Empire

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)

Created by Kathleen Hite

Network

• NBC

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Ryan O'Neal

  Tal Garrett / Tai Garrett / Tai

  34 eps

• 

  Charles Bronson

  Paul Moreno / Paul / Moreno

  34 eps

• 

  Anne Seymour

  Lucia Garrett / Lucia

  33 eps

• 

  Terry Moore

  Connie Garrett / Connie

  33 eps

Themes

• new mexico
• ranch

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