Empire

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)

Western

Drama

Empire

Western

Drama

Created By: Kathleen Hite
First Aired on: Sep 25, 1962
Popularity: 14.8653: 4 votes
Networks: (US)
Production: Wilrich ProductionsScreen Gems Television
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 32 episodes

Season 1

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)

Aired 63 years ago

32 Episodes

Episode 1The Day the Empire Stood Still60 min
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Episode 2Ballard Number One60 min
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
Episode 3A Place to Put a Life60 min
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
Episode 4Ride to a Fall60 min
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
Episode 5Long Past, Long Remembered60 min
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.