that this just may be one of the most diverse TV writing rooms in all of Hollywood: