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(from ABC's press release) "Empire," an epic six-hour summer drama series from the executive producers of the Academy Award-winning "Chicago," will have a special two-hour premiere, TUESDAY, JUNE 28 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. The sweeping limited drama series, filmed entirely in Rome and South Central Italy, focuses on Julius Caesar's nephew, Octavius - the boy destined to become the Emperor Augustus, one of the most influential leaders in world history -- who is forced into exile after Caesar's murder, and on a fictional disgraced gladiator, Tyrannus, who has sworn to protect him. |
