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Empire

Empire

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Overview

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)

NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

Jim Redigo

Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Tal Garrett

Anne Seymour

Anne Seymour

Lucia Garrett

Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Connie Garrett

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Paul Moreno

Themes & Keywords

new mexicoranch

About Empire

Empire is a western, drama series that first aired in 1962 exploring themes of new mexico, ranch. it stars Richard Egan, Ryan O'Neal, Anne Seymour. 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)

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