The Day the Empire Stood Still

By TVgy1960wXc on Nov 12, 2025

PREMIERE - ’THE DAY THE EMPIRE STOOD STILL, ' MODERN DRAMA OP HUGE RANCH HIT BY STRIKE, IS OPENING STORY OP ’EMPIRE' COLOR HOURA walkout by ranchhands -- who refuse to work with a man cleared of a murder charge -- threatens to ruin the 500,000-acre Garret Ranch in "The Day the Empire Stood Still," premiere "Empire," episode of NBC-TV full-hour color series, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1962 (8:30-9:30 p.m. NYT). The modern Western series stars Richard Egan, Terry Moore, Anne Seymour and Ryan O'Neal. Moren…