- Redigo (TV series)
infobox television
show_name = Redigo; formerly "Empire"
format = Westerndrama
picture_format =Color
runtime = 30 minutes
starring = Richard Egan Roger DavisElena Verdugo
country =United States
network = NBC
first_aired =September 24 ,1963
last_aired =December 31 ,1963
num_seasons = One-half
num_episodes = 15
imdb_id = 0056782Redigo is a 15-week Western dramatic series, set on a
New Mexico ranch during the early1960s , which aired over NBC fromSeptember 24 toDecember 31 ,1963 . It starred Richard Egan as ranch owner Jim Redigo, Roger Davis as Mike the ranch hand, andElena Verdugo as Gerry. It was the second half-hour season of the previous one-hour series, "Empire", which offered new episodes betweenSeptember 25 ,1962 , andMay 13 ,1963 . Both programs were placed on theTuesday evening schedule against CBS's "The Red Skelton Show ". "Redigo" also lost out in the ratings to the ABC militarysituation comedy "McHale's Navy ", starringErnest Borgnine .In "Redigo", Egan's character Jim Redigo was no longer the manager of the large Garrett Ranch but the owner of his own smaller spread nearby. The half-hour format made it hard for the program to develop complex characters as had been done in the initial one-hour version of the show.
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