Empire is an hour-long Western television series set on a 1960s 500,000-acre (2,000 km2) ranch in New Mexico, starring Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Ryan O'Neal and Charles Bronson.[1] It ran on NBC from September 25, 1962, to May 14, 1963.[1]
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | NBC |
Release | September 25, 1962 May 14, 1963 | –
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Redigo |
After NBC cancelled the original series due to low ratings, a later version was made to rename it to Redigo (instead of having a 2nd season), truncated from one-hour episodes to half hour episodes, in black and white instead of color, and again starring Egan as Redigo. That version only ran for a partial season. However, even after NBC cancelled the original series in 1963 due to low ratings, ABC reran the show on Sundays, 7:30-8:30pm, on the partial part of the 1963-64 network television season, on Spring 1964.
In the UK the series was shown in the London ITV area (Associated-Rediffusion) under the title Big G, from Jun 12th 1963 to Jan 16th 1964.
In 1965 Columbia Pictures released the pilot episode as a film called This Rugged Land[2] outside the US.
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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0 | "This Rugged Land" | Arthur Hiller | Frank S. Nugent | N/A | |
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1 | "The Day the Empire Stood Still" | Arthur Hiller | Frank S. Nugent | September 25, 1962 | |
2 | "Ballard Number One" | Walter Grauman | Unknown | October 2, 1962 | |
3 | "A Place to Put a Life" | Fred Jackman Jr. | Unknown | October 9, 1962 | |
4 | "Ride to a Fall" | Abner Biberman | Ken Trevey | October 16, 1962 | |
5 | "Long Past, Long Remembered" | Ted Post | Unknown | October 23, 1962 | |
6 | "Walk Like a King" | Alex March | Alvin Sargent | October 30, 1962 | |
7 | "The Fire Dancer" | Fred Jackman Jr. | Stephen Kandel and Alvin Sargent | November 13, 1962 | |
8 | "The Tall Shadow" | John Farrow | Andy White | November 20, 1962 | |
9 | "The Earth Mover" | Harry Keller | Story by : Anthony Wilson Teleplay by : Ken Trevey | November 27, 1962 | |
10 | "Pressure Lock" "Deadline" | Abner Biberman | Unknown | December 4, 1962 | |
11 | "Echo of a Man" | John Farrow | Unknown | December 12, 1962 | |
12 | "When the Gods Laugh" | Robert Gist | Unknown | December 18, 1962 | |
13 | "Green, Green Hills" | Unknown | Unknown | December 25, 1962 | |
14 | "Stopover on the Way to the Moon" | William D. Russell | Robert E. Thompson | January 1, 1963 | |
15 | "The Four Thumbs Story" | Frank Pierson | Frank Pierson | January 8, 1963 | |
16 | "End of an Image" | Unknown | Unknown | January 15, 1963 | |
17 | "The Loner" | Unknown | Unknown | January 22, 1963 | |
18 | "Where the Hawk Is Wheeling" | John Farrow | Donald S. Sanford | January 29, 1963 | |
19 | "No Small Wars" | Unknown | Unknown | February 5, 1963 | |
20 | "The Tiger Inside" "The Hunted" | Bernard McEveety | Unknown | February 12, 1963 | |
21 | "Season of Growth" | Bernard McEveety | Unknown | February 19, 1963 | |
22 | "Seven Days on Rough Street" | Bernard McEveety | Stephen Kandel | February 26, 1963 | |
23 | "A House in Order" "Farewell" | Byron Paul | Story by : Cyril Hume and Preston Wood Teleplay by : Cyril Hume | March 5, 1963 | |
24 | "Down There, the World" | Leon Benson | Story by : John Falvo and Peter Mamakos Teleplay by : John Falvo | March 12, 1963 | |
25 | "Burnout" | Bernard McEveety | Ken Kolb | March 19, 1963 | |
26 | "Hidden Asset" | Leonard J. Horn | Unknown | March 26, 1963 | |
27 | "Arrow in the Sky" | Frank Pierson | Unknown | April 9, 1963 | |
28 | "Nobody Dies on Saturday" "Breakout" | Hal Hudson | Unknown | April 16, 1963 | |
29 | "65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way" | Allen Reisner | Unknown | April 23, 1963 | |
30 | "Duet for Eight Wheels" "Ordeal" | Leon Benson | Ron Bishop | April 30, 1963 | |
31 | "Between Friday and Monday" | Unknown | Unknown | May 7, 1963 | |
32 | "The Convention" | Abner Biberman | Unknown | May 14, 1963 |
Guest stars who appeared on Empire included: