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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 | |
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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]
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.
- ^ a b Terrance, Vincent (1979). Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs (1947–1979). Vol. 1. Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. pp. 138. ISBN 0-498-02488-1.
- ^ pp. 230-231 Pitts, Michael R. Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances McFarland 30 June 2003