Strange Empire

Strange Empire
GenreWestern, drama
Created byLaurie Finstad-Knizhnik
Starring
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik
  • Tim Johnson
  • Jeff Sagansky
Production companyJanestown Productions
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release6 October 2014 (2014-10-06) –
2 February 2015 (2015-02-02)
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Strange Empire is a Canadian Western television series that aired on CBC Television in the 2014–15 television season.[1] Created by Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik,[2] the series is a serialized drama set in Janestown, near the Alberta-Montana border in the 1860s, in which three women band together for survival after their husbands are murdered.[3]

The cast includes Cara Gee, Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones.[3] The first season began airing on 6 October 2014 and consists of 13 episodes.[4]

CBC cancelled the series in March 2015 after one season.[5] Strange Empire was broadcast on LMN in the US and was renamed Strange Empire: Rise of the Women, it premiered on May 29, 2015.[6]

  1. ^ "CBC TV heads in darker direction with Strange Empire". Toronto Star, April 4, 2014.
  2. ^ Etan Vlessing (April 4, 2014). "CBC Picks Up 1860s Western 'Strange Empire' to Series". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^ a b Etan Vlessing (August 4, 2014). "DRG to Sell Dark Canadian Drama 'Strange Empire' at MIPCOM". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ Chad Beharriell (October 8, 2014). "STRANGE EMPIRE ON CBC – FIRST EPISODE REVIEW". westernsreboot.
  5. ^ "CBC cancels Strange Empire | Toronto Star". thestar.com. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ^ "STRANGE EMPIRE DEBUTS ON LIFETIME NETWORK – Rise of the Women". westernsreboot. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.