TV ShowEnded

Empire

6.8 / 10
1962
1 season
32 episodes
WesternDrama

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)

  • Ep 1

    1.The Day the Empire Stood Still

    0.0
    25-09-196260m
  • Ep 2

    2.Ballard Number One

    02-10-196260m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.A Place to Put a Life

    09-10-196260m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Ride to a Fall

    16-10-196260m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.Long Past, Long Remembered

    23-10-196260m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Walk Like a King

    30-10-196260m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.The Fire Dancer

    13-11-196260m

    Story of a raging oil-well fire and the man who offers to put it out.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Tall Shadow

    20-11-196260m
  • Ep 9

    9.The Earth Mover

    27-11-196260m

    Glenn Kassin wants to build a model city near Mesa, but the landowner refuses to sell.

  • Ep 10

    10.Pressure Lock

    04-12-196260m

    In the midst of negotiating for oil rights, Redigo is called out of town---leaving Tal to handle the bargaining.

  • Ep 11

    11.Echo of a Man

    11-12-196260m

    Worries over his pretty young ward are causing a drop in efficiency for chief engineer Tabor.

  • Ep 12

    12.When the Gods Laugh

    18-12-196260m

    A sharecropper who objects to education uses abusive tactics to keep his son home from school.

  • Ep 13

    13.Green, Green Hills

    25-12-196260m
  • Ep 14

    14.Stopover on the Way to the Moon

    01-01-196360m

    After taking young Skip Wade to court for vandalism, Redigo determines to make the youth a useful citizen.

  • Ep 15

    15.The Four Thumbs Story

    08-01-196360m

    A Native American war veteran's penchant for violence is isolating him from his friends, neighbors and family.

  • Ep 16

    16.End of an Image

    15-01-196360m

    Janet Rainey claims she's just going shopping---but there are those who suspect she's leaving town.

  • Ep 17

    17.The Loner

    22-01-196360m

    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.

  • Ep 18

    18.Where the Hawk Is Wheeling

    29-01-196360m
  • Ep 19

    19.No Small Wars

    05-02-196360m

    Adding urgency to his surgery-or-death status, Redigo's sick friend is a very uncooperative patient.

  • Ep 20

    20.The Tiger Inside

    12-02-196360m

    Afraid that a volunteer posse may take the law into its own hands, Redigo joins the hunt for a man accused of robbery.

  • Ep 21

    21.Season of Growth

    19-02-196360m

    Connie's former beau is back at the ranch---expressing a new interest in working and a renewed interest in her.

  • Ep 22

    22.Seven Days on Rough Street

    9.0
    26-02-196360m

    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.

  • Ep 23

    23.A House in Order

    7.0
    05-03-196360m

    News of her fatal illness inspires Lucia to establish a better relationship between son Tal and foreman Redigo.

  • Ep 24

    24.Down There, the World

    9.0
    12-03-196360m

    The mine shuts down when the heady enchantress running a vital processing plant decides to buy out the Garrets.

  • Ep 25

    25.Burnout

    7.0
    19-03-196360m

    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 dea...

  • Ep 26

    26.Hidden Asset

    26-03-196360m
  • Ep 27

    27.Arrow in the Sky

    09-04-196360m
  • Ep 28

    28.Nobody Dies on Saturday

    16-04-196360m

    Prison escapee Quinn Serrato is out to find his old boss---Redigo, the man who turned him in.

  • Ep 29

    29.65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way

    23-04-196360m

    A woman stands in the way of Redigo's cattle drive by asking too much to cross her property.

  • Ep 30

    30.Duet for Eight Wheels

    30-04-196360m

    Paralysis overcomes Redigo after he is trampled by a wild stallion.

  • Ep 31

    31.Between Friday and Monday

    07-05-196360m

    Moreno attempts to offset the fears of a young girl in a town full of hot-blooded cowboys.

  • Ep 32

    32.The Convention

    14-05-196360m

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