2008 Fall TV Preview: Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe and Friday in NBC's Crusoe series
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Crusoe - Season 1

Premieres: Friday, October 17, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. EST

Network: NBC

Creator(s): Justin Bodle, Jean Bureau, Stephen Greenberg, Jeffrey Hayes, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Philip Key, Michael Prupas (executive producers)

Starring: Philip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Joaquim De Almeida, Mia Maestro, Sam Neill, Anna Walton

Website: NBC.com


Crusoe is a TV adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s hugely popular novel, The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (of York, Mariner Who lived Eight and Twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where in all the Men perished but Himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates). Glad to see NBC tightened up the title a bit there. From the videos we have (posted below) it looks like this new series will be full of adventure! It all starts with the two-hour pilot. Included in NBC’s description of the series is:

“Allowed to develop away from the bonds of 17th Century life, the ingenious Crusoe builds a breathtaking and altogether modern home high up in the trees to elude his enemies. Friday and Crusoe’s deep friendship is pushed to the limit as opportunities to escape their island paradise, and the people they meet there, consistently challenge them to choose between loyalty and freedom.”

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