
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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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)
1962-09-25
Aired 1962-09-25
1962-10-02
Aired 1962-10-02
Sam Ballard's embezzling killed Redigo's father. Now Sam's back---digging for oil near the Garret ranch.
1962-10-09
Aired 1962-10-09
Redigo returns to the small ranch his father left him and finds that it's being run by a teen-ager.
1962-10-16
Aired 1962-10-16
Dahlbeck's guest at a ranch party seems to wield an eerie hold over him.
1962-10-23
Aired 1962-10-23
Wealthy Tom Cole visits the spread during a severe drought and his untimely friendliness suggests he wants to buy the ranch.
1962-10-30
Aired 1962-10-30
Ex-employee Barney Swanton returns to the ranch rich but is still envious of Redigo, whose job he always wanted.
1962-11-13
Aired 1962-11-13
Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.
1962-11-20
Aired 1962-11-20
1962-11-27
Aired 1962-11-27
Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.
1962-12-04
Aired 1962-12-04
In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.
1962-12-11
Aired 1962-12-11
Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.
1962-12-18
Aired 1962-12-18
A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.
1962-12-25
Aired 1962-12-25
1963-01-01
Aired 1963-01-01
After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.
1963-01-08
Aired 1963-01-08
A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.
1963-01-15
Aired 1963-01-15
Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.
1963-01-22
Aired 1963-01-22
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.
1963-01-29
Aired 1963-01-29
1963-02-05
Aired 1963-02-05
Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.
1963-02-12
Aired 1963-02-12
Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.
1963-02-19
Aired 1963-02-19
Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.
1963-02-26
Aired 1963-02-26
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.
1963-03-05
Aired 1963-03-05
News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.
1963-03-12
Aired 1963-03-12
The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.
1963-03-19
Aired 1963-03-19
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.
1963-03-26
Aired 1963-03-26
1963-04-09
Aired 1963-04-09
1963-04-16
Aired 1963-04-16
Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.
1963-04-23
Aired 1963-04-23
A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.
1963-04-30
Aired 1963-04-30
Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.
1963-05-07
Aired 1963-05-07
Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.
1963-05-14
Aired 1963-05-14
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