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)
Sep 25, 1962 - 1h 0m
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Oct 2, 1962 - 1h 0m
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
Oct 9, 1962 - 1h 0m
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
Oct 16, 1962 - 1h 0m
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
Oct 23, 1962 - 1h 0m
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
Oct 30, 1962 - 1h 0m
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
Nov 13, 1962 - 1h 0m
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
Nov 20, 1962 - 1h 0m
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Nov 27, 1962 - 1h 0m
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
Dec 4, 1962 - 1h 0m
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
Dec 11, 1962 - 1h 0m
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
Dec 18, 1962 - 1h 0m
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
Dec 25, 1962 - 1h 0m
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Jan 1, 1963 - 1h 0m
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
Jan 8, 1963 - 1h 0m
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
Jan 15, 1963 - 1h 0m
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
Jan 22, 1963 - 1h 0m
Mike Novak wants to work on the Garret spread until he's paid for a mare of his choice, but his choice is Tal's favorite.
Jan 29, 1963 - 1h 0m
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Feb 5, 1963 - 1h 0m
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
Feb 12, 1963 - 1h 0m
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
Feb 19, 1963 - 1h 0m
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
Feb 26, 1963 - 1h 0m
After claiming he doesn't need the security of the Garret ranch, Tal leaves for Delgado---on the bet he can't stay a week.
Mar 5, 1963 - 1h 0m
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
Mar 12, 1963 - 1h 0m
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
Mar 19, 1963 - 1h 0m
Forest Ranger Tom Barton has problems: the Garret logging operation is violating the timber contract with the Forest Service--and logging foreman Chris Norden is a tough guy to deal with.
Mar 26, 1963 - 1h 0m
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Apr 9, 1963 - 1h 0m
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Apr 16, 1963 - 1h 0m
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
Apr 23, 1963 - 1h 0m
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
Apr 30, 1963 - 1h 0m
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
May 7, 1963 - 1h 0m
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
May 14, 1963 - 1h 0m
No overview available.