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Empire

  • 1962 – 1963
  • Ended
  • Western · Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Charles Bronson, and Ryan O'Neal. It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963. In the second abbreviated season, from September 24 to December 31, 1963, it was renamed Redigo after Egan's title character, Jim Redigo, the general manager of the fictitious Garrett ranch in Empire, and reduced to a half-hour. (Unaired Pilot: This Rugged Land)

Latest: Season 1 · 1962

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Jim Redigo is foreman for the enormous Garrett Ranch owned by matriarch Lucia with her children Tal and Constance. Redigo had his hands full managing people, machines, and animals, with a specific interest in attractive Connie. (The unaired pilot was titled This Rugged Land)

  1. E1. The Day the Empire Stood Still

    Sep 25, 1962 · 60m

  2. E2. Ballard Number One

    Oct 2, 1962 · 60m

    Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.

  3. E3. A Place to Put a Life

    Oct 9, 1962 · 60m

    Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.

  4. E4. Ride to a Fall

    Oct 16, 1962 · 60m

    Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.

  5. E5. Long Past, Long Remembered

    Oct 23, 1962 · 60m

    Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.

  6. E6. Walk Like a King

    Oct 30, 1962 · 60m

    Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.

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