Strange Empire
| Strange Empire | |
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| Genre | Western, drama |
| Created by | Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Production company | Janestown Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 6 October 2014 – 2 February 2015 |
Strange Empire is a Canadian Western television series that aired on CBC Television in the 2014–15 television season. Created by Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik, 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.
The cast includes Cara Gee, Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones. The first season began airing on 6 October 2014 and consists of 13 episodes.
CBC cancelled the series in March 2015 after one season. Strange Empire was broadcast on LMN in the US and was renamed Strange Empire: Rise of the Women, it premiered on May 29, 2015.